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Jean Gilles (1668-1705)
Recordings
 Jean
Gilles (1668-1705). Grands & Petits Motets. K617193 (1
CD, March 2007).
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CD booklet (pdf). Guy Laurent, Les Festes d'Orphée. Laure
Bonnaute, soprano; Jean-François Lombard, countertenor;
Jean-François Novelli, tenor; Vincent Deliau, baritone; René
Linnenbank, bass. Grands motets: Paratum cor meum, Laetatus sum,
Laudate nomen Domini, Velum templi scissum est. Petits motets:
Usquequo Domine, Afferte Domino, Cantus dent uberes. This may be
the finest Gilles disks to date. The grand motet Velum templi
scissum est has a "tremblers' chorus" after Lully's Isis
to the words "et omnis terra tremult".
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 Lamentations:
Holy Week in Provence. Jean Gilles, Lamentations.
Plus works by Bouzignac, Ceppede, Carpentras, Vitré & Godolin.
Erato 4509-98480-2 (1 CD 1995). Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata.
Anne Azema, soprano; William Hite, tenor; Christopher Kale,
tenor; Daniel McCabe, bass-baritone.
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JPReissued on Warner Apex 2564 60151-2 (2003). UK | DE | FR | JP |
 Jean
Gilles. Requiem. Erato 2292-45989-2 (1 CD 1993). Joel
Cohen, Boston Camerata, Ensemble Vocal Sagittarus, Choeurs du
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. Anne Azema, soprano; Jean Nirouët,
countertenor; William Hite, tenor; Patrick Mason, baritone.
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JPReissued on Erato "In Excelcis" 0630-17899-2. UK | DE | FR | JP Reissued on Warner Apex 2564 61260-2 (2004). US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP |
 Jean
Gilles. Requiem / Motet "Diligam Te, Domine". Harmonia
Mundi HMC 901341 (1 CD 1990). Philippe Herreweghe, Choeur &
Orchestre de la Chapelle Royal. Agnès Mellon, soprano; Véronique
Gens, soprano (Diligam te); Howard Crook, tenor; Hervé Lamy,
tenor (Requiem); Tom Phillips, tenor (Diligam te); Peter Kooy,
bass. This was Herreweghe's second recording of the Gilles
Requiem. The first was on an Archiv LP with MAK in 1981.
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JPReissued on Edition Herreweghe HMX 2981341 (1999). US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP |
| Jean Gilles. Vol. 1: Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste / Trois
lamentations. Adda 242322 (1 CD 1989). Hervé Niquet, Le
Concert Spirituel. Véronique Gens, soprano; Jean-Paul
Fouchécourt, tenor; Douglas Nasrawi, tenor; Jean-Louis Paya,
baritone. The grand motet "Cantate Jordanis Incolae" is one of
the finest large scale works of its time and makes this the most
essential Gilles recording to date.
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Gilles. Vol. 2: Requiem / Motet "Beatus quem elegisti.
Adda 242332 (1 CD 1989). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.
Véronique Gens, soprano; Sylvie Colas, soprano; Jean-Paul
Fouchécourt, tenor; Hervé Lamy, tenor; Jean-Louis Paya, bass;
Peter Harvey, baritone.
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 Jean
Gilles. Vol. 3: Te Deum / Motet "Diligam te, domine".
Adda 242342 (1 CD 1990). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert
Spirituel. Véronique Gens, soprano; Miriam Ruggeri, soprano;
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor; Douglas Nasrawi, tenor; Peter
Harvey, baritone.
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FRReissued on 581904.
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Books
| Michel Prada. Un Maitre de Musique en Provence & en Languedoc: Jean Gilles, 1668-1705 L'homme et L'oeuvre. Société de musicologie de Laguedoc. 1986. ISBN: 290540003X. |
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