About the composer
Dominique Vellard was born in France in 1953. From age seven he was a chorister
at the Maîtrise de Notre-Dame in Versailles, under organist and music director
Pierre Béguigné. He went on to study music at the Versailles Conservatory, and
eventually became immersed in early music. In 1979 he founded the Ensemble
Gilles Binchois, which consists of about 10 core singers/instrumentalists, but
typically expands or contracts according to demands of the repertory. Vellard
and the group made their first recording in 1982, an Auvidis LP of Gregorian
chant. In 1999, he began to compose original music. He has written a Mass and
other vocal compositions, which divulge Indian, early music, and some modern
influences.
| Date | 2004 |
| Performers | Soprano, mezzo-soprano and tenor |
| Length | 20.02 minutes |
| Particulars | The piece is divided into 21 (!) sections. |
| Textual variations | The "Vatican"-version of the text is used except for stanzas 13, 17 and 19. By the way, there is something curious in this composition. There are 21 stanzas (not 20!). Stanza 19 is sung two times, the first time in the "Analecata"- version and the second time in the "Vatican"-version of the text. |
| Stanza | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
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| CD | Vox Nostra Resonet GCD P32301 |
| About this CD | I bought this cd on the internet in 2010. |
| Orchestra | |
| Choir | Ensemble Gilles Binchois |
| Conductor | Dominique Vellard |
| Soloists | Ana Isabel Arnaz de Hoyos, soprano, Christel Boiron, mezzo-soprano Dominique Vellard, tenor |
| Other works | Dominique Vellard, Les sept dernière paroles du Christ en Croiz Dominique Vellard, Caligaverunt oculi mei Dominique Vellard, O vos omnes Missa Dominique Vellard, Laudes Deo |
| Added | 2010 (VELL 01) - 234 |
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