Sofi Jeannin - Noel Baroque (2016)

Since the dawn of Christianity, Christmas has been celebrated with festive singing. In the Baroque era numerous composers such as Charpentier, Delalande, Balbastre, Dandrieu and Daquin created masterpieces out of these simple tunes. When Sofi Jeannin told me of her wish to get her Maîtrise choir to sing Christmas music, I was delighted. For a long time I had been gathering French sources of the 17th and 18th centuries with the intention of working on baroque carol arrangements with Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. I wanted to create something quite different from what had been done before, by treating this repertoire with proper respect: being faithful to the old sources, yet re-working the musical material to make our own personal version. The different languages, regional dialects and accents illustrate the extraordinary diversity and cultural richness of France as well as of New France at that historical period.

Tracklist:

1. Les bourgeois de Châtres 02:22
2. Iesous Ahatonnia 04:23
3. Noël poitevin "Au saint Nau" 03:10
4. Or nous dites Marie 05:57
5. Quand Dieu naquit à Noël 04:04
6. C’est une fille muette 04:01
Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6 "Fatto per la Notte di Natale" (Arcangelo Corelli)
7. I. Vivace - Grave 01:13
8. II. Allegro 02:19
9. III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio 02:42
10. IV. Vivace 00:57
11. V. Allegro 02:06
12. VI. Largo. Pastorale ad libitum 03:24
13. A la venue de Noël 02:44
14. Si c’est pour oster la vie 02:02
15. Une jeune pucelle 05:22
16. Noël bressan "Nos alins raconté l’histoaire" sur l’air des pèlerins de Saint-Jacques 04:48
17. Noël suisse "Il est un petit ange" 03:20
18. Simphonie 01:37
19. Joseph est bien marié 03:49