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Jean Gilles's grand motet Diligam te, Domine - a masterpiece of the early French Baroque.

Born in 1668 in Provence, Gilles died at the age of thirty-six probably never having visited Paris, yet his works achieved extraordinary popularity there, enduring on the programs of the Concert Spirituel for more than half a century after his death. Gilles composed Diligam te, Domine sometime before 1701 when Louis XIV鈥檚 grandsons, the duke of Burgundy and the duke of Berry visited Toulouse. That event no doubt led to the transmission of his work and reputation to Paris where it achieved at least fifty performances and remained in the royal chapel repertory until the time of the French revolution.

Jean Gilles: Motet - Diligam te, Domine
Miriam Feuersinger, soprano
Vincent Li猫vre-Picard, countertenor
Valerio Contaldo, tenor
Christian Immler, bass
Orlando Ensemble, Fribourg
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, Basel
Laurent Gendre, conductor

Recorded at Eglise du Coll猫ge Saint-Michel during the 2010 Fribourg International Sacred Music Festival.