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M.A. Charpentier à la Chapelle Royale de Versailles

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Reviews (6)

Fono Forum

2009 Juli

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Reinmar Emans

2009 Juli

"So wirklich versteht man nicht, was mit Hervé Niquet los ist ... Sein Hang zur lyrischen Breite, die bei romantischen Werken möglicherweise, beim französischen Barock aber kaum Berechtigung hat".

BBC music magazine

2009 June

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Nicholas Anderson

2009 June

"Hervé Niquet succeeds in conveying this expressive nobility and declamatory grandeur more succesfully than the few existing rival versions ... Overall this is musically and interpretatively satisfying. Le Concert Spirituel possess a fluency which complements the graceful eloquence of Charpentier's style".

Diapason

2014 septembre

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Gaëtan Naulleau

2014 septembre

International record review

2009 June

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Simon Heighes

2009 June

"Niquet offers us a fresh perspective ... the whole mass unfolds with a greater sense of spaciousness and measured dignity ... The instrumental playing is beautifully shaped ... The five soloists are uniformly in tune with the subtle inflexions of the music, adding character and colour to their lines ... The choral singing is full and flexible ... Sumptuous and satisfying, this is a magnificent achievement!

The gramophone

2009 August

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Nalen Anthoni

2009 August

"Niquet's performance is a fitting reflection of the music's magnitude ... Niquet's lambently atmospheric theorbos are absolutely right for Charpentier's texture ... An interpretation that matches the work's stature".

The gramophone

2014 October

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Julie Anne Sadie

2014 October

"The performances are all carefully honed and representative of Savall's wider apporach to historical music, which is to create versions possibly even more beautiful than originally envisaged".