Pierre Bouteiller
Pierre Bouteiller’s surviving sacred works comprise thirteen petits motets and a requiem for five voices and basso continuo. His motets for voice with two viola da gambas place the singer among the rich, intimate sonorities of the French viol tradition.
These settings belong to the late seventeenth-century French petit motet, written for modest forces rather than full chapel splendour. The rarely heard pieces for soprano, two bass viols and continuo give the vocal line a dark, sustained underpinning, the gambas sharing the texture rather than merely accompanying it.
Compositions by Pierre Bouteiller appear on
The Garden Party
The Marais Project’s anniversary disc The Garden Party has a festive flavour, mixing world-premiere Marais arrangements and Eriksson’s title track with earlier Move recordings across French baroque, Swedish folk and South American song.
Love Reconciled
A landmark in Australian early-music performance, The Marais Project’s Love Reconciled is a recording to return to often and savour deeply.