La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet – Bach: Magnificat (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles) (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet – Bach: Magnificat (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:57 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Château de Versailles Spectacles

Bach celebrated his first Christmas in Leipzig (1723) in style. On the morning of 25 December, his cantata Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 resounded in the church of Saint Thomas. It opens and closes on a great choir, a perfect prelude to the Magnificat, BWV 243A played at afternoon vespers.

The young conductor Valentin Tournet (23 years old!) is particularly interested in the lesser- known aspects of Bach’s great works. And so for his ensemble’s first release, he has chosen to record the first version of the Magnificat. Written in E-Flat Major, a great key for horns, this score prefers recorders, with their pastoral timbre, to traverso flutes. Much less-played and – recorded than the revised version of 1743 (in D Major and numbered BWV 243), this score is offered here alongside four laude for the Nativity.

Valentin Tournet brings courage and talent to these works and presents us with a particularly brilliant version, thanks to well-made, judicious choices. A viol player, he is sensitive to the vital energy which the cello unleashes, provided that it isn’t overpowered by the organ (a positive organ has been selected for this reason). The piece’s élan is all the greater because the soloists don’t restrict themselves to their own arias, but mix with the choir. The continuity is total, and the emotion is truly collective. – Elsa Siffert

Tracklist:
01. Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, atzet diesen Tag I. Christen, atzet diesen Tag (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
02. Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, atzet diesen Tag II. O selger tag o ungemeines heute (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
03. Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, atzet diesen Tag III. Gott du hast es wohl gefuget (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
04. Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, atzet diesen Tag IV. So kehret sich nun heut das bange leid (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
05. Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, atzet diesen Tag V. Ruft und fleht den himmel an (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
06. Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, atzet diesen Tag VI. Verdoppelt euch demnach, ihr heissen andachtsflammen (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
07. Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, atzet diesen Tag VII. Hochster schau in gnaden an (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
08. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a I. Magnificat (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
09. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a II. Et exultavit spiritus meus (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
10. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a III. Vom himmel hoch (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
11. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a IV. Quia respexit (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
12. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a V. Omnes generationes (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
13. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a VI. Quia fecit mihi magna (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
14. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a VII. Freut euch und jubiliert (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
15. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a VIII. Et misericordia (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
16. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a IX. Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
17. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a X. Gloria (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
18. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a XI. Deposuit potentes (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
19. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a XII. Esurientes implevit bonis (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
20. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a XIII. Virga jesse floruit (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
21. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a XIV. Suscepit Israel (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
22. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a XV. Sicut locutus (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)
23. Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a XVI. Gloria patri (Live at Chapelle Royale, Chateau de Versailles)

Personnel:
Hana Blazikova, soprano
Marie Perbost, soprano
Eva Zaicik, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Stephan MacLeod, bass
La Chapelle Harmonique
Valentin Tournet, direction

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