The grand motets of Michael-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726), principal Chapel Music Director for Louis XIV and Louis XV, marked the high point of sacred music under the ancien regime. De profundis is the best-known of Lalande's motets, and is a justly celebrated work.

Edited by distinguished scholar Lionel Sawkins (editor of Charpentier's 'Te Deum', also published by Faber Music), this practical performing edition of 'De profundis Clamavi' brings the work of this still relatively unknown composer to light.

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Quartet in C is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorak-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistful melancholy that carries over into the following Intermezzo, a song-like episode containing some of the most virtuosic writing in the work.
The last movement is a theme and six variations with a fugal ending. The theme is...

Features an artist's opera in three acts. The opera was commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.