Ensemble Aedes & Mathieu Romano - Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël (2025)
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These exquisite miniatures paint four colourful scenes from the nativity in Bethlehem. “O magnum mysterium” is the most profound: slow and harmoniously austere. It grows in intensity towards the final repetition of the main text, over an intimate verse praising the Virgin Mary.
‘Quem vidistis’ is a cantilena accompanied by a searching eighth-note movement; in contrast, the imperative ‘Speak and proclaim the birth of Christ’ is a trumpet blast worthy of the angels of the Annunciation themselves.
The crystalline refrain of ‘Videntes stellam’ is reminiscent of a quiet, starry night through which the kings travel with burgeoning excitement: this reaches its climax when they enter the stable and present their gifts.
In the final motet, ‘Hodie Christus natus est’, the faithful respond with exuberance to the news: ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’.
Tracklist
1. Ensemble Aedes & Mathieu Romano - Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152: I. O magnum mysterium
2. Ensemble Aedes & Mathieu Romano - Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152: II. Quem vidistis pastores dicite
3. Ensemble Aedes & Mathieu Romano - Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152: III. Videntes stellam
4. Ensemble Aedes & Mathieu Romano - Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152: IV. Hodie Christus natus est
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