8424562816039

Charpentier: Te Deum

Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet

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Format: CD

Cat No: GCDC81603

Release Date:  30 July 2021

Label:  Glossa

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8424562816039

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

  • Description

    A masterpiece of French music, Charpentier's Te Deum was a song of thanksgiving flourishing with the military fortunes of Louis XIV, king of France, who was leading his country in a protracted war.



    But, curiously, it was not the triumphant nature of the Te Deum that attracted Herve Niquet – director of Le Concert Spirituel – to this piece.

    "I love the intimacy of Charpentier", he says, "something which can be found when you look at the performance history of Charpentier's music in some of its original settings, such as the house of the Duchess of Guise or the Sainte Chapelle, where it is clear that detail, vocal and compositional virtuosity, rather than symphonic magnitude, were to the fore.



    Charpentier's genius is such, however, that it perfectly expresses the grandeur and poetry indispensable for works like the Te Deum."



    This recording by Le Concert Spirituel is a truly original version of this memorable music that achieves an amazingly fine balance between intimacy and symphonic fireworks.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Charpentier: Marches Pour Les Trompettes H. 547 I
      • 2. Marches Pour Les Trompettes II
      • 3. Te Deum H. 146
      • 13. Dixit Dominus H. 202
      • 18. In Honorem Sancti Ludovici Regis Galliae Canticum H. 365