Karine Deshayes, one of today's most remarkable interpreters of Mozart together with the vocal and instrumental ensemble Les Paladins, gives an outstanding performance in this programme of his sacred and secular works, in which the motet Exsultate, jubilate! forms the centrepiece. Her rich, full-bodied voice taps directly into the roots of this highly virtuosic piece, originally written for a powerful, resonant soprano castrato tessitura. Conducted by Jérôme Corréas, the musicians complete the programme with a selection of early pieces by Mozart: several of his (unjustly underrated) Church Sonatas, his Symphony no.17, a poetic Agnus Dei from the Vespers, and excerpts from the all too rarely heard Davide penitente and Betulia liberata. Through his attention to contrast and his concern for expressivity, the conductor reveals the underlying theatricality of these works, unparalleled in their dramatic power.