IN EXCELSIS DEO (in the Time of the War of the Spanish Succession) - SAVALL, LES CONCERT DES NATIONS (HYBRID SACD)

A, two Masses, Missa “Scala Aretina” à quatre chœurs by the Catalan composer Francesc Valls (1671-1747) and Messe à deux chœurs et deux orchestres by the French composer Henry Desmarest (1661-1741), are presented side by side: two exceptional master-pieces which are linked in time and by the history of the nascent 18th century, but which are less well known than they deserve to be by today’s 21st century audiences.