Charpentier: Musique Sacrée (includes Bonus CD) [LIMITED EDITION] [IMPORT]

Stephen Varcoe (Performer), Georg Christoph Bach (Composer), Johann Christian Bach (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Johann David Heinichen (Composer), Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Reinhard Goebel (Conductor, Performer), Musica Antiqua Köln (Performer), Wilbert Hazelzet (Performer), Henk Bouman (Performer), Anne Sofie von Otter (Performer), Hein Meens (Performer), Paul Elliott (Performer), Hajo Bass (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Stephen Varcoe, Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln, Wilbert Hazelzet, Henk Bouman, et al.
• Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
• Composer: Georg Christoph Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, George Frederick Handel, et al.
• Audio CD (October 1, 2003)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition, Import
• Label: Archiv Prod Import
• ASIN: B0000CGV01
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #190,403 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Marche de triomphe, for instruments, H. 547: Marche de triomphe pour les violons, trompettes, timbales, flűtes et hautbois, H. 547/1

2. Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues, for orchestra, H. 513: 1. Kyrie pour tous les instruments / 2. Kyrie pour les ha

3. Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues, for orchestra, H. 513: 10. Gloria in excelis Deo (célébrant) / 11. Et in terra p

4. Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues, for orchestra, H. 513: 28. Offerte ŕ deux chśurs (chśurs des instruments ŕ vent

5. Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues, for orchestra, H. 513: 29. Sanctus pour tous les instruments

6. Offerte pour l'orgue, for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, strings & continuo, H. 514

7. Pour un reposoir, for strings, H. 508: 1. Ouverture

8. Pour un reposoir, for strings, H. 508: 2. Tantum ergo

9. Pour un reposoir, for strings, H. 508: 3. Quand les prętres avront chanté Tantum ergo

10. Pour un reposoir, for strings, H. 508: 4. Quand les prętres avront chanté Genitori Amen

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Concerto for 2 horns, violin, 3 oboes, 2 flutes & strings in F major, Seibel 234: [Part 1]

2. Concerto for 2 horns, violin, 3 oboes, 2 flutes & strings in F major, Seibel 234: [Part 2]

3. Concerto for 2 horns, violin, 3 oboes, 2 flutes & strings in F major, Seibel 234: [Part 3]

4. Concerto for 2 horns, violin, 3 oboes, 2 flutes & strings in F major, Seibel 234: [Part 4]

5. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Ouvertüre

6. Symphonie Concertante for piano, oboe, violin, cello & orchestra in B flat major, CW C48 (T. 289/7): Andante di molto

7. Haec est Regina virginum, antiphon for soprano, strings & continuo, HWV 235

8. Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium: 'Kommt, eilet und laufet'), BWV 249 (BC D8): Sinfonia

9. Septet (Concerto), for 3 oboes, 3 violins & continuo in B flat major, TWV 44:43: [Part 1]

10. Septet (Concerto), for 3 oboes, 3 violins & continuo in B flat major, TWV 44:43: [Part 2]

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost and Found, November 22, 2004

By	Daniel R. Greenfield "Dan" (Wisconsin, United States) - See all my reviews

Very little is known about Charpentier's life (1643-1704). The main source of information is an obscure rival composer named de Brossard. According to de Brossard, Charpentier was originally from Paris but studied music in Rome under the composer Carissimi. In 1696 he beat out de Brossard for the post of choirmaster at the Sainte Chapelle Cathedral in Paris, where he remained until his death in 1704. As Goebels writes in the album liner notes, there are several reasons for Charpentier's neglect as a composer. First, he has traditionally been relegated to that band of other composers who were "Lully's imitators". Secondly, his music is "not easy listening, being neither instantly memorable nor readily digestible. Rather it is highly demanding and not always accessible to every listener from the outset." However, it is related that even de Brossard paid tribute to him, praising him as the "most profound and learned of modern composers."

Even if you love baroque music, gaining an appreciation of this music will take some time. But once you have put forth the effort, and assuming you do enjoy period baroque, you will not want to remove this disc from your changer, it is so amazingly good, no small thanks to Goebel and the Musica Antiqua Koln. And if that's not recommendation enough, included in this album is a bonus disc which celebrates 25 years of Musica Antiqua Koln on the Archiv Produktion label. Here's what's included on that disc: Heinichen's Concerto in F major, J.S. Bach's Suite in B minor, J.C. Bach's Andante de Molto, Handel's Haec est Regina virginum, J.S. Bach's Sinfonia from the Concerto in D after BVW 249, Telemann's Concerto for three oboes, three violins and basso continuo in B-flat major, G.C. Bach's Cantata `Siehe, wie fein und lieblich' (This is an astonishingly beautiful piece!), Vivaldi's "La Follia", and lastly Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Delight, August 8, 2006

By	Ravi Chandran (Salt Lake City, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of the best recorded CDs I have heard. After listening to this you would feel that Charpentier undoubtedly ranks among the best of baroque composers--with a little twist of his own in his compositions. The first and last pieces in this CD have beautiful Timpani accompanyment with trumptet, violin and flute making some of the incredible and cute cascading that is perky and extremely delightful. In particular, the last piece (26, fanfare) has the thunderous underscoring of timpani. On a review elsewhere someone wrote that this piece has a "rowdy" tone to it--I would say that it is a beautiful and "Pleasantly-Classical-Rowdy" piece.

The bonus CD that comes within this package contains some selected pieces from other CDs made by Music Antiqua Koln and is equally superb. In particular, the performance of Goebel's group for the Easter Oratoria of JS Bach (BWV 249 Sinfonia) deserves superlative praises. WOW! WOW! WOW!--adinfinitum. I could feel the sincererity, dedication and the sheer emotional involvement that seems to come out as you follow each instrument's tonal quality, depth and synchronization, is something that I have never felt in listening to the other recordings that I have listened to, and will probably never see in any group other than Goebel's. There seems to be a sense of strong reverence toward the composer which is built up by the troupe as they play the pieces.

Dear Goebel and his troupe: Many roses from me for making a wonderful performance and recording.

If you are a lover of Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Heinichen, Handel then you will enjoy these CDs very much.