Britain and France
Aled Jones in discussion with the musical director of the Ma卯trise de Toulouse, Mark Opstad, explores some of the choral traditions in France, and how that country has also inspired some British composers.
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Guillaume Bouzignac
Ecce festivitas amoris
Performer: Ma卯trise at the Baroque Centre of Versailles, Les arts Florissants, William Christie (director)
- Harmonia Mundi HMC901471.
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Benjamin Britten
Missa Brevis Op. 63
Performer: La Ma卯trise de Toulouse, William Whitehead (organ), soloists Julia Bertrand, Paul Abadie Performer: and Laurie Hamiche, Mark Opstad (director)
- Regent REGCD340.
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笔茅谤辞迟颈苍
Beata viscera
Performer: The Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (director)
- ECM 8377512.
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Jean Gilles
Lamentation for Thursday Evening, from Trois Lamentations
Performer: Choir and Orchestra of Le Concert Spirituel, Herv茅 Niquet (director)
- ADDA 581119.
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S茅bastien de Brossard
Miserere Mei
Performer: Cyrille Debois (soprano), Ma卯trise de Caen, Juan-Sebastian Lima (theorbo), Jean-Marie Quint (cello), Robert Weddle (organ & director)
- Assai 207582.
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Edward Elgar
O happy eyes 鈥� Love 鈥� My love dwelt in a Northern Land, from Three Part-songs Op. 18
Performer: The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer (director)
- Chandos CHAN9269.
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Andr茅 Caplet
Messe
Performer: La Ma卯trise de Toulouse, Mark Opstad (director)
- Regent REGCD340.
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