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Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet - Charpentier: Vespres A La Vierge (1995)

Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet - Charpentier: Vespres A La Vierge (1995)
  • Title: Charpentier: Vespres A La Vierge
  • Year Of Release: 1995
  • Label: Naxos
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 01:01:15
  • Total Size: 274 MB
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This release offers a liturgical reconstruction of the Vespers office. The five Vesper psalms and Magnificat belong to different periods in Charpentier's life and the six antiphons are by his organist-composer contemporary, Nivers. The reconstruction works well and Le Concert Spirituel, under Hervé Niquet, demonstrates its rapport with Charpentier's music. The vocal sound is fresh and the wide range of musical Affekt shows off a greater diversity of tonal colour.
Tenors and basses incline towards a roughness of timbre here and there yet, overall, the bright and full-blooded choral sound is pleasing and vital. Some may find the recording balance of the psalms and canticle a fraction too close, creating the atmosphere of a drawing-room Vespers rather than one in more spacious, ecclesiastical surroundings. The antiphons fare much better in this respect, having a deeper aural perspective.
This is a richly rewarding programme of music which never disappoints.


Tracklist:

01. Antienne (Antiphon) 1 (1:11)
02. Motet Beatus vir qui timet Dominum (psaume CXI) H. 221 (7:56)
03. Antienne (Antiphon) 2 (1:05)
04. Motet Laudate pueri (psaume CXII) H. 149 (6:21)
05. Antienne (Antiphon) 3 (0:59)
06. Motet Laetatus sum (psaume CXXI) (6:37)
07. Antienne (Antiphon) 4 (0:47)
08. Motet Nisi Dominus (psaume CXXVI) (5:46)
09. Antienne (Antiphon) 5 (0:55)
10. Motet Lauda Ierusalem (psaume CXLVII) H. 210 (6:24)
11. Hymne pour toutes les fêtes de la Vierge 'Ave maris stella' H. 60 (6:34)
12. Antienne (Antiphon) 6 (1:44)
13. Magnificat H. 72 (8:32)
14. Salve Regina, à trois chœurs H. 24 (6:29)

Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet - Charpentier: Vespres A La Vierge (1995)



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