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Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Troisième Leçon de ténèbres du Mercredi saint H.135
Méditations pour le carême H.380-389
Second Répons après la seconde leçon du second nocturne du Jeudi saint H.129
Troisième Leçon de ténèbres du Vendredi saint H.137
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, conducting, organ
Nicholas Scott, haute-contre
François-Olivier Jean, haute-contre
Clément Debieuvre, haute-contre
Davy Cornillot, taille
Bastien Rimondi, taille
Martin Candela, taille
Alex Rosen, bass
Pierre Virly, bass

Under Louis XIV, the service known as Tenebrae was one of the central liturgical events of Holy Week. Marc-Antoine Charpentier scored a complete set of nine Tenebrae lessons, three for each of the Holy Days, and over the course of his career composed 31 in all.

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