Charpentier M-A
Lully and Charpentier: Les Musiques de Molière (Harmonia Mundi)
Anyone interested in Baroque opera should acquire this issue [GF]
Charpentier: Airs sérieux et à boire (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
An outstanding and enjoyable production [JV]
11 Famous Cathedral Organs – recital (Alto)
Thirteen pieces, eleven cathedral organs, nine organists, one excellent concept [JF]
The King’s Playlist – recital (Linn)
A promising debut: a portrait of musical life at Louis XIV’s court [JV]
Neville Marriner (conductor): The Complete Warner Classics Recordings (Warner Classics)
An 80-CD centenary salute to Marriner, with (or without) his ASMF [JW]
Charpentier & Desmarest: Te Deum (Alpha Classics)
Even if one does not need another Charpentier’s Te Deum, Desmarest’s setting deserves attention [JV]
Les Hautbois à la Chambre du Roi (Ricercar)
A fascinating picture of music at the time of Louis XIV [JV]
Charpentier: Messe de minuit (Harmonia Mundi)
The perfect disc to musically celebrate Christmas [JV]
Charpentier: Te Deum (Château de Versailles)
One of the main attractions of this disc is the magnificent De profundis [JV]
Charpentier: In Nativitatem Domini Canticum (Erato)
(Déjà Review) This is a joyful celebration of Christmas and will make an ideal present for the coming festivities [CF]
Charpentier: David & Jonathas (Château de Versailles)
A staging of French baroque opera at its finest [MP]