Charpentier - Missa Assumpta est Maria | Glossa GCD921617

Charpentier - Missa Assumpta est Maria

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Label: Glossa

Cat No: GCD921617

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th April 2009

Contents

Artists

Chantal Santon-Jeffery (soprano)
Hanna Bayodi-Hirt (soprano)
Francois-Nicolas Geslot (countertenor)
Romain Champion (tenor)
Benoit Arnould (bass)
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

Works

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine

Domine Salvum Fac Regem, H291
Domine salvum fac Regem, H303
Missa 'Assumpta est Maria', H11
Motet a voix seule, H361
O salutaris Hostia, H262
Symphonies pour un reposoir, H508

Artists

Chantal Santon-Jeffery (soprano)
Hanna Bayodi-Hirt (soprano)
Francois-Nicolas Geslot (countertenor)
Romain Champion (tenor)
Benoit Arnould (bass)
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

About

Hervé Niquet returns to the sacred music of the French Baroque in the grand manner: the ceremonial masterpiece of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's concertante Missa Assumpta est Maria, written for solo and choral voices with orchestral accompaniment, a clear reflection of the composer's mature style, written in the last decade of his life.

Maturity definitely comes through also in Niquet's interpretation (and this is his fifth recording of music by Charpentier for Glossa alone): a sureness of touch in this repertoire is underpinned by a painstaking scrutiny of the sources, allowing the French conductor to make some original choices for the interpolations within the Mass Ordinary sections - instrumental and vocal in symphonies and motets. Zest, vigour and lightness of touch remain potent elements of Niquet's approach for the music of this most spectacular of French composers.

Recorded at IRCAM, Paris, in July 2008.

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