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Du Mont: O Mysterium review – limited range, but performed with great skill

Ensemble Correspondances/Daucé(Harmonia Mundi)Devotion takes many forms, and the private church music of the French royal chapel in the late 17th century cultivated a deeply sensual kind of piety. These motets by the longtime servant of the court, Henry Du Mont, explore a rather limited expressive range with great skill. Their survival is fragmentary and conductor Sébastien Daucé has skilfully rewritten some of the inner parts: his singers include a wonderfully flexible but precise bass...

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Du Mont: O Mysterium review – limited range, but performed with great skill

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