Jean-Baptiste Lully: Te Deum

Of all the performances of the Te Deum that took place during Lully's lifetime, only the last one has been preserved, which sealed the composer's death in 1686: while he was conducting, he pierced his foot with the end of his walking stick, swept away by his passion ... Ten years earlier, Lully had composed this remarkable score for the baptism of his own son, thereby establishing an "official" genre for a century The great motet Exaudiat Te Dominus, also intended to celebrate the great events of the reign, is a glorious glorification of the king whose arms God came to bear. Stéphane Fuget and his ensemble Les Epopees conclude this collection devoted to Lully's magnificent Grands Motets, accompanied by the Pages et Chantres of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles: To the glory of God and the king!