- EDITOR’S CHOICE
- 2020 · Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- CHARPENTIER
- H. 9 · “Midnight Mass For Christmas Eve”
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- Cécile Vénien-Gérard, Chœurs de la Maîtrise de Sainte-Anne-d'Auray: Maîtrise, Camerata Sainte Anne, Chœurs de la Maîtrise de Sainte-Anne-d'Auray: Ensemble vocal, Véronique Le Guen, delphine le gall, Gilles Gérard
- Romain Champion, Marguerite Louise, Nicolas Brooymans, David Tricou, Louise Champion, Nicolas de La Fortelle, Gaétan Jarry
- Dianna Grabowski, James Richman, Haley Sicking, Patrick Gnage, Andrew Dittman, Stéphanie Varnerin, Matthieu Peyregne, Kara McBain, Dallas Bach Society, David Grogan
- James Richman, Dallas Bach Society, Haley Sicking, Patrick Gnage
- Razvan Suma, Ella Bokor, Mircea Marian, PlaCello Ensemble, Stefan Cazacu
- Natacha Boucher, Les Chantres du Centres de musique baroques de Versailles, Jean-François Lombard, Jean-François Novelli, David Witczak, Clément Debieuvre, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Les Temps Présents, Olivier Schneebeli
Biography
Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a French composer of the Baroque era. He studied in Italy, but made his career in France, where he developed a style with both French and Italian influences, notable for its lyricism and penetrating psychological depth. A devout Catholic, he is best known for his sacred music, but he also wrote operas, songs, instrumental music, and incidental music for Molière plays. Charpentier received relatively little acclaim during his lifetime, and his work was largely ignored for nearly 200 years, but he underwent a revival in the late 20th century, and his true significance is finally being recognized.