Ensemble Correspondances & Sébastien Daucé - Charpentier: Pastorale de Noël (2016)

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Artist: Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Title: Charpentier: Pastorale de Noël
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 01:20:57
Total Size: 444 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Pastorale sur la Naissance de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Première version H. 483
1ère partie
01. Ouverture 1’05
02. Scène 1 : Que nos soupirs, Seigneur, réveille tes bontés [CB] 1’33
03. Il est temps Seigneur que tu paraisses [CB, NB] 2’58
04. Ecoutez-moi, peuple fidèle [EB] 2’19
05. Cieux, répandez notre rosée 2’09
06. Simphonie de la Nuit 4’20
07. Scène 2 : Régnez, calme profond [CW] 2’14
08. Dans ces lieux écartés [DC, SC, CB, VL, CW, EB] 3’02
09. De l’univers entier, apprenez le bonheur [CW] 1’35
10. Scène 3 : Célestes compagnons [CW] 0’13
11. Scène 4 : Gloire dans les hauts lieux 1’15
12. Paix en terre [CB] 2’22

2e partie
13. Scène 5 : Pasteurs, éveillez-vous [CB, VL] 0’27
14. Hélas, cette brebis si chère [VL] 2’08
15. Heureuse, mille et mille fois [VL] 0’34
16. Scène 6 : Joignons nos flûtes 1’01
17. Ne sont-ce pas nos bergers ? [CB, VL] 1’19
18. Cette nuit d’une vierge [SC, CB, VL] 1’18
19. Oui le loup infernal [RB] 0’28
20. Joignons nos flûtes 1’01
21. Ritournelle 0’48
22. C’est de l’homme aujourd’hui [VL] 1’44

Grandes Antiennes O de l’Avent
23. O Salutaris, H. 36 [NB, DC, SC] 2’03
24. O Sapienta, H. 37 [RB, DC, SC] 2’32
25. O Adonai, H. 38 [NB, DC, LR] 1’58
26. O Radix Jesse, H.39 1’41
27. Or nous dites Ma rie (noël instrumental) 2’39
28. O clavis David, H. 40 2’03
29. O Oriens, H. 41 1’50
30. O Rex Gentium, H. 42 [SC] 1’32
31. O Emmanuel, H. 43 1’27
32. Or nous dites Marie (Ballard) [VL] 4’14

Pastorale, 2e partie, seconde version H.483a
33. Scène 5 : Heureux bergers, Scène 6 [RB] 2’30
34. Mais qui ne serait pas touché [CW] 1’52
35. Non, l’haleine secourable 2’22
36. Scène 7 : Votre tendresse est équitable [CW] 1’43
37. Chantez donc à l’envie [CW] 0’49
38. Faisons de nos joyeux cantiques 1’18
39. Menuet de la bergère [VL, CW] 2’38
40. Ne laissons point sans louanges 1’42

Pastorale, 2e partie, troisème version H.483b
41. Le Soleil recommence à dorer nos montagnes [SC] 2’13
42. Belle mais imparfaite figure [VL, CW] 0’49
43. Oui Seigneur [RB] 0’46
44. Source de lumières et de grâce 4’24

French Baroque music has never achieved the general familiarity of its German and Italian cousins, but that's not for any lack of trying on the part of conductor Sébastien Daucé and his Ensemble Correspondances. What you get here is a Pastorale de Noël -- a fairly short but grand Christmas narrative -- plus one set of "Antiennes de O," or O Anthems, so called because each one begins with the word "O." The second half of the Pastorale was revised twice, and the two later versions are included here. The anthems are in a slightly different style: they lack the paired violins and the singsong melodies of the Pastorale, a genre that evolved from secular roots (the stories are about shepherds and shepherdesses, which didn't take a lot of massaging to be applied to the Christmas story). So, there's some scholarly subtlety on display here, but the main attraction -- the complete Pastorale as performed on the album's first 22 tracks -- is absolutely gorgeous. It consists of alternating solos and tutti, many of them very short and contrasting brilliantly in rhythm, texture, and melodic shape. Sample several of them in a row for the effect: it's kaleidoscopic and joyous. You might try a track including countertenor Stephen Collardelle (such as "Cette nuit d'une vierge"): his voice is distinctive indeed, but may not be to all tastes. Daucé and his group of 19 performers (ten players and nine singers) achieve a sound that's at once sumptuous and sensuous. If you know Charpentier only through the popular Messe de minuit -- or don't know him at all -- you are in for a major treat. -- James Manheim

Sebastien Dauce - Charpentier-Pastorale de Noel.rar - 444.9 MB