La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Bach: Magnificat (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Bach: Magnificat (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:11 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
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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. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag: I. Christen, ätzet diesen Tag (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (04:35)
02. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag: II. O selger tag o ungemeines heute (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (02:39)
03. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag: III. Gott du hast es wohl gefuget (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (06:55)
04. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag: IV. So kehret sich nun heut das bange leid (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (00:56)
05. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag: V. Ruft und fleht den himmel an (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (03:32)
06. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag: VI. Verdoppelt euch demnach, ihr heissen andachtsflammen (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (00:59)
07. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Cantate, BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag: VII. Hochster schau in gnaden an (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (06:33)
08. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: I. Magnificat (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (02:39)
09. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: II. Et exultavit spiritus meus (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (02:11)
10. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: III. Vom himmel hoch (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (01:53)
11. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: IV. Quia respexit (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (02:23)
12. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: V. Omnes generationes (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (01:12)
13. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: VI. Quia fecit mihi magna (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (02:01)
14. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: VII. Freut euch und jubiliert (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (01:17)
15. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: VIII. Et misericordia (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (03:14)
16. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: IX. Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (01:40)
17. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: X. Gloria (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (01:03)
18. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XI. Deposuit potentes (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (01:41)
19. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XII. Esurientes implevit bonis (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (02:48)
20. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XIII. Virga jesse floruit (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (03:24)
21. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XIV. Suscepit Israel (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (01:45)
22. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XV. Sicut locutus (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (01:33)
23. La Chapelle Harmonique & Valentin Tournet – Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XVI. Gloria patri (Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles) (02:04)

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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