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Charpentier - Deux Oratorios | Harmonia Mundi - Musique d'Abord HMA195066

Charpentier - Deux Oratorios

Label: Harmonia Mundi - Musique d'Abord

Cat No: HMA195066

Barcode: 0794881697625

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 6th June 2012

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Contents

Artists

Les Arts Florissants

Conductor

William Christie

Works

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine

Caecilia, virgo et martyr, H397
Filius prodigus, H399
Magnificat, H73

Artists

Les Arts Florissants

Conductor

William Christie

About

Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Latin oratorios rise to the zenith of French music of the Grand Siècle, at a time when oratorio was as little appreciated in France as it was extolled in Italy. Charpentier discovered the genre while studying with Carissimi in Rome but what he did with it went way beyond a mere schoolroom exercise!

These two oratorios, composed between 1672 and 1698, are superb examples of Charpentier's individual qualities: an acute sense of the word and an unprecedented dramatic effectiveness.

This title was released for the first time in 1980.

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