Three CDs at a Budget Price!
Naxos has boxed up it's three volume series of Lully's Motets and have released them in this handsom box set. The individual releases received many well-deserved accolades. I great item for fans of the Baroque, or of choral repertoire.
“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 a spaciousness that adds to the thrill of the choral and solo singing.” The Telegraph, 11th September 1999
“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 four motets. A real buy from Naxos. Warmly recommended.” Fanfare, September/October 2000
“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 to the music.” American Record Guide, September/October 2000
Price: $39.98
