COMPOSERS: Charpentier
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
ALBUM TITLE: Charpentier
WORKS: Les Arts Florissants
PERFORMER: Soloists; Les Arts Florissants/Christie
CATALOGUE NO: HAF 8901083 (1982)
Charpentier’s idylle en musique blooms sweetly in this intimately scaled performance. Vocal style has moved on but the tone of the strings, flutes and recorders is delectable.
Anna Picard