Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Christophe Rousset – Handel: Messiah (2026)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:12:19 minutes | 2,46 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © harmonia mundi

The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists have been performing historically-informed Handel for almost 50 years, and are “unbeatable in the performance of this repertoire” (Scherzo).

A stellar cast of soloists joined “the best choir in the world” (Trouw), and brought MCO’s trademark immediacy and drama to Handel’s festive masterpiece for the first time in over three decades. MCO’s patron HM King Charles III was in attendance and experienced the thrilling conclusion of the European tour at our London home of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

This performance replicated the rare version of the Messiah performed at Covent Garden in 1752 – the final Messiah Handel fully directed, and the only time a soprano, contralto, tenor and bass were used as soloists. This format was brought back to life by acclaimed soloists Ana Vieira Leite, Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples and William Thomas.

Tracklist:

1-1. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Symphony (02:47)
1-2. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. Comfort Ye, My People (02:40)
1-3. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Air. Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (03:20)
1-4. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed (02:31)
1-5. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts (01:18)
1-6. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Air. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming (04:03)
1-7. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi — Recitative. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (02:49)
1-8. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Air & Chorus. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (04:55)
1-9. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (01:53)
1-10. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Air. The People That Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (03:16)
1-11. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born (04:01)
1-12. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Pifa. “Pastoral Symphony” — Recitative. There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field (02:43)
1-13. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them — Recitative. And the Angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not (00:54)
1-14. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Accompagnato. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel (00:16)
1-15. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. Glory to God in the Highest (01:46)
1-16. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Air. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion — Recitative. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open’d (04:35)
1-17. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Air. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd (04:31)
1-18. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light (02:13)
1-19. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God (02:50)
1-20. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Air. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men (10:15)
2-1. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs (01:59)
2-2. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. And With His Stripes We Are Healed (01:42)
2-3. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray (03:53)
2-4. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn (00:43)
2-5. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him (02:18)
2-6. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (01:35)
2-7. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Arioso. Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow (01:27)
2-8. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Accompagnato. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living (00:18)
2-9. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Air. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (02:00)
2-10. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates — Recitative. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time (03:08)
2-11. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him (01:24)
2-12. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Air. Thou Art Gone Up On High (03:13)
2-13. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. The Lord Gave the Word (00:58)
2-14. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Air. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach the Gospel of Peace (02:02)
2-15. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands (01:14)
2-16. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Air. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together (01:24)
2-17. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder — Recitative. He That Dwelleth in Heaven Shall Laugh Them to Scorn (01:47)
2-18. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Air. Thou Shalt Break Them with a Rod of Iron (01:49)
2-19. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus. Hallelujah! (03:42)
2-20. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Air. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (05:35)
2-21. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. Since By Man Came Death (02:10)
2-22. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Accompagnato. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (00:28)
2-23. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Air. The Trumpet Shall Sound — Recitative. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (08:44)
2-24. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Duet. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (01:35)
2-25. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. But Thanks Be to God (01:56)
2-26. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Air. If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us? (04:43)
2-27. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: Chorus. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain. Amen (06:44)

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Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine (2026)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:50:03 minutes | 3,20 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Château de Versailles Spectacles

Composed in 1680, Proserpine marks the reunion of Lully and Quinault after the scandal surrounding Isis (1677). Set in the splendour of Saint-Germain, the work offers a mythological mirror to the Dauphin’s wedding. In it, Lully revolutionises his art: the orchestra becomes the driving force of the drama while the voices gain in expressive intensity. Under the baton of Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques revive this gem in which the fate of a captive queen and the splendour of restored peace unite in immortal harmony.

Tracklist:

