Ensemble Antiphona & Rolandas Muleika – Montigny: Grands Motets (2021) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

“This Valette is one of the most stupendous geniuses we have and his music is stupendous too”. This is how the famed Sebastian de Brossard introduces his contemporary composer Joseph Valette de Montigny. Though acknowledged for its qualities, Montigny’s music has very rarely been played. Nor has it ever been recorded. Simply on account of its rarity and the absence of scores, it has remained unpublished. Thanks to this recording on which two great motets are performed, Antiphona Ensemble and its director Rolandas Muleïka are filling a vacuum. These motets are two outstanding pieces in Joseph de Montigny’s catalogue. Musicologist Benoît Michel, who died at a very young age, was the main instigator of this felicitous rediscovery: he would undoubtedly have felt enthusiastic about the release of this recording. This presentation draws to a large extent upon his work.

Details of original recording : Recorded in August 2019 at église Saint-Pierre des Chartreux, Toulouse (France)

Tracklist:
1. Pierre Perny, Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Surge propera”: Symphonie, récit de taille et chœur “Surge propera Sion filia” (05:57)
2. Timothé Bougon, Rolandas Muleika, David Tricou & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Surge propera”: Duo de haute-contre et basse-taille “Quanto factus humilior” (03:00)
3. Rolandas Muleika, Coline Bouton, Ensemble Antiphona & Eva Tamisier – Motet “Surge propera”: Duo de dessus et chœur “Tubæ sonitu” (03:24)
4. Rolandas Muleika, David Tricou & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Surge propera”: Récit de haute-contre “Christo vero soli” (04:24)
5. Timothé Bougon, Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Surge propera”: Récit de basse-taille “Audiat homo et intelligat” (01:53)
6. Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Surge propera”: Petit chœur “Quid homo ? Ô Deus !” (01:35)
7. Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Surge propera”: Récit de taille et trio haute-contre, taille et basse “O tui nimis prodiga Deitas !” (03:08)
8. Pierre Perny, Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Surge propera”: Récit de taille “Qui sitit qui esurit” (03:14)
9. Rolandas Muleika, Coline Bouton & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Surge propera”: Récit de dessus et chœur “Deo serviant omnia” (04:01)
10. Pierre Perny, Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Salvum me fac Deus”: Prélude et récit de taille “Salvum me fac Deus” (03:53)
11. Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Salvum me fac Deus”: Chœur “Veni in altitudinem maris” (02:55)
12. Raphaël Marbaud, Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Salvum me fac Deus”: Récit de basse “Multiplicati sunt super capillos” (01:45)
13. Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Salvum me fac Deus”: Chœur “Effunde super eos” (02:17)
14. Timothé Bougon, Raphaël Marbaud, Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Salvum me fac Deus”: Duo de basse-taille et basse “Videant pauperes et lætentur” (02:32)
15. Rolandas Muleika & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Salvum me fac Deus”: Chœur “Laudent illum cæli” (02:52)
16. Rolandas Muleika, Ensemble Antiphona & Eva Tamisier – Motet “Salvum me fac Deus”: Récit de dessus “Ego sum pauper” (03:22)
17. Timothé Bougon, Rolandas Muleika, David Tricou & Ensemble Antiphona – Motet “Salvum me fac Deus”: Duo de haute-contre et basse-taille et chœur “Laudabo nomen Dei” (04:32)