A pleasant “meslange” of timbres, three voices and an instrumental ensemble directed by Jean-Marc Andrieu, gives at these motets a particular colour, full of mysticism, expressiveness and depth. The Marc-Antoine Charpentier writting distinguish itself from his time.
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Vincent Lièvre-Picard, countertenor
Sébastien Obrecht, baritenore
Jean-Manuel Candenot, bass bartione
Les Passions Orchestra
Flavio Losco, Nirina Betoto, violins
Laurence Pottier, recorder
Fabienne Azéma, Jean-François Bougès, traverse flute
Etienne Mangot, bass of violin
Ronaldo Lopes, theorbo
Yasuko Uyama-Bouvard, organ
Recorder and direction : Jean-Marc Andrieu
1 – Magnificat
2 – Beata est Maria
3 – Ouverture pour l’église
4 – Veni Creator
5 – Prélude
6 – Salve Regina
7 -Ad beatam virginem “Hodie Salus”
8 – Prélude
9 – Elévation pour la paix “O bone Jesu”
10 – Ouverture “Pour un reposoir”
11 – Laudate Dominum
12 – Litanies de la Vierge
Duration : 56′
Beata est Maria was recorded in September 2011 at l’Abbaye-Ecole in Sorèze. Label Ligia / Harmonia Mundi Distribution, 2011. Artistic direction : Dominique Daigremont. Recording and arrangement : Eric Baratin. With the support of l’ADAMI and the ADDA 82.