Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Messe de Minuit, Part #1, Moscow Oratorio, conductor-Alexander Tsaliuk

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Messe de Minuit, Part #1,Moscow Oratorio, conductor-Alexander Tsaliuk, Musica Viva Chamber Symphony Orchestra, soloists: Olga Povstyanaya, Irina Aganezova, Anastasiya Bakastova, Georgy Faradzhev, Vladimir Ognev, Live recording at the Gnessin Academy of Music, Moscow, 2004.

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• Marc-Antoine Charpentier
• Messe de Minuit
• Moscow Oratorio
• Olga Povstyanaya
• Irina Aganezova
• Anastasiya Bakastova
• Georgy Faradzhev
• Vladimir Ognev

[GlassDollface]

Ah, we sang this (the entire messe de minuit) at a christmas concert last year. Nostalgia...A truly beautiful choral piece.

[tuck021289]

what a beautiful version of this lovely work. while I agree with the writer below that "l'intro est un peu longuette" (the introduction is a bit on the long side) it doesn't take away from the serenity of the music whatsoever, we just have to practice some delayed gratification while we wait to hear our parts to practice or whatever we are waiting for. Well then, enjoy the music , Bien! appréciez la musique!

[Bedeau1000]

effectivement l'intro est un peu " longuette" mais je retrouvee exactement la partition que j'ai acheté aux éditions des abesses " les minimales "- c'est magnifique ! JP de Bourgoin

[trompette1000]

gm beaucoup cette messe nous aussi on va la chanter ce soir pour le concert du 18 decembre félisitation a vs mais je trouve que l'intro est trop long

[Joel418]

Charpentier used as an opportunity to perform oratorio-like works on the theme of the mass, such as an oratorio on the Christmas story (like H. 416) for midnight mass.

[Joel418]

@Diwonusoio Actually, H. 416 was almost certainly performed during the mass at the Jesuit St. Louis church (the composer was employed when he wrote the piece). Since low mass (i.e. spoken or chanted mass) was the style of the time per the king's preference, long psalm settings, lasting up to 30 minutes, were commonly performed during the first half of the mass, a custom which the Italian-trained

[TeraHammer]

@dezangerman haha me too - also dutch btw?

[MarijoLaTuche]

magnifique !

[dezangerman]

Very nice. We will be singing it in our local church at midnight Christmas Eve

[Diwonusoio]

A note: the actual Kyrie of the Christmas Mass of Charpentier is preceded in this performance by the instrumental Nuit of the In nativitatem Domini canticum H. 416. Good choice, even if it had no place in a XVIIth c. French mass.