We bring together on two CDs the most beautiful songs from Noël baroque, an album by the Maîtrise de Radio France and Les Musiciens de Saint Julien under François Lazarevitch that has enjoyed great success in recent years, completed by Noëls en Pays d’Oc and other ancient Christmas carols. The second CD presents excerpts from great sacred classical masterpieces (such as Handel’s Messiah and Vivaldi’s Gloria by Hervé Niquet, and Bach’s B minor Mass by Raphaël Pichon) as well as instrumental pieces including Corelli’s ‘Christmas’ Concerto by Amandine Beyer and excerpts from Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos by Café Zimmermann and ‘Winter’ from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. An ideal programme of music to accompany Christmas Eve. This double album is presented in an elegant ‘popup’ that can be placed at the foot of the tree when the time comes!

Artists

Sofi Jeannin, Maîtrise de Radio France, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien (early music ensemble), Le Poème Harmonique (early music ensemble), Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano), Claire Lefilliâtre, Bruno Bonhoure, La Camera della Lacrime, Ensemble Clément Janequin (early music ensemble), Yves Castagnet, Henri Chalet, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Amandine Beyer (violin), Céline Frisch (early keyboard instruments), Pablo Valetti, Café Zimmermann (early music ensemble), Bruno Cocset (cello), Ensemble Pygmalion (early music ensemble), Gli Incogniti (early music ensemble), Sophie Watillon, Thomas Dunford (lute), Lucile Boulanger (viola), Jean Rondeau (early keyboard instruments), Ensemble 415 (chamber ensemble), Le Concert Spirituel (early music ensemble), Zefira Valova, Les Ambassadeurs (early music ensemble), Vox Luminis, François Lazarevitch, Vincent Dumestre, Dominique Visse, Lionel Meunier, Raphaël Pichon, Chiara Banchini, Hervé Niquet, Alexis Kossenko