Charles Levens (1689-1764) - Messe des morts

Joyeux anniversaire Charles Levens! 🙏🏼🍷

Composer: Charles Levens (1689-1764)
Work: Messe des morts (en fa majeur)
Performers: Ensemble Sаgittаrius; Michel Lаpléniе (conductor)

Messe des morts
1. Introitus 0:00
2. Graduale 6:00
3. Offertorium 7:45
4. Sanctus 12:17
5. Agnus Dei 14:59
6. Lux Aeterna 16:50
7. Libera me 19:39

Painting: Sébastien Bourdon (1616-1671) - La serpiente de metal
HD image: https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccio...

Further info: https://www.discogs.com/es/sell/relea...
Listen free: https://open.spotify.com/album/5TvDBm...

---

Charles Levens
(Marseille, 24 September 1689 - Bordeaux, 11 March 1764)

French composer. He received early formation as a choirboy. He later settled in Vannes before traveling to Toulouse where he took over the post of 'maître de musique' of the Saint-Étienne Cathedral. Also there he was under the musical direction of the city music schools. In 1738 he was appointed 'maître de musique' of the Saint-André Cathedral in Bordeaux in a post he held the rest of his life. His authority as director of music was now based on a maturity as a teacher and composer, a maturity evidenced not only by the esteem in which his patrons held him but also by the influence of his notoriety as a musician and theoretician. His output was exclusively sacred and most of his 'Grands Motets' were performed in the Concert Spirituel in Paris.