Lully Grand Motets

Briefly, these are polished and persuasive performances that favor energy and propulsion over stateliness or bombast. They may sound more theatrical that churchly, but that seems entirely appropriate... — American Record Guide, September/October 2000 More…

The splendour of Lully's ceremonial sacred music for the 17th-century French court is magnificently captured on this first volume in a series of his Grand Motets...excellently focused but with... — The Telegraph, 11th September 1999 More…

The performances here are first-rate, with an accomplished and idiomatic crew of soloists, and fine work from the band and chorus. These are still the only available recordings of three of the... — Fanfare, September/October 2000 More…