Marc-Antoine Charpentier is the French composer of the Grand Siècle who left the most works specifically linked to Christmas: beyond the famous Messe de Minuit, we'll be all the more carried away by the "histoires sacrées" and other "Noëls pour les instruments" as they are delivered here by their most fervent servants.

Tracklist

1. Elevatio O miraculum!
2. In Nativitatem Domini Canticum, H. 416: Praeludium. Usquequo avertis faciem tuam
3. In Nativitatem Domini Canticum, H. 416: Nuit - Réveil des bergers - Cæli aperti sunt
4. In Nativitate Domini N[ost]ri Jesu Christi Canticum, H. 421
5. Messe de Minuit, H. 9: Kyrie
6. Noël sur les instruments, H. 534: Joseph est bien marié
7. Messe de Minuit, H. 9: Gloria
8. Alma Redemptoris Mater, H. 44
9. Messe de Minuit, H. 9: Credo
10. Noël sur les instruments, H. 534: Laissez paître vos bêtes
11. Messe de Minuit, H. 9: Sanctus
12. Messe de Minuit, H. 9: Agnus Dei
13. Te Deum, H. 147