M.A. Charpentier à la Chapelle Royale de Versailles

"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!

"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 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".