Official RARE recording of the VATICAN CITY to celebrate the Holy Year 2000 ! Recorded in Rome during the Holy Week, inaugurated by His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Live concert for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra.
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER (1643-1704), the famous french composer of 17th !
" ALMIGHTY GOD, WE PRAISE THEE ".
TE DEUM, one of the composer's last works (1692), was presumably written for the Jesuits principal church in Paris, St-Louis. The first movement is a martial fanfares that recur throughout the piece, notably in the 'Prélude en Rondeau', a movement familiar to European listeners as the EUROVISION theme tune.

Performed by the " Coro & Orchestra dell' ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA ". Chorus Master : Roberto GABBIANI.
Conductor : MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG.
Elisabetta SCANO, Soprano I - Cinzia FORTE, Soprano II - Christina SOGMAISTER, Mezzo-Soprano - Declan KELLY, Tenor - Riccardo NOVARO, Bass.
[ CD LIBRERIA VATICANA - DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON-2000 - DDD]

[ Pictures of City of Vatican, St-Peter's place, St-Peter' s Basilica of Rome, Swiss Guards, City of Rome - Italy....]

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