1-1. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Ouverture (03:28)
1-2. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Héros, dont la valeur étonne l’univers (La Paix et sa suite) (02:09)
1-3. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Air (01:16)
1-4. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Soupirez, triste Paix, malheureuse captive (La Discorde et sa suite, La Paix et sa suite) (01:58)
1-5. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Bruit de trompettes. Ce bruit que la Victoire en ces lieux fait entendre (La Discorde) (00:42)
1-6. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Air pour les trompettes. Venez aimable Paix, le vainqueur vous appelle (La Victoire et sa suite, La Paix et sa suite, La Discorde et sa suite) (02:17)
1-7. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Orgueilleuse Victoire, est-ce à toi d’entreprendre (La Discorde, La Victoire et sa suite, la Paix et sa suite) (02:11)
1-8. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Ô cruel esclavage ! (La Discorde et sa suite) (01:34)
1-9. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Prélude. Le Vainqueur est comblé de gloire (La Victoire et sa suite, La Paix et sa suite) (01:52)
1-10. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Gavotte (00:29)
1-11. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Menuet. Il est temps que l’Amour nous enchaîne (La Félicité, L’Abondance) (01:28)
1-12. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Prélude. On a quitté les armes (La Paix, Chœur) (02:48)
1-13. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Menuet. Que l’Amour est doux à suivre (La Félicité) (01:01)
1-14. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: On a quitté les armes (Chœur) (01:32)
1-15. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Prologue: Ouverture (II) (03:33)
1-16. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Goûtons dans ces aimables lieux (Cérès, Cyané, Crinise) (03:00)
1-17. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 2: Ritournelle. Mercure, quel dessein vous fait ici descendre ? (Cérès, Mercure) (06:02)
1-18. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 3: La Phrygie a besoin de mes dons précieux (Cérès, Mercure) (03:51)
1-19. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 4: Ritournelle. Vaine fierté, faible rigueur (Aréthuse) (04:45)
1-20. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 5: Arrêtez, nymphe trop sévère (Alphée, Aréthuse) (03:14)
1-21. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 6: Prélude. Cérès va nous ôter sa divine présence (Proserpine, troupe de divinités et de peuples de Sicile) (02:35)
1-22. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 7: Ritournelle. Vous qui voulez pour moi signaler votre zèle (Cérès) (01:45)
1-23. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 8: Célébrons la victoire (Proserpine, Aréthuse, troupe de divinités et de peuples de Sicile) (02:25)
1-24. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 8: Premier Air (01:14)
1-25. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 8: Second Air (00:37)
1-26. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I: Prélude. Ce palais va tomber ; ô dieux ! la terre s’ouvre (Proserpine, un suivant de Proserpine, Chœur) (02:13)
1-27. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 1: Ritournelle. Jupiter a dompté les Géants pour jamais (Crinise, Alphée) (05:04)
1-28. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 2: Venez goûter ici le doux air qu’on respire (Alphée, Ascalaphe) (03:09)
1-29. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Amants qui n’êtes point jaloux (Alphée) (01:47)
1-30. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 4: Ritournelle. Ingrate, écoutez-moi, je ne veux plus me plaindre (Alphée, Aréthuse) (03:58)
1-31. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 5: Est-il vrai que mon cœur soit en votre puissance (Aréthuse, Ascalaphe, Alphée) (02:38)
1-32. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 6: Demeurez Aréthuse, Alphée, éloignez-vous (Pluton, Aréthuse) (02:41)
1-33. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 7: Ritournelle. J’ai peine à concevoir d’où vient le trouble extrême (Ascalaphe, Pluton) (03:27)
1-34. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 8: Les beaux jours et la paix (Choeur des nymphes, Pluton) (00:37)
1-35. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 8: Premier Air. Que notre vie doit faire envie – Belles fleurs, charmant ombrage (Proserpine, chœur des nymphes) (05:04)
1-36. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 8: Second Air. Quand un cœur est trop sensible – Que notre vie doit faire envie (Proserpine, chœur des nymphes) (02:34)
1-37. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 8: Nous reverrons bientôt Cérès en ces beaux lieux (Proserpine, chœur des nymphes) (00:46)
1-38. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 9: Infernales divinités, secondez mon amour (Pluton, Proserpine, Cyané, les divinités infernales) (01:18)
1-39. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act II Scene 9: Reprise du Premier air pour entracte (01:10)
1-40. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Proserpine, répondez-nous (Troupe des nymphes et des dieux des bois) (01:53)
1-41. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 2: N’aurais-je point innocemment (Aréthuse, Alphée) (02:53)
1-42. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Cérès revient ! ah quelle peine ! (Aréthuse, Alphée, troupes de nymphes et de dieux des bois) (01:33)
1-43. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 4: Prélude. Je vais revoir ma fille, elle est dans ces campagnes – Ritournelle. J’ai rendu les humains heureux (Cérès) (03:00)
1-44. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 5: Ma fille n’est pas avec vous ? (Cérès, chœur des dieux des bois, deux nymphes) (02:13)
1-45. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 6: Je ressens vos douleurs, et j’en suis trop atteinte (Cyané, Cérès, chœur) (01:18)
1-46. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 7: Ritournelle. Ô malheureuse mère ! (Cérès, troupe de nymphes et de dieux des bois) (04:11)
1-47. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 7: Ritournelle. Après un si sensible outrage (Cérès) (00:34)
1-48. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 8: Air (02:04)
1-49. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 8: Que tout se ressente de la fureur que je sens (Cérès, chœur) (01:32)
1-50. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 8: Reprise de l’Air pour entracte (00:36)
1-51. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 1: Air de flûtes (01:24)
1-52. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 1: Loin d’ici, loin de nous (Les ombres heureuses) (06:06)
1-53. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 2: Prélude. Ma chère liberté que vous aviez d’attraits (Proserpine) (02:45)
1-54. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 2: Aimez qui vous aime (Ascalaphe, Proserpine, chœur des ombres) (02:40)
1-55. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 3: Est-ce une illusion dont le charme m’abuse (Proserpine, Aréthuse, Alphée, Ascalaphe) (04:52)
1-56. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 4: Prélude. Venez-vous contre moi défendre un téméraire (Proserpine, Pluton) (06:35)
1-57. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 5: Que l’on suspende ici les tourments éternels (Pluton, ombres heureuses, divinités infernales) (02:08)
1-58. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 5: Premier Air (00:56)
1-59. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 5: Second Air. C’est assez de regrets – Reprise du Second air (Choeur des ombres heureuses) (02:09)
1-60. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 5: Dans les Enfers tout rit, tout chante (Choeur des divinités infernales et des ombres heureuses) (00:45)
1-61. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act IV Scene 5: Reprise du Premier air pour entracte (00:42)
1-62. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 1: Prélude. Vous qui reconnaissez ma puissance suprême (Pluton, troupe de divinités infernales, les trois Juges des enfers, les trois Furies) (04:55)
1-63. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 2: Déserts écartés, sombres lieux (Cérès) (02:57)
1-64. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 3: Prélude. Quels abîmes se sont ouverts (Cérès, voix infernales) (01:13)
1-65. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 4: Ne m’apprendrez-vous point où ma fille peut être ? (Cérès, Aréthuse, Alphée) (03:38)
1-66. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 5: Ritournelle. Tous les dieux sont d’accord (Mercure, Cérès) (01:38)
1-67. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 6: Prélude (01:25)
1-68. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 6: Cérès, que de vos pleurs le triste cours finisse – Que l’on enchaîne pour jamais (Jupiter, troupe des divinités célestes, de la terre, et infernales) (02:13)
1-69. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 6: Premier air (01:34)
1-70. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 6: Second air (01:12)
1-71. Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset – Lully: Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 6: Que l’on enchaîne pour jamais (Jupiter, troupe des divinités célestes, de la terre, et infernales) (01:45)

