Charpentier: Messe de Minuit - In Nativitatem Domini Canticum Classical Harmonia Mundi

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit - In Nativitatem Domini Canticum

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Charpentier: Messe de Minuit - In Nativitatem Domini Canticum

Label Catalogue Number:
902707DI2

Release Date: October 2023
Originally recorded in 2023

Genre:
Classical

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier was the French composer of the Grand Siècle who left the largest number of works specifically related to Christmas. Here, going beyond the famous Messe de Minuit, listeners will be all the more enchanted by his histoires sacrées (brief oratorios) and Noëls pour les instruments when they are presented by the composer’s most fervent advocates.

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Reviews

“… Sébastien Daucé’s ensemble of 11 singers and 11 players produces light, airy performances, delightfully charming and stylish…”

J F Weber – Fanfare – March/April 2024

**** Excellent Album

Philippe Venturini – Classica magazine (France) – February 2024

Christmas Albums Critics Choice

“…The popular Midnight Mass setting is paired with a Te Deum, two motets (one big and dramatic) and a sprinkling of charming Nöels. The singing is bright, rhythms are bouncy and ornamentations never get out of hand. Every sound, too, is perfectly balanced and blended, the wonderful music’s intricate textures given their full due.” ****

Geoff Brown – The Times – 13 December 2023

“… This is music-making at the highest level, both in ensemble and in the solos. This is the perfect disc to musically celebrate Christmas.”

Johan van Veen – Musicwebinternational.com – 26 November 2023

Performance **** Recording ****

John-Pierre Joyce – BBC Music magazine – Christmas 2023

“… The instrumental textures provided by Ensemble Correspondances are testament to their virtuosity, the ensemble’s tasteful ornamentation and nuanced articulation continually highlighting layers of beauty and intricacy in Charpentier’s music…”

Edward Breen – Gramophone magazine – November 2023

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