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Choir of St John’s College Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia, George Guest – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel / Poulenc: Motets (2007)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:22 minutes | 958 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, one of the greatest of French baroque composers, has some representation on disc but this CD complements a Mass of his with motets by Poulenc. The truly joyous Midnight Mass for Christmas, in which each movement is based on a traditional French carol or noël, has long been a favourite. Joining the Mass are the appealing, unaccompanied Four Christmas Motets and Four Lenten Motets as well as an independent Salve Regina by Poulenc. Poulenc came to religion late but threw himself whole-heartedly into the writing of choral compositions, and these works reaffirm his high ranking as a choral composer.
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