Music from the 17th and 18th centuries. In this episode, we will hear Christmas music from Marc-Antoine Charpentier: a couple of short oratorios, an arrangement from the O Antiphons, a Magnificat, a motet, and instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
1. Grandes Antiennes O de l’Avent (H 36-43)
Ensemble Correspondances conducted by Sébastien Daucé
(CD: “Pastorale de Noël” – Harmonia Mundi HMC 902247, 2016)
2. In Nativitatem Domini nostri Jesu Christi canticum (H 414)
Les Arts Florissants conducted by William Christie
(CD: “Pastorale” – Harmonia Mundi HMC 901082, 1981/82)
3. 4 Noëls (H 531):
– O Créateur
– Autre Noël, Laissez paître vos bêtes
– A la venue de Noël
– Vous qui désirez sans fin
4. Magnificat (H 80)
5. In circumcisione Domini (H 316)
6. Pour la fête de l’Epiphanie (H 395)
Solistenensemble Stimmkunst and Ensemble 94 conducted by Kay Johannsen
(CD: “Noël” – Carus 83.196, 2008)
In addition:
7. Noël Les Bourgeois de Chastres (H 534)
Ensemble 94 conducted by Kay Johannsen
(CD: 3-6)
