Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville - Dominus regnavit (1734)

[@SimoneBattaglia94]

A masterpiece of the french baroque!

[@joshuamusic02]

A masterpiece for sure, but in my opinion it pales in comparison to the beauty of basically all Mondonville's other grand motets and instrumental works! Yes, the 'Elevaverunt' in this work is very special indeed, but as a whole piece, this one lacks behind almost all the others. See my main comment on this video for an easy way to discover the rest of his works if you dont already know them!

[@pbdelmoral]

"Testimonia tua" Is soooooo Rameau! What a masterpiece!

[@baudobill547]

Indeed!❤

[@antoniolorenzoni4617]

Superbe

[@joshuamusic02]

Indeed, but this is very much early Mondonville, he wrote this at age 23 before he had fully developed his style. His later grand motets and operas have hardly any moments like the slow beginning and end of 'Testimonia tua', because this just isn't his style at all. I personally much prefer Mondonville's incredibly unique style in other works than this typical late French Baroque sound. Please see my main comment if you're interested in discovering more of Mondonville's music!

[@pbdelmoral]

@joshuamusic02 thank you!

[@SPscorevideos]

Oh great, someone asked me for this months ago and I totally forgot! Thanks!

[@csababekesi-marton2393]

Raw refinement. Pure joy.

[@itamardias17]

Beautiful ❤ Thank you!

[@AbnerIMAlvarado]

WOW! WOW! WOW! I knew Mondonville only because of an aria from Titon et l’Aurore, but after this I will certainly be looking for more of his music

[@joshuamusic02]

Please please check out my main comment on this video to help you discover Mondonville, as I have done years of research and work to make it easy for people to do so!!

[@pluplucuv]

Superb

[@baudobill547]

Thank you very much! I was searching the sheet for Testimonia Tua since 2010 😮😂

[@joshuamusic02]

Indeed, it was digitised on the BnF Gallica (French National Library) online viewer in June 2021.

[@joshuamusic02]

I personally prefer the very early 1981 recording of this work conducted by Paillard (it's on KZbin), but in my personal opinion this definitely isn't anywhere near to being his best composition, despite the 'Elevaverunt' being incredible! He wrote this at age 23 before he had fully developed his style. I personally much prefer Mondonville's incredibly unique style in his other works than this typical late French Baroque sound. Please see my other comment if you're interested in discovering more of Mondonville's music!

[@bartjebartmans]

It was logical to upload this work first as it is Mondonville's most known work. I already have other works in mind. I usually don't spend too much time comparing recordings. The one I used has more pros than cons and I like the energy of live recordings. If I would try to upload only the "best" out there it would take me days longer, and I don't have that kind of patience, plus there will be always people telling me I still picked the wrong best recording..........

[@rbk2745]

👏👏👏🇧🇷

[@ABruckner8]

Had to double-check that Vivaldi's Seasons were written prior, lol...they were