Description
Title: Complete Four-Part 2
Artist: ST. MARTIN?S CHAMBER CHOIRKRUEGER
Label: Toccata
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5060113444233
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-03-31
Number of Discs: 1
Henri Hardouin (1727-1808) was a chorister in Rheims Cathedral, rising swiftly through the ranks to become maître de chapelle – until the French Revolution disbanded religious establishments. As a priest he was in potential danger and seems to have gone into hiding until, in 1794, the death of Robespierre allowed him to resume his duties. Hardouin”s six four-part masses, published in 1772, are unusual for their time in being a cappella, and they enjoyed wide circulation in pre-Revolutionary France. Since then they have been roundly neglected – an omission this first complete recording intends to rectify.
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