Twenty-Five Years! - Marais, Charpentier, Handel, Purcell et al. / Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

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26 years ago, Hervé Niquet recalls having become so incensed with the disparaging remarks directed at French music and the Lamentations of Jean Gilles in particular by a conductor of a choir in which he was then singing that Niquet vowed to set up his own ensemble and record the work - and demonstrate furthermore other beauties of music from his country (and beyond). And so was born Le Concert Spirituel, now celebrating its quarter century, its vocal and instrumental forces throughout that time constantly delighting audiences with its joyous celebration of music from the 17th and 18th centuries (and now with Charles Simon Catel's Sémiramis, the dawn of the 19th). To mark the anniversary, Glossa is now issuing an attractively priced double disc celebration, with Niquet pulling out the stops from across Le Concert Spirituel's broad and expansive range (and he started musical life as an organist, after all): Baroque sacred music, MarcAntoine Charpentier assuredly; selections from Le Concert Spirituel's "reoxygenation", as he calls it, of the tragédie lyrique (Grétry, Campra, Destouches), but also demonstrations of his own nimble footed theatrical tendency (Niquet is an avowed fan of the music hall!) in Handel, Purcell and Striggio. Musical ostentation and bravura are concluded on each disc by some of Niquet's own special bonnes bouches: Boismortier, D'Agincour, Marais and excerpts from his "other" Charpentier (Gustave). All accompanied by a sparkling apéritif from the conductor himself about how Le Concert Spirituel came to reach its 25th anniversary!

Classical Music, 1st December 2012
Bold orchestral colour and edge-of-the-seat performance bursts from the speakers.

Early Music Review, December 2012
This is doubtless a good-value way to explore the ensemble's work and some otherwise unavailable though interesting repertoire.



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>Bouteiller, Pierre : Missa pro defunctis :: Prélude (Henri Frémart)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1690

>Bouteiller, Pierre : Missa pro defunctis :: Elevatio
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1690

>Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Missa Assumpta est Maria :: Gloria
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 8 min. 14 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1702

>Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Missa Assumpta est Maria :: Credo
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1702

>Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy :: Agnus Dei
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: ?1691

>Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy :: Envoi
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: ?1691

>Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Messe à huit voix :: Prélude da capo - Kyrie da capo - Sinfonie pour finir le Kyrie
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1670-1671

>Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Te Deum à huit voix :: Te aeternum
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: ?1692

>Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Te Deum à huit voix :: Tibi Cherubin
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: ?1692

>Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Te Deum à huit voix :: Pleni sunt caeli
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 22 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: ?1692

>Handel, George Frideric : Music for the Royal Fireworks :: Ouverture. Adagio
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1749

>Handel, George Frideric : Music for the Royal Fireworks :: Ouverture. Allegro
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1749

>Striggio, Alessandro : Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno :: Gloria
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 5 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Renaissance
  • Form: Choral

>Striggio, Alessandro : Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno :: Agnus Dei
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Renaissance
  • Form: Choral

>Purcell, Henry : King Arthur :: Act 3. Symphony
  • Performers: Joseph Cornwell (Tenor); Hanna Bayodi (Soprano); Peter Harvey (Bass Baritone); Véronique Gens (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1691

>Purcell, Henry : King Arthur :: Act 4. Sirens
  • Performers: Joseph Cornwell (Tenor); Hanna Bayodi (Soprano); Peter Harvey (Bass Baritone); Véronique Gens (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1691

>Purcell, Henry : King Arthur :: Act 4. Passacaglia
  • Performers: Joseph Cornwell (Tenor); Hanna Bayodi (Soprano); Véronique Gens (Soprano); Peter Harvey (Bass Baritone)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1691

>Purcell, Henry : King Arthur :: Act 4. Symphony
  • Performers: Hanna Bayodi (Soprano); Véronique Gens (Soprano); Joseph Cornwell (Tenor); Peter Harvey (Bass Baritone)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1691

>Boismortier, Joseph Bodin : Sonata for 3 recorders & basso continuo in C major, Op. 34/6
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1731

>François D'Agincour (1684 - 1758) : Pièces de clavecin dédiées à la reine :: Second Ordre. Chaconne
  • Performer: Hervé Niquet (Harpsichord)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque

>Charpentier, Gustave : La Vie du poète :: Act 1. Enthousiasme (fragment)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral

