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Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Musique Sacree. Musica Antiqua Koln/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv B0001413-02, 2003.

The Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues (H. 513) that serves as the centerpiece for this collection of sacred instrumental music is rarely recorded, and with good reason: calling for more than thirty instrumentalists as well as vocalists to perform the plainchant sections, recording the work is an expensive proposition, and the technical difficulties presented by the music itself are considerable as well. This spectacular recording is a signal achievement for Reinhard Goebel and Musica Antiqua Koln, an ensemble that has been accused in the past (sometimes with good reason) of sacrificing musical pleasure on the altar of historical argument. There are no such problems here, however. Opening the program with Charpentier's ...

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