{"id":171,"date":"2012-05-06T18:54:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T17:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=171"},"modified":"2012-05-06T18:54:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T17:54:35","slug":"charpentier-beata-est-maria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Charpentier: Beata est Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Les Passions; Jean-Marc Andrieu<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This new recording from Les Passions <\/em>is devoted to Marc-Antoine Charpentier, two longer works flanking a number of brief but exquisite compositions.<\/p>\n

All of the vocal items are for male voices – drawing on the refined tones of counter-tenor Vincent Lievre-Picard, tenor Sebastien Obrecht and bass Jean-Manuel Condenot \u2013 while Les Passions <\/em>\u00a0provide both orchestral support and a number of purely instrumental interludes.<\/p>\n

Throughout one is aware of the dance rhythms that underpin even the most deeply felt of spiritual text setting. The opening Magnificat <\/em>has a joyful \u00a0\u00be rhythm which is maintained throughout. Similarly Veni creator<\/em> has a sense of lift and buoyancy in the lightness of the instrumentation. By contrast the pleading tones of the Salve Regina<\/em> seem almost melancholic within the context.<\/p>\n

The brief interludes show what a master Charpentier is of succinct expression, which is always apt for its liturgical function.<\/p>\n

As always, Jean-Marc Andrieu\u00a0 creates a musical world which is at the same time convincingly authentic yet always alive and enchanting to hear.<\/p>\n

Details of performances by Les Passions <\/em>can be found at www.les-passions.fr<\/a> and details of the Festival at Abbatiale Saint Robert de La Chaise-Dieu can be found in the News section of this site.<\/p>\n

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