Saint-Louis des Invalides. Royal Vespers, 1682. Ad vesperas Sancti Ludovici Regis Franciae Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès
The Antiphoner of Les Invalides, completed in 1682, includes a precious manuscript of which several pages are reproduced in our booklet: the Vespers of St Louis. Recorded here in alternation with the invaluable eighteenth-century organ of the Prytanée National Militaire (Military Cadet Academy) of La Flèche, this music springs to vivid life thanks to Marcel Pérès and his famous Ensemble Organum. A fascinating achievement in the most elevated tradition of plainchant!
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Contents
· Vêpres solennelles pour la consécartion de l'Hôtel des Invalides, 1682 Ad vesperas Sancti Ludovici Regis Franciae · Deus in adjutorium meum intende (01’45) · Antiphona : Quæsivit Dominus (07’09) Psalmus : Dixit Dominus Domino meo · Antiphona : Sedens in solio judicii (07’35) Psalmus : Beatus vir qui timet Dominum · Antiphona : Misericordia et veritas (03’52) Psalmus : Laudate Dominum · Antiphona : In omni opere (07’57) Psalmus : Confitebor tibi Domine in toto corde meo · Antiphona : De omni corde suo (08’02) Psalmus : Benedictus Dominus Deus meus · Capitulum : Justum deduxit Dominus (00’56) · Hymnus : Rex summe, Præludium (orgue) (03’12) · Rex summe Regum (01’19) · Nascens in ipsa Ludovicus ((orgue) (02’27) · Justi severus cultor (01'18) · Mox christiani (orgue) (03'00) · Sit Trinitati (01'10) · Amen (orgue) (01'30) · Versiculus : Sicut divisiones aquarum (00'39) · Ad Magnificat, Antiphona : Quia diligit Deus populum suum (01'56) · Magnificat (orgue) (02'48) · Quia respexit (orgue) (02'33) · Et misericordia (orgue) (02'32) · Deposuit potentes (orgue) (02'49) · Suscepit Israel (orgue) (02'58) · Gloria (orgue) (03'18) · Antiphona : Quia diligit Deus (orgue) (03'17) · Responsorium : Regna terræ cantate Deo (04'38)
