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The "Histoires Sacrées" of Marc-Antoine Charpentier are sometimes called little sacred operas, but they are really more like oratorios: they contain numbers sung by characters, but they have a great deal of narration, and they are in Latin. Sample here the scene in Judith, sive Bethulia liberata, H. 391, where Judith slices off the head of Holofernes: the emotional mood is just slightly heightened. These works have not often been recorded and take a bit of effort to absorb; one has to familiarize oneself with the Latin texts and with the mood of the whole, which is didactic rather than dramatic. The program here is strong, with three female biblical heroines exemplifying strength and virtue, and this helps you get into the expressive modes of the music. The "Histoires Sacrées" have not been recorded often. Until now the field has been ruled by a 2001 release from Gérard Lesne and his Baroque ensemble Il Seminario Musicale, and this release by the durable French group Ensemble Correspondances offers evidence of how much approaches vary in this still little-explored repertory. You can take your choice. Lesne has his engineers bring the microphone up to the soloists, whereas here, leader Sébastien Daucé chooses a more ambient approach that brings out instrumental detail. Lesne and his other soloists are stronger than the ones here, but Daucé may come closer to an authentic performance. Both choirs are small, probably in line with the private chamber circumstances for which these works were written; Daucé's group of 14 singers, mostly taking solos as well as singing in ensembles, is highly expressive even as it is woven into the more general texture. The album is accompanied by a DVD recorded at the Chapelle Royale at Versailles, but the main CDs were not: they come from small auditoriums in Grenoble and Amiens (apparently there were two sessions) that, as it happens, are entirely appropriate to the music. Recommended for Baroque buffs.
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Cæcilia, virgo et martyr octo vocibus, H. 397 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Judith Fa, Dessus (Cæcilia) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille (Valerianus) - Judith Fa, Dessus (Cæcilia) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Davy Cornillot, Taille (Historicus) - Judith Fa, Dessus (Cæcilia) - Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille (Valerianus) - Stephen Collardelle, Haute-contre (Tiburtius) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Davy Cornillot, Taille (Historicus) - Nicolas Brooymans, Bass (Almachius) - Judith Fa, Dessus (Cæcilia) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Judith Fa, Dessus (Cæcilia) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Caroline Weynants & Violaine Le Chenadec, Dessus (Angeli) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Caroline Weynants & Violaine Le Chenadec, Dessus (Angeli) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Caroline Weynants, Violaine Le Chenadec, Caroline Arnaud, Dessus & Lucile Richardot, Bas-dessus (Angeli) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Motet pour les trépassés à 8, H. 311 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Caroline Weynants & Violaine Le Chenadec, Dessus - Lucile Richardot, Bas-dessus - Stephen Collardelle, Haute-contre - Davy Cornillot & Constantin Goubet, Taille - Nicolas Brooymans & Renaud Brès, Bass - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Caroline Weynants & Violaine Le Chenadec, Dessus - Stephen Collardelle, Haute-contre - Davy Cornillot, Taille - Renaud Brès, Bass - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
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Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Dialogus inter Magdalenam et Jesum, H. 423 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Lucile Richardot, Bas-dessus (Mary Magdalene) - Davy Cornillot, Taille (Jesus) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions des Abbesses|Ensemble Correspondances, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Judith, sive Bethulia liberata, H. 391 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Caroline Arnaud, Dessus - Stephen Collardelle, Haute-contre - Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille - Nicolas Brooymans, Bass - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Stephen Collardelle, Haute-contre - Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille - Nicolas Brooymans, Bass - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Nicolas Brooymans, Bass - Davy Cornillot, Taille - René Ramos Premier, Basse-Taille - Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus - Judith Fa, Dessus - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Judith Fa, Dessus - Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus - Davy Cornillot, Taille - René Ramos Premier, Basse-Taille - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Judith Fa, Dessus - Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus - Davy Cornillot, Taille - René Ramos Premier, Basse-Taille - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
