title: Gallia (Gounod)
text: # Gallia (Gounod)
  
  Gallia is an 1871 motet for soprano, chorus, orchestra, and organ by Charles Gounod. The text is a setting of Lamentations with alternative French text by Gounod.
  
  It was written for the 1871 International Exhibition in London.
  
  ## Recordings
  
  * Gallia (Lamentation). Cecile Perrin (soprano), Chorus and Orchestra of Paris-Sorbonne, Jacques Grimbert, conductor. Marco Polo DDD8.223892 (1995)
  