baritone vocals Patrick Mason
choir [quintet of male vocalists] Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius
chorus Choeurs Du Festival D'Aix-En-Provence
composed by Jean Gilles
concertmaster Robert Mealy
conductor [boston camerata] Joel Cohen
conductor [ensemble vocal sagittarius] Michel Laplénie
countertenor vocals Jean Nirouët
cover [recto: illustration: "la déploration du christ par les anges"] Reynaud Levieux
edited by Ysabelle Van Wersch-Cot
engineer [sound] Geneviève N'Guyen
engineer [sound] Martine Guers
liner notes Joel Cohen
liner notes [translation] John Sidgwick
orchestra Boston Camerata
photography by [verso: back cover photo of joel cohen] Jacques Sarrat
recording supervisor Joel Cohen
recording supervisor Michel Bernard
recording supervisor Ysabelle Van Wersch-Cot
soprano vocals Anne Azéma
tenor vocals William Hite
Phonographic Copyright (p) Erato Disques S.A.
Copyright (c) Erato Disques S.A.
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Total: 1 h 06
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Recorded 16/17 Juillet 1989, 8 Août 1992, Festival d'Aix Provence (Direction Louis Erlo, Jean-Louis Pujol) Cathédrale Saint Sauveur, Aix en Provence

This performance of Gilles' Requiem (which was first published only in 1764, several decades after its composition) is based on the modern edition of John Hajdu which reverts to the oldest surviving manuscript copied in Toulouse around 1731. The editors have added a part for solo baroque tambour, in keeping with the well-documented tradition of drum participation in eighteenth-century performances of the music. Gregorian chants are interpreted by Ensemble Sagittarius accortding to their appropriate place in the Requiem liturgy.

CD is packaged in a standard black-tray jewel case along with a 16 page booklet, notes in English, including a text of the mass and chants in Latin and English translation.

Matrix / Runout: 9 D 102548-2 SRC**01
Other: M1S1 (Stamped on Matrix mirror ring)
SPARS Code: DDD