CHARPENTIER Pour un Reposoir
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Composer or Director: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Ricercar
Magazine Review Date: 03/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: RIC338
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Pour un reposoir (le 8 juin 1673) |
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(Les) Agrémens (Les) Dominos Florence Malgoire, Conductor Freddy Eichelberger, Organ Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer Solistes du Chœur de Chambre de Namur |
Noëls sur les instruments |
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(Les) Agrémens (Les) Dominos Florence Malgoire, Conductor Freddy Eichelberger, Organ Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer Solistes du Chœur de Chambre de Namur |
Sonate a 8 |
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(Les) Agrémens (Les) Dominos Florence Malgoire, Conductor Freddy Eichelberger, Organ Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer Solistes du Chœur de Chambre de Namur |
Author: Julie Anne Sadie
This disc has the feel of an Advent concert because it includes both liturgical music and Noëls, brings together three separate ensembles, and relies on a characterful organ (after Le Picard) played by the talented Freddy Eichelberger, the attractions of a serpent played by Patrick Wibart and the luxuriant acoustics of the Abbaye aux Dames at Saintes. The evocation of the procession of the Holy Sacrament to the Altar of Repose is quite realistic, with the two verses of plainchant interleaved with the instrumental music (a rare treat to hear). The serpent quite rightly and very effectively supports the baritones from the Namur Chamber Choir but slightly weighs down the delicate chamber music textures. Of the Noëls, some are performed in both simple vocal and imaginatively orchestrated instrumental versions, and it is here that Eichelberger puts the organ through its paces (the birdsong effects in tr 19 are especially intriguing). Malgloire takes a well-deserved bow in ‘O nous dite Marie’ (tr 15). Definitely to be revisited next Christmas, if not before.
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