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Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) - 3 Histoires Sacrées - Gérard Lesne

Recorded at Trinità dei Monti, Roma, 21 October 2000

tracklist:

01-16 - Mors Saulis et Jonathae H403

17-26 - Sacrificium Abrahae H402

27-31 - In Circumcisione Domini / Dialogus inter angelum et pastores H406

Il Seminario Musicale

dir. Gérard Lesne

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) is usually credited with launching the development of the French oratorio, based on his visit to Rome in the 1660s, where he heard the music of Giacomo Carissimi. In fact, the impetus behind the oratorio came from the intellectual circles of the Counter-Reformation, and even more precisely from one congregation, the Confraternity of the Holy Crucifixion, in its chapel (oratory) at the Curch of San Marcello. But however Italianate the origins of French Baroque music, the distinctive vocal styles of composers like Charpentier, Brossard, Lully, and Dumont soon made their compositions unlike those of any other European country, in grands et petits motets and in operas as well as oratorios.

Gerard Lesne's ensemble, Il Seminario Musicale, is so consistently brilliant in the performance of both French and Italian Baroque masterworks that the name alone constitutes a five-star performance guarantee. This CD will not disappoint you; it's bold, colorful, and entertaining, despite the grim lessons of its texts.

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