COMPANY: Toccata Classics
ARTIST: St Martin’s Chamber Choir
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Henri Hardouin

Product: 5060113441911

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Henri Hardouin (1727–1808) was a chorister in Rheims Cathedral, rising swiftly through the ranks to become maître de chapelle – until the French Revolution disbanded religious establishments.
As a priest he was in potential danger and seems to have gone into hiding until, in 1794, the death of Robespierre allowed him to resume his duties.
Hardouin’s six four-part masses, published in 1772, are unusual for their time in being a cappella and enjoyed wide circulation in pre-Revolutionary France.
Since then they have been roundly neglected – an omission this two-CD survey intends to rectify.
St Martin’s Chamber Choir – the only professional choir in the Denver area – previously appeared on the Toccata Classics CD of Joaquín Nin-Culmell’s Symphonie des Mystères (TOCC0011).