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Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Baroque Christmas (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:19 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © SDG

Recorded in the middle of a European tour in December 2024, this release marks the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists debut of acclaimed French conductor Christophe Rousset. Rousset brings his Gallic elegance and refinement to Charpentier’s Baroque Christmas music – the motet In Nativitatem and the Messe de minuit pout Noel, along with the instrumental noels, or Christmas carols, that form the basis of Charpentier’s unique mass.

Tracklist:

1. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 1, Praeludium – Usquequo avertis faciem tuam (02:44)
2. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 2, Memorare testamenti (07:21)
3. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 3, Nuit (04:12)
4. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 4, Réveil des bergers (00:13)
5. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 5, Coeli aperti sunt (00:12)
6. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 6, Nolite timere pastores (02:53)
7. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 7, Gloria in altissimis Deo (02:07)
8. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 8, Transeamus usque Bethlehem (00:20)
9. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 9, Marche des bergers (00:51)
10. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 10, O infans, O Deus (03:41)
11. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: No. 11, Exultemus, jubilemus (02:24)
12. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H. 531: No. 1, O Créateur (02:30)
13. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H. 534: No. 1, Les Bourgeois de Chastre (01:42)
14. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H. 534: No. 4, Or nous dites Marie (05:15)
15. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H. 534: No. 6, Une jeune pucelle (01:17)
16. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: I. Kyrie eleison (02:10)
17. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: II. Christe eleison (00:56)
18. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: III. Kyrie eleison II (02:11)
19. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: IV. Gloria in excelsis Deo (01:01)
20. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: V. Laudamus te (00:51)
21. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: VI. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis (01:54)
22. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: VII. Quoniam tu solus sanctus (01:20)
23. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: VIII. Credo in unum Deum (01:37)
24. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: IX. Et in unum Dominum (00:19)
25. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: X. Deum de Deo (01:23)
26. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: XI. Et incarnatus est (01:26)
27. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: XII. Crucifixus (01:31)
28. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: XIII. Et ascendit (01:13)
29. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: XIV. Et in Spiritum Sanctum (00:50)
30. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: XV. Et unam sanctam (01:55)
31. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: XVI. Sanctus (01:32)
32. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: XVII. Benedictus (00:49)
33. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9: XVIII. Agnus Dei (02:27)
34. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H. 534: No. 2, Où s’en vont ces gais bergers (01:10)
35. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H. 531: No. 2, Laissez paître vos bêtes (01:30)
36. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H. 531: No. 3, Vous qui désirez sans fin (02:18)
37. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Christophe Rousset – Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H. 534: No. 3, Joseph est bien marié (01:03)

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Atsushi Sakai, Christophe Rousset – J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba (2026)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:42 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
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Little is known about Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord. Are they early works or products of his late period? Do they form a cycle, or are they a collection of independent pieces? Long-time musical partners Atsushi Sakai and Christophe Rousset set out to record these enigmatic works, in which the gamba, as so often in Bach, becomes at once the voice of lamentation and an instrument of dialogue with the divine.

Tracklist:

1. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: I. Adagio (04:06)
2. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: II. Allegro ma non tanto (03:52)
3. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: III. Andante (02:12)
4. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: IV. Allegro moderato (03:21)
5. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: I. Adagio (02:03)
6. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: II. Allegro (03:55)
7. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: III. Andante (04:58)
8. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: IV. Allegro (04:16)
9. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023 (Transc. for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord by Atsushi Sakai): I. [Prelude] – Adagio ma non tanto (04:58)
10. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023 (Transc. for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord by Atsushi Sakai): II. Allemanda (04:43)
11. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023 (Transc. for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord by Atsushi Sakai): III. Gigue (03:16)
12. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: I. Vivace (05:37)
13. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: II. Adagio (06:29)
14. Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset – Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: III. Allegro (03:49)

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