Charpentier David

Les Pages du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles - Charpentier: David et Jonathas, H. 490 (2024) [Digital Download 24/96]

Les Pages du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Les Temps Présents & Olivier Schneebeli - Charpentier: David et Jonathas, H. 490 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 122:31 minutes | 2,32 GB
Classical, Opera | Label: Aparté, Official Digital Download

In 1688, the Jesuit college Louis-le-Grand staged David et Jonathas, a lyrical tragedy written by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Intended for the school’s students and interspersed with the Latin tragedy Saul, it depicted the fratricidal friendship of David and Jonathas, at the mercy of an implacable fate and a cruel struggle for power.
Les Pages du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles - Charpentier: David et Jonathas, H. 490 (2024)

Les Pages du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Les Temps Présents & Olivier Schneebeli - Charpentier: David et Jonathas, H. 490 (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 2:02:00 | 612 Mb
Genre: Classical

In 1688, the Jesuit college Louis-le-Grand staged David et Jonathas, a lyrical tragedy written by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Intended for the school’s students and interspersed with the Latin tragedy Saul, it depicted the fratricidal friendship of David and Jonathas, at the mercy of an implacable fate and a cruel struggle for power.
Michel Corboz, English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David & Jonathas (1982)

Michel Corboz, English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David & Jonathas (1982)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 308 Mb | Total time: 128.04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | ECD 71435 | Recorded: 1981

In addition to German and early Italian sacred music, Michel Corboz was very involved in exploring the Grand Siècle, and in particular the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The re-creation in Lyon of David & Jonathas, a groundbreaking musical form between lyric tragedy and oratorio, with very few recitatives, was one of the main stage events of 1981. Almost three centuries had passed since the premiere and the work was completely forgotten, though being considered nowadays as one of Charpentier’s masterpieces. This recording, made just after the live performances, was the first to reveal the beauty of this work, thanks to Corboz’ conducting of a period instrument orchestra and an amazing cast of vocal soloists: Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Paul Esswood, Philippe Huttenlocher, René Jacobs, François Le Roux…
Michel Corboz, English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David & Jonathas (1982)

Michel Corboz, English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David & Jonathas (1982)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 308 Mb | Total time: 128.04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | ECD 71435 | Recorded: 1981

In addition to German and early Italian sacred music, Michel Corboz was very involved in exploring the Grand Siècle, and in particular the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The re-creation in Lyon of David & Jonathas, a groundbreaking musical form between lyric tragedy and oratorio, with very few recitatives, was one of the main stage events of 1981. Almost three centuries had passed since the premiere and the work was completely forgotten, though being considered nowadays as one of Charpentier’s masterpieces. This recording, made just after the live performances, was the first to reveal the beauty of this work, thanks to Corboz’ conducting of a period instrument orchestra and an amazing cast of vocal soloists: Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Paul Esswood, Philippe Huttenlocher, René Jacobs, François Le Roux…
Antony Walker, Pinchgut Opera - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David + Jonathan (2009)

Antony Walker, Pinchgut Opera - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David + Jonathan (2009)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 120:16 | 672 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: ABC | Catalog: ABC 476 36 61

Pinchgut Opera, based in Sydney and founded in 2002, specializes in Baroque and Classical opera, featuring works such as Semele, The Fairy Queen, Idomeneo, and Orfeo. One of its more obscure repertoire choices is Marc-Antoine Charpentier's 1688 David & Jonathan. It's a work that's rarely performed or recorded, so this fine performance is revelatory.
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David et Jonathas (1990)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David et Jonathas (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 627 Mb | Total time: 60:16+62:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMA 1901289.90 | Recorded: 1988

Lully may have had a monopoly on the performance of actual opera in France, but David et Jonathas is effectively a sacred opera composed for performance at Jesuit colleges. The work is comprised mostly of arias and choruses; what recitative there is is unusually dramatic–especially in Saul's confrontation with David and his visit to the Witch of Endor to summon the ghost of Samuel. (Dominique Visse as the Witch deserves special mention for a convincing performance in a role that could easily descend into camp.) William Christie's choir and orchestra perform with all the expertise you'd expect; Monique Zanetti makes a rather feminine Jonathan but sings beautifully. In the role of David, the sensitive and heroic countertenor voice of Gérard Lesne is extraordinary.
Patricia Petibon - Airs baroques français: Rameau, Lully, Charpentier, Grandval (2001)

Patricia Petibon - Airs baroques français: Rameau, Lully, Charpentier, Grandval (2001)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 63:35 | 361 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | Catalog: 7243 5 45481 2 3

Like olives, artichokes, and more essentially and problematically, anchovies, Patricia Petibon's voice is an acquired taste. She is a high coloratura (up to E-flat), her technique is formidable, capable of great floridity and very fine breath control, she sings mostly without vibrato, and the tone can be so diamond-brilliant that it can grate, although for darker dramatic moments she can moderate the shine.
Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet - Charpentier: Médée (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet - Charpentier: Médée (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 170:30 minutes | 3,16 GB
Classical, Opera | Label: Alpha Classics, Official Digital Download

Of all the versions, Charpentier’s masterpiece celebrating the glory of Medea is among the most faithful to the grandiose nature of the ancient myth.
Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks - M.A. Charpentier: Te Deum, Messe de Minuit pour Noel (1989)

Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks - M.A. Charpentier: Te Deum, Messe de Minuit pour Noel (1989)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:58 | 301 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI Classics | Catalog: 7 63135 2

Marc-Antoine Charpentier was the most distinguished French religious composer of his era, whose output includes Masses, motets,psalms and oratorios, many of them extended works rich in texture, color and harmony, and contrapuntally resourceful. Melodically, Charpentier derived a distinctive style, imposing French embellishments and phrase structure on a basically Italian idiom. His 30 or so theater pieces reveal wit and facility. Unfortunately, he remains known for only two works, both of which are on this disc.
David Bates, La Nuova Musica - Sacrifices: Sébastien de Brossard, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Giacomo Carissimi (2014)

David Bates, La Nuova Musica - Sacrifices: Sébastien de Brossard, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Giacomo Carissimi (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 67:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 807588 | Recorded: 2012

David Bates leads La Nuova Musica in 'Sacrifices', a programme of intensely dramatic oratorios from the mid Baroque. Three poignant tales of denail and sacrifice: St Peter's denial of Christ; Abraham's [narrowly averted] sacrifice of his son Isaac; and the Old Testament story of Jepthe, the hero commander who, before leading the Israelites into battle against the Ammonites, vows to God that if he is victorious, he will sacrifice the first living thing he meets upon his return.