Dvd Versailles

Jordi Savall - M.A. Charpentier - A La Chapelle Royale De Versailles (2014) {2CD+DVD Alia Vox AVDVD 9905}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 748 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 325 Mb
DVD9 -> 5.79 Gb | All Regions | PAL 16:9 | LPCM, 2 ch | ~ 92 min | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 315 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2014 Alia Vox | AVDVD 9905
Classical / Baroque / Choral / Chamber Music

A treasure map is needed to find one’s way through this release. The CDs and DVD, exquisitely encased in a beautiful book – full of facsimiles, photographs and essays as well as vocal texts in innumerable translations – contain performances of some of the most beautifully crafted, deeply spiritual music Charpentier ever wrote. Catherine Cessac, the foremost French authority on Charpentier, writes eloquently on the music and Savall on the impetus for the collection. The repertoire, inspired by the story of the Virgin Mary, is drawn from all periods of Charpentier’s life and reflects the different private and public circumstances of his employment, the musical resources available to him and occasions for which he composed. In several cases more than one performance, each with different personnel, has been included, hence the need for a map.

Studio Armide represents magnificent documentary film Olivier Simonnet «Marc-Antoine Charpentier, un automne musical à Versailles». Marc-Antoine Charpentier never had an official function at the court of Louis XIV. In 2004 Versailles finally opened its doors to him for the tercentennial commemorations of his death. The finest performers of baroque music, from Jordi Savall to Christophe Rousset, played the most important works of the time in the Royal Chapel opera house, as well as in the chateau salons and galleries: from instrumental music (Lully’s Alceste) to vocal music (Actéon), from lyric tragedy (Médée) to sacred music (Missa assumpta est Maria). The life of this collaborator of Molière’s and cultural life under Louis XIV are enriched by the participation of conductors and musicians.