- EDITOR’S CHOICE
- 2020 · A Nocte Temporis, Reinoud Van Mechelen
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- CHARPENTIER
- H. 9 · “Midnight Mass For Christmas Eve”
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- delphine le gall, Chœurs de la Maîtrise de Sainte-Anne-d'Auray: Maîtrise, Chœurs de la Maîtrise de Sainte-Anne-d'Auray: Ensemble vocal, Véronique Le Guen, Cécile Vénien-Gérard, Gilles Gérard, Camerata Sainte Anne
- David Tricou, Gaétan Jarry, Marguerite Louise, Nicolas Brooymans, Louise Champion, Nicolas de La Fortelle, Romain Champion
- Dianna Grabowski, Andrew Dittman, Stéphanie Varnerin, Patrick Gnage, James Richman, Haley Sicking, Matthieu Peyregne, Kara McBain, Dallas Bach Society, David Grogan
- James Richman, Patrick Gnage, Haley Sicking, Dallas Bach Society
- PlaCello Ensemble, Stefan Cazacu, Razvan Suma, Ella Bokor, Mircea Marian
- Natacha Boucher, Les Temps Présents, Olivier Schneebeli, Jean-François Lombard, Les Chantres du Centres de musique baroques de Versailles, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Jean-François Novelli, David Witczak, Clément Debieuvre
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.