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CHARPENTIER; MARC-ANTOINE
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200 Years of Viola da Gamba
Despite being a relatively knowledgeable music lover and critic, I had never given much thought to the viola da gamba until 1991 when a film…
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Excellent Charpentier From Ensemble Correspondances
After a couple of years studying in Rome, in 1669 at age 26 Marc-Antoine Charpentier returned to Paris and was immediately recruited by Marie de…
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THE BAROQUE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Often these major-label compilations brought out for Christmas-season consumption seem thrown together by someone in the marketing department who knows nothing about music, and even…
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An Alluring, Enchanting Midnight Mass
You’d think that Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Midnight Mass, in which the composer ingeniously incorporates 11 carol melodies into the work’s liturgical context, would be far more…
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Charpentier: Vepres pour St. Louis
While the majority of renowned French composers during the late 17th century spent most of their time at Versailles, Marc Antoine Charpentier spent most of…
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Charpentier: Te Deum SACD
This is one of the most beautiful SACDs that I have heard to date, and it was recorded way back in 1988. I suppose the…
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MUSIQUE SACRÉE
There’s certainly no shortage of excellent recordings of Charpentier’s sacred music, and this new offering by Reinhard Goebel and the Musica Antiqua Köln adds to…
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Charpentier Te Deum/Niquet
Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum H. 146 has enjoyed a number of recordings by respected performers, from Neville Marriner’s heavily vegetated 1991 EMI version (with soloists…
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TROIS HISTOIRES SACRÉES
Countertenor Gérard Lesne, though less well known than some of his contemporaries such as David Daniels or Andreas Scholl, has built a solid career for…
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Charpentier Leçons de Ténèbres. Jacobs
This recording was made during January 1978, at Palaja, Carcassonne, and remains a fine introduction to the polyphonic choral music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The Leçons…