>Gilbert, Robert : Air pour Célestin
  • Performer: Hervé Niquet (Organ)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
  • Period Time: 20th Century

>Boismortier, Joseph Bodin : Daphnis & Chloé :: Act 2. Musette
  • Performers: Marie Duthoit (Voice); Galle Mechaly (Voice)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1747

>Boismortier, Joseph Bodin : Daphnis & Chloé :: Act 2. Air gai et gracieux
  • Performers: Marie Duthoit (Voice); Galle Mechaly (Voice)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1747

>Boismortier, Joseph Bodin : Daphnis & Chloé :: Act 2. Musette
  • Performers: Marie Duthoit (Voice); Galle Mechaly (Voice)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1747

>Boismortier, Joseph Bodin : Daphnis & Chloé :: Act 2. Rondeau
  • Performers: Marie Duthoit (Voice); Galle Mechaly (Voice)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1747

>Boismortier, Joseph Bodin : Daphnis & Chloé :: Act 2. Tambourin
  • Performers: Galle Mechaly (Voice); Marie Duthoit (Voice)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 13 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1747

>Boismortier, Joseph Bodin : Daphnis & Chloé :: Act 2. Chour
  • Performers: Marie Duthoit (Voice); Galle Mechaly (Voice)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 13 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1747

>Purcell, Henry : Dido & Aeneas :: Act 2. Wayward sisters
  • Performer: Laura Pudwell (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1689

>Purcell, Henry : Dido & Aeneas :: Act 2. But ere we this perform
  • Performer: Laura Pudwell (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1689

>Purcell, Henry : Dido & Aeneas :: Act 2. Chorus
  • Performer: Laura Pudwell (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1689

>André Cardinal Destouches (1672 - 1749) : Callirhoé :: Act 1. Scène première
  • Performers: Joao Fernandes (Bass); Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1712

>André Cardinal Destouches (1672 - 1749) : Callirhoé :: Act 2. Scène première
  • Performers: Joao Fernandes (Bass); Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1712

>André Cardinal Destouches (1672 - 1749) : Callirhoé :: Act 2. Scène cinquième
  • Performers: Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Soprano); Joao Fernandes (Bass)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1712

>André Cardinal Destouches (1672 - 1749) : Callirhoé :: Act 5. Scène troisième
  • Performers: Joao Fernandes (Bass); Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1712

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Prélude et récit
  • Performers: Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano); Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Air
  • Performers: Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano); Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Prélude et récit
  • Performers: Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano); Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Symphonie
  • Performers: Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano); Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Récit
  • Performers: Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano); Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Chour et récit
  • Performers: Shannon Mercer (Soprano); Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Chour
  • Performers: Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano); Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Air pour les furies
  • Performers: Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano); Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Act 3. Récit
  • Performers: Hjördis Thébault (Mezzo Soprano); Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Combat
  • Performers: Tassis Christoyannis; Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Quels cris
  • Performers: Tassis Christoyannis; Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Princesse, c'en est fait!
  • Performers: Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano); Tassis Christoyannis
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Barbare, ne voyais-tu pais
  • Performers: Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano); Tassis Christoyannis
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Est-ce Hermoine?
  • Performers: Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano); Tassis Christoyannis
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Chour
  • Performers: Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano); Tassis Christoyannis
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Chour
  • Performers: Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano); Tassis Christoyannis
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Filles d'enfer
  • Performers: Tassis Christoyannis; Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813) : Andromaque :: Act 3. Chour
  • Performers: Maria Wesseling (Mezzo Soprano); Tassis Christoyannis
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Prologue. Premier et second passepied
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Act 1. La Vénitienne
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Act 2. Premier et second canaries
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Act 3. Marche des gondoliers
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Act 3. Rigaudon
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Orfeo nell'inferi. Sinfonia
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Orfeo nell'inferi. Aira per gli spirti folletti
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Le Bal. Marche du Carnaval
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Le Bal. Bourrée
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Le Bal. Menuets en rondeau
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Le Carnaval de Venise :: Le Bal. Chaconne
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1699

>Boismortier, Joseph Bodin : Daphnis & Chloé :: Act 3. Chaconne
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1747

>Marais, Marin : Sémélé :: Prologue. Troisième air pour les Ménades
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1709

>André Cardinal Destouches (1672 - 1749) : Callirhoé :: Act 4. Premier air des bergers
  • Conductor: Hervé Niquet
  • Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
  • Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1712