Choral, Masses, Charpentier, M-A (composer)
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Charpentier: Baroque Christmas
RecommendedSam Boden, Florian Störtz, Hilary Cronin, Edward Ross, Ruairi Bowen, Keri Fuge
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Christophe Rousset
Rousset nurtures suave sophistication throughout In nativitatem Domini canticum...A mirthful march is followed by the world-class choir and Rousset milking beauty and rhetorical intelligence... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2025
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Mallon's solo team, drawn from the choir, stands up to the competition remarkably well, as does the lithe orchestral playing, Some choral movements sound slightly under-powered, but that's... —
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Building a Library, March 2007, Budget Choice
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Charpentier - Mass for Four Choirs & other works
RecommendedEx Cathedra choir and orchestra, Jeffrey Skidmore
The blend of the vocal lines is superb and the handling of ornament little short of breathtaking. —
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Building a Library, May 2004, Highly Recommended
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Charpentier: Messe de Minuit - in Nativatem Domini Canticum
Ensemble Corrrespondances, Etienne Bazola (baritone), Randol Rodriguez, Renaud Brès, Anne-Sophie Petit, Caroline Weynants, Marie-Frédérique Girod, Jordan Mouaïssia, Paco Garcia, Sébastien Daucé
[The Noëls] and the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei are sung with joy and gentle intensity by Ensemble Correspondances, although director Sébastien Daucé shies away from some of... —
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Special offer. Charpentier: Musique Sacrée
Musica Antiqua Köln, Vocal Ensemble Köln, Reinhard Goebel
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Hervé Niquet and his stylish group of musicians are no strangers to Charpentier's music, but here they sound on exceptional form with evenly balanced vocal and instrumental ensembles and a rewardingly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Charpentier: Messe à quatre choeurs & Carnets de voyage d'Italie
Sebastien Dauce, Ensemble Correspondances
Daucé gives expressive shape to the music’s ebb and flow; tempos are beautifully judged, responding to the texts and their sacred context. The ensemble’s luminous vocal sound and instrumental... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Charpentier, M-A: Te Deum, H146
Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano), François-Nicolas Geslot (alto), Bruno Boterf (tenor) & Jean-Claude Sarragosse (bass)
Namur Chamber Choir, Les Agrémens & La Fenice, Jean Tubéry
I can think of no piece of music that evokes more aromatically the magnificence of life at the 17th-century court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, than the scintillating Prélude to the most sumptuously... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, Disc of the month
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…Le Concert Spirituel expertly draws us into his heartfelt harmonies in a fabulous recording. —
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Special offer. Charpentier: Messe de Minuit
Caroline Arnaud, Romain Champion, David Witczak, Mathias Vidal (tenor), Blanche Lefèvre, Marguerite Louise, Gaétan Jarry
The choir's lean muscularity is forceful in passages that invite softer intimacy, although there are moments of harmonious grandeur that embrace visceral textures compellingly. —
