Charpentier: Le Reniement de St. Pierre; Méditations pour le Carême

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Charpentier's short Latin oratorio on the denial of St. Peter may have been intended for performance in a Holy Week church service, but it is among the most dramatic works he ever wrote. The dialogue is set as believably as in any opera; Peter's increasingly frantic denials as questions from the bystanders (sung by voices in the chorus) swirl around him are gripping; the grinding, anguished dissonances in the final chorus (on the words "and wept bitterly") are stunning. The Lenten meditations for male voices that complete the disc are less dramatic, but beautifully somber. (They include, by the way, a fascinating reduction for three voices of the St. Peter oratorio.) --Matthew Westphal --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Charpentier: Le Reniement de St. Pierre; Méditations pour le Carême, Music, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Concerto Vocale, Baroque Motet, Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Classical, Oratorio
Charpentier: Le Reniement de St. Pierre; Méditations pour le Carême
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    Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by CharpentierAll Works by Charpentier | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Christie, WilliamChristie, William | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    OratoriosOratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    MotetsMotets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    OratoriosOratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000027OD2
    Release Date: 2000-04-26

    Tracks:

    1. Le Reniement De Saint-PIerre, H. 424
    2. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Desolatione Desolata Est Terra
    3. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Sicut Pullus Hirundinis Sic CLamabo
    4. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Tristis Est Anima Mea
    5. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Ecce Judas, Unus De Duodecim
    6. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Cum Cenasset Jesus
    7. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Quaerebat Pilatus Dimitere Jesum
    8. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Tenebrae Factae Sunt
    9. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Stabat Mater Dolorosa
    10. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Sola Vivebat In Antris Magdalena Lugens
    11. Meditations Pour Le Careme, H. 380-389: Tentavit Deus Abraham Et Dixit Ad Eum

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    Charpentier's short Latin oratorio on the denial of St. Peter may have been intended for performance in a Holy Week church service, but it is among the most dramatic works he ever wrote. The dialogue is set as believably as in any opera; Peter's increasingly frantic denials as questions from the bystanders (sung by voices in the chorus) swirl around him are gripping; the grinding, anguished dissonances in the final chorus (on the words "and wept bitterly") are stunning. The Lenten meditations for male voices that complete the disc are less dramatic, but beautifully somber. (They include, by the way, a fascinating reduction for three voices of the St. Peter oratorio.) --Matthew Westphal

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