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Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus - Davy Cornillot, Taille - René Ramos Premier, Basse-Taille - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Caroline Weynants, Dessus (Judith) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Caroline Weynants, Dessus (Judith) - Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus - Davy Cornillot, Taille - René Ramos Premier, Basse-Taille - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Caroline Weynants, Dessus (Judith) - Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Davy Cornillot, Taille - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Caroline Weynants, Dessus (Judith) - Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille - Violaine Le Chenadec, Dessus (Ancilla) - Stephen Collardelle, Haute-Contre - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Caroline Weynants, Dessus (Judith) - Renaud Brès, Bass (Holofernes) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Nicolas Brooymans, Bass - Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille - Stephen Collardelle, Haute-Contre - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Violaine Le Chenadec, Dessus (Ancilla) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Caroline Weynants, Dessus (Judith) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Caroline Weynants, Dessus (Judith) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
DISC 2
Mors Saülis et Jonathæ, H. 403 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille (Saül) - Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus (Maga) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus (Maga) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Davy Cornillot, Taille - Violaine Le Chenadec, Dessus - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Nicolas Brooymans, Bass (Samuel) - Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille (Saül) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille (Saül) - David Tricou, Haute-Contre (Miles) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille (Saül) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Lucile Richardot, Bas-Dessus - Caroline Dangin-Bardot, Dessus - Constantin Goubet, taille - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Davy Cornillot, Taille (David) - David Tricou, Haute-Contre (Miles) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Davy Cornillot, Taille (David) - David Tricou, Haute-Contre (Miles) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Davy Cornillot, Taille (David) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Violaine Le Chenadec, Dessus - Cornillot, Taille (David) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Dialogus inter Christum et peccatores, H. 425 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions du CMBV, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Etienne Bazola, Basse-Taille (Christus) - Ensemble Correspondances - Sébastien Daucé, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Editions des Abbesses|Ensemble Correspondances, Music Publisher
2019 harmonia mundi 2016 harmonia mundi
Albumbeschreibung
The "Histoires Sacrées" of Marc-Antoine Charpentier are sometimes called little sacred operas, but they are really more like oratorios: they contain numbers sung by characters, but they have a great deal of narration, and they are in Latin. Sample here the scene in Judith, sive Bethulia liberata, H. 391, where Judith slices off the head of Holofernes: the emotional mood is just slightly heightened. These works have not often been recorded and take a bit of effort to absorb; one has to familiarize oneself with the Latin texts and with the mood of the whole, which is didactic rather than dramatic. The program here is strong, with three female biblical heroines exemplifying strength and virtue, and this helps you get into the expressive modes of the music. The "Histoires Sacrées" have not been recorded often. Until now the field has been ruled by a 2001 release from Gérard Lesne and his Baroque ensemble Il Seminario Musicale, and this release by the durable French group Ensemble Correspondances offers evidence of how much approaches vary in this still little-explored repertory. You can take your choice. Lesne has his engineers bring the microphone up to the soloists, whereas here, leader Sébastien Daucé chooses a more ambient approach that brings out instrumental detail. Lesne and his other soloists are stronger than the ones here, but Daucé may come closer to an authentic performance. Both choirs are small, probably in line with the private chamber circumstances for which these works were written; Daucé's group of 14 singers, mostly taking solos as well as singing in ensembles, is highly expressive even as it is woven into the more general texture. The album is accompanied by a DVD recorded at the Chapelle Royale at Versailles, but the main CDs were not: they come from small auditoriums in Grenoble and Amiens (apparently there were two sessions) that, as it happens, are entirely appropriate to the music. Recommended for Baroque buffs.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : Recorded October & December, 2016, Maison de la Culture (MC2) in Grenoble and Maison de la Culture in Amiens
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 65 track(s)
- Total length: 02:40:16
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ensemble Correspondances Sébastien Daucé
- Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Area: France
- Genre: Klassiek Religieuze vocale muziek Sacred Oratorios
- Period: Baroque Music
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