Ensemble Correspondances & Sebastien Dauce – Charpentier: Litanies de la Vierge, Motets pour la maison de Guise (2014) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Ensemble Correspondances & Sébastien Daucé – Charpentier: Litanies de la Vierge, Motets pour la maison de Guise (2014) 
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The harmonia mundi label, once well known for specializing in the French Baroque repertoire, makes a welcome and triumphant return to this treasure trove of musical delights. For their first release on harmonia mundi, Sébastien Daucé and the Ensemble Correspondances present a sumptuous interpretation of the six-voice motets composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier for the House of Guise. These works, which include the Litanies de la Vierge and the Miserere, are masterworks that exemplify Charpentier’s influence on the music of the Grand Siècle. The creative genius and intense fervor of this deeply spiritual music display the blend of French and Italian flavors that were his hallmark.

„Overshadowed in the late 17th century by his politically skillful contemporary Lully, Marc-Antoine Charpentier is now escaping from his long shadow: the recent tremendous ENO production of his Medea showed his dramatic genius, and this alluring new CD explores his spiritual world. Biting dissonances, long chains of suspensions, piercing harmonies. One of France’s best new early music groups, Ensemble Correspondances, shows total understanding of his idiom and achieves a perfect balance of clean but expressive voices with crisp and precise instrumental ensemble. Charpentier himself sang in these sacred pieces, written for the musicians of the Guise family: their intensity is alarmingly sensual.“ (Nicholas Kenyon, The Guardian)

Tracklist:
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
01. Miserere, H.193: I. Miserere mei Deus
02. Miserere, H.193: II. Auditui meo dabis gaudiam
03. Miserere, H.193: III. Ne projicias me
04. Miserere, H.193: IV. Libera me
05. Miserere, H.193: V. Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus
06. Antienne, H.526: Antienne H.526
07. Annunciate superi, H.333: I. Annunciate superi
08. Annunciate superi, H.333: II. Hæc enim Virgo
09. Annunciate superi, H.333: III. Psallite ergo populi
10. Ouverture, H.536: Ouverture H.536
11. Litanies de la Vierge, H.83: I. Kyrie eleison
12. Litanies de la Vierge, H.83: II. Speculum justitiæ
13. Litanies de la Vierge, H.83: III. Salus infirmorum
14. Litanies de la Vierge, H.83: IV. Agnus Dei

Personnel:
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastien Daucé, conductor

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