MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER (1643-1704): Méditations pour le Carême, H. 380-389, SÉBASTIEN BROSSARD (1655-1730): Motets Salve Rex Christe and O plenus irarum dies, ROBERT DE VISÉE (c.1650-1665–after1732): Tombeau de Mesdemoiselles de Visée, MARIN MARAIS (1656-1728): Prélude in D.

Description: The nine “Meditations for Lent”, for three male voices and continuo, is a cycle of small motets strongly influenced by Charpentier’s Roman mentor Carissimi whose preservation we owe to Brossard, an avid copier and collector of the music of his contemporaries. Latin texts. Ensemble Les Surprises; Louis Noël Bestion de Camboulas.