SDG737
Release date: 26 September 2025
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Christophe Rousset
Producer: Jiri Heger
Engineer: Mike Hatch
Charpentier: Baroque Christmas
£7.00 – £14.00
Description
Recorded in December 2024, this release marks the debut of renowned French conductor Christophe Rousset with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists. The album ‘Baroque Christmas’ featuring the music of Charpentier includes the Messe de Minuit with its beguiling blend of sacred music and French folk carols, as well as In nativitatem Domini Canticum, and the Noëls sur les instruments.
“Listening to this , it’s easy to wish that Christmas lasted the entire year.” ★★★★★ The Times
“Charpentier’s convergence of Italianate and French styles in the instrumental interlude ‘Nuit’ is played gorgeously.” Gramophone
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Christophe Rousset
Soloists:
Hilary Cronin
Rebecca Leggett
Samuel Boden
Edward Ross
Florian Sievers
Florian Störtz
Producer: Jiri Heger
Engineer: Mike Hatch
| Charpentier | Noëls sur les instruments, H. 534 & H. 531 (selections) |
| Charpentier | Messe de minuit pour Noël, H. 9 |
| Charpentier | In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416 |
