Yves Castagnet

Faure's Requiem, op. 48, is his only large-scale sacred composition and certainly his most important essay in the genre. Already popular with audiences during his lifetime, its success continues to th...

I wrote this piece in 1995 for the adult choir of the Notre-Dame's choir school. It was first performed at the cathedral under the baton of my great friend Denis Rouger. The lyrics of this motet come...

Denis Rouger gewidmet

I wrote this melody for choir and piano in 2006 on the poem by Charles Baudelaire. It is somewhat of an exception, as all my other vocal works are based on sacred texts. It was premiered by the choir...

Taken from my Trois Psaumes, this Psaume 115 is meant for the liturgy as well as for the concert. It was composed in 2011, for mixed voices and organ. The set of the Trois Psaumes was then recorded tw...

These Trois Psaumes are meant for the liturgy as well as for the concert. They were written at rather distant times: in 1996 for the first two (equal-voice choir), and much later in 2011 for the last...

I composed this mass in the first years of my presence at Notre-Dame, before the creation of the association Musique sacrée à Notre-Dame de Paris and the restructuring of the cathedral's choir in its...

This piece was composed in 2013, when we cele­brated the 850th anniversary of the cathedral. It is dedi­cated to my great friend Lionel Sow who conducted the cathedral's choir from 2006 to 2014, an ex...

The title of this piece comes from the magnificent great Gregorian antiphon Salve Regina, probably written in the 11th century that has been since inspiring musicians for almost a thousand years. This...

The title of this piece comes from the magnificent great Gregorian antiphon Salve Regina, probably written in the 11th century that has been since inspiring musicians for almost a thousand years. This...

I composed this mass in the first years of my presence at Notre-Dame, before the creation of the association Musique sacrée à Notre-Dame de Paris and the restructuring of the cathedral's choir in its...

I wrote this melody for choir and piano in 2006 on the poem by Charles Baudelaire. It is somewhat of an exception, as all my other vocal works are based on sacred texts. It was premiered by the choir...

I wrote this melody for choir and piano in 2006 on the poem by Charles Baudelaire. It is somewhat of an exception, as all my other vocal works are based on sacred texts. It was premiered by the choir...

Denis Rouger gewidmet

Taken from my Trois Psaumes, this Psaume 115 is meant for the liturgy as well as for the concert. It was composed in 2011, for mixed voices and organ. The set of the Trois Psaumes was then recorded tw...

I composed this mass in the first years of my presence at Notre-Dame, before the creation of the association Musique sacrée à Notre-Dame de Paris and the restructuring of the cathedral's choir in its...