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Home » French Composers » Gilles

Jean Gilles (1668-1705)

Recordings

Jean Gilles. Grands & Petits Motets. K617193. Guy Laurent, Les Festes d'Orphée.Jean Gilles (1668-1705). Grands & Petits Motets. K617193 (1 CD, March 2007). Details. 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". UK | FR | DE | JP
Lamentations: Semaine Sainte en Provence. Jean Gilles, Bouzignac, Ceppede, Carpentras, Vitré & Godolin. Erato 4509984802. Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata.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. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Reissued on Warner Apex 2564 60151-2 (2003). UK | DE | FR | JP

Jean Gilles. Requiem. Erato 2292459892. Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata, Ensemble Vocal Sagittarus, Choeurs du Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.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. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Reissued 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 & Diligam Te, Domine. Harmonia Mundi HMC901341. Philippe Herreweghe, Choeur & Orchestre de la Chapelle Royal.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. US | UK | DE | FR | JP

Reissued 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. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Reissued on Adda 581119.

Jean Gilles. Vol. 1: Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste / Trois lamentations. Accord Baroque 465926-2. Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.Reissued on Accord Baroque 465 926-2 (2000). US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Jean Gilles. Vol. 2: Requiem / Motet "Beatus quem elegisti. Adda 242332. Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.Jean 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. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Reissued on 581221

Jean Gilles. Vol. 2: Requiem / Motet "Beatus quem elegisti. Accord Baroque 465944-2. Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.Reissued on Accord Baroque 465 944-2 (2000). US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Jean Gilles. Vol. 3: Te Deum / Motet "Diligam te, domine". Adda 242342. Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.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. DE | FR

Reissued on 581904.

Jean Gilles. Vol. 3: Te Deum / Motet "Diligam te, domine". Accord Baroque 472237-2. Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.Reissued on Accord Baroque 472 237-2 (2002). US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

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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