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Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David & Jonathas / Gerard Lesne, Monique Zanetti, Jean-Francois Gardeil

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

In spite of its sub-title of "tragédie biblique," David et Jonathas is by no means an oratorio. But if it seems to be more of...continue...

Chansons & Madrigals of the Renaissance / A History of Music Century Vol 9

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Josquin Desprez: Faulte d'argent, canonic chanson for 5 voices; Claude Le Jeune: Une puce; Autant en emporte le vent; Loyset Compère: Nous sommes de l'ordre de St Babouin; Clément Janeq...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Visse, Dominique; Hillier, Paul; Van Nevel, Paul; Jacobs, René; Christie, William
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale; Ensemble Clément Janequin; Huelgas Ensemble; Les Arts Florissants; The Hilliard Ensemble

Charpentier: Pastorale de Noel / Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Pastorale sur la naissance de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, for 4 voices, chorus, instruments & conti; In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum, histoire sacr&...
Performers: Cantor, Philippe; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Laplenie, Michel; Lestringant, Etienne; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Sicot, Antoine; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Noël - Christmas Edition Sampler

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Heinrich Schütz: Heute ist Christus der Herr geboren, SWV 439; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Pastorale sur la naissance de N.S. Jesus-Christ, H. 483; Arcangelo Corelli: C...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Roure, Yves; Saorgin, Rene
Conductors: Gronostay, Uwe; Jacobs, René; Christie, William; ; Herreweghe, Philippe; Hillier, Paul; Pérès, Marcel
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale; Ensemble 415; Ensemble Organum; La Chapelle Royale; Les Arts Florissants

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Monteverdi: Lamento dell Ninfa, Altri Canti Libri VII & VIII / William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-09-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Altri canti di Marte (Livre 8), a 6 voci con violini; Perchè t'en fuggi, o Fillide?, madrigal for alto, tenor & bass (from Book 8), SV 164; Chiome d'oro, Canzonetta (Livre ...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

BBC Music Magazine
Some minor tuning problems, but the singing is spirited, and the interplay between voices and instruments in Tirsi e Clori a delight.
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Delalande: Petits Motets / William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-09-08

Works: Michel-Richard Delalande: Miserere mei, Deus, S 27; Vanum est nobis, petit motet, S. 101 (arrangement of Nisi Dominus aedificaverit, S. 42 & Notus in Ju; Miserator et misericors; Cantique quatri&egra...
Performers: Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Campra: Cantates / Christie, Feldman, Visse, Gardeil, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-09-08

Works: André Campra: Arion, cantata No 5 with flute, viola da gamba & harpsichord; La Dispute de l'Amour et de l'Hymen, cantata; Les Femmes, cantata; Énée et Didon, cantata
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Charpentier: Actéon / William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-09-08

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Actéon, pastorale for chorus, strings & continuo, H. 481
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Charpentier's little vignette opera is an astonishingly rich score containing most, if not all, the ingredients of a tragédie-lyrique. There's a profu...continue...

Gesualdo: Madrigals / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigals, Book 3; Canzon francese à 4; Madrigals, Book 4; Work(s); Madrigals, Book 5; Asciugate i begli occhi; Madrigals, Book 6
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Lawrence-King, Andrew
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Gramophone Magazine
Les Arts Florissants recorded this more than 20 years ago and... its hardly aged at all. This includes excerpts from Books 3 and 6,...continue...

Rameau: Pygmalion, Nélée et Myrthis / William Christie, Les Arts florissants, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-08-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pygmalion; Nélée et Myrthis ou Les Beaux jours de l'amour, ballet
Performers: Correas, Jerome; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Mellon, Agnès [Soprano Vocal]; Michel-Dansac, Donatienne; Pelon, Caroline; Piau, Sandrine; Semellaz, Francoise
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Charpentier. Te Deum. Les Arts Florissants/Christie

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-04-08

Works: Jacques Danican Philidor: March for kettledrums; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Assumpta est Maria, mass for 6 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo, H. 11; Litanies de la Vierge, motet for 6 voic...
Performers: Petit, Marie-Ange
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

"American-French conductor William Christie (call him Buffalo Bill) and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants give the music appropriate sweep. Part of Charpentier's genius lies in...continue...

Bouzignac: Te Deum, Motets / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-07-11

Works: Guillaume Bouzignac: Ecce Festivitas Amoris for 5 voices; Ecce Homo, motet; Heu! Unus ex vobis me tradet hodie, motet; In pace in idipsum, motet; Ha! Plange, motet; Vulnerasti Cor Meum, motet; Allelu...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bazola, François; Berg, Nathan [Saxophone]; Davezac, Christoph; Dorange, Aymeric; Dubois, Paul-Alexandre; Dugardin, Steve; Dyck, Stephan Van; Gavrilidès, Arm...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Gramophone - Lindsay Kemp
Don't begin to think this is just another French baroque disc
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Monteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi, etc / Christie

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-09-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigals, Book 7; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Madrigals, Book 10; Presso un fiume tranquillo, dialogue for 7 voices & instruments (from Book 6), SV 116; Madrig...
Performers: Brand, Adrian; Brua, Claire; Cavallier, Nicolas; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Loonen, Bernhard; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Piau, Sandrine; Rivenq, Nicolas; Semellaz, Francoise
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6 /Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2004-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.6/7, HWV 325; Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op.6/10, HWV 328
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Rameau: Castor & Pollux Highlights / William Christie, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-10-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Performers: Brua, Claire; Correas, Jerome; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Gens, Véronique; Mellon, Agnès [Soprano Vocal]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Monteverdi: Selva Morale / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-10-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale; Chi vol che m'innamori, motet for alto, tenor, bass & 3 strings (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV; O ciechi il tanto affaticar che giova, motet for 5...
Performers: Fauche, Francois
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Lully: Atys (extraits) / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-09-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Atys, LWV 53
Performers: Bona, Jacques; Deletré, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Gardeil, Jean-Francois; Gens, Véronique; Laplénie, Michel; Laurens, Guillemette; Mellon, Agnè...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

"What ensures the success of this performance as much as anything is Christie's lively rhythmic sense, and his informed handling of French music of this...continue...

Delalande: Te Deum / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-07-01

Works: Michel-Richard Delalande: Te Deum laudamus, grand motet, S. 32; Super flumina Babilonis, S 13; Confitebor tibi, Domine, grand motet, S. 56
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

From the French High Baroque, Delalande's "Te Deum" is a glorious work that employs a style of "tone-painting" (where the musical expression is closely tied...continue...

Rameau: Les Indes Galantes / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1991-10-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes
Performers: Correas, Jerome; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Deletre, Bernard; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; McFadden, Claron; Piau, Sandrine; Poulenard, Isabelle; Rime, Noemi; Rivenq, Nicolas; Ruggeri, Miriam
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants