Rendez-moi mes plaisirs, air for alto (or countertenor) & continuo, H. 463
Orph?e descendant aux enfers, cantata for 3 voices, instruments & continuo, H. 471
Airs on stanzas from Le Cid, for alto (or countertenor) & continuo, H. 457-59
Tristes d?serts, sombre retraite, air for soprano & continuo, H. 469
Ah! qu'on est malheureux, air for soprano & continuo, H. 443
Amour vous avez beau redoubler mes alarmes, air for alto & continuo, H. 445
Aupr?s du feu l'on fait l'amour, air for soprano & continuo, H. 446
Le Bavolet ('Si Claudine ma voisine'), air for voice & continuo, H. 499a
Salve mi, Jesu, cantata for voice & 5 strings
Cantabo Domino for 4 voices
O dulce nomen Jesus, motet (Motetti, 1621)
O intemerata, motet for voice & continuo
O quam tu pulchra es, motet for voice & continuo
O Domine Jesu Christe, motet for voice & continuo
Illumina oculos meos, motet for voice & continuo
Currite populi, psallite timpanis, motet for tenor, SV 297
Venite, videte martyrem quam sit carus, motet for voice & continuo, SV 336
Regina coeli, motet
Henri Ledroit personifies both the joy of singing and the intelligent delivery of the text, and these qualities, combined with his richly warm and delicate voice, create magic. This recording, which includes Ricercar's 200... more »9 catalog, is devoted to seldom-performed repertoire: the cantatas and airs de cour by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. It also includes several sacred compositions that were among Ledroit's first recordings, and introductory text by Catherine Cessac.« less
Henri Ledroit personifies both the joy of singing and the intelligent delivery of the text, and these qualities, combined with his richly warm and delicate voice, create magic. This recording, which includes Ricercar's 2009 catalog, is devoted to seldom-performed repertoire: the cantatas and airs de cour by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. It also includes several sacred compositions that were among Ledroit's first recordings, and introductory text by Catherine Cessac.