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Court of the Sun King / works by Lully, Couperin, Gilles, Grigny, Lalande, et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Erato / 2011-07-26

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Troisième Magnificat à 4 voix, motet for 4 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 79; Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H...
Performers: Abdoun, Georges; Alain, Marie-Claire; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Arizcuren, Elias; Backensteiner, Anne-Marie; Beckensteiner, Anne-Marie; Bessac, Francine; Boulay, Laurence; Brodard, Michel; Ca...
Conductors: Martini, Louis; Paillard, Jean-François; Devos, Louis; Frémaux, Louis; Corboz, Michel; Boulay, Laurence; Caillard, Philippe; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Cabré, Josep; Caillat, Stép...
Ensemble: ; Chorale des Jeunesses Musicales de France; Ensemble Vocal Stéphane Caillat; Gulbenkian Orchestra; Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra; Musica Polyphonica

The Court of the Sun King is a 10CD set celebrating both the glories of the French Baroque and the glories of the Erato catalogue....continue...

Tristan et Iseult / Cohen, von Ramm, Azéma, Ledriot, Boston Camerata

1 CD / Erato / 2010-11-16

Works: Anonymous, French: Tristan et Iseult, strophic lai (Vienna, B.N., ms. 2542); Le lai du chevrefeuille; Jehan Bodel: Les un pin verdoiant, dance; Anonymous, German: Gottes namen varen wir; Anonymous, C...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Hargis, Ellen; Hite, William; Ledroit, Henri; Lundahl, Steven; Morrison, Richard; Stillman, Dan
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

In Celebration / William Christie

6 CD / Erato / 2010-10-26

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Sigismondo d'India: Alme luci beate / Io vi lascio mie scorte, madrigal for 5 voices; Sospir che del bel patto, madrigal (from Madrigali a cinque voci,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Auvity, Cyril; Bardon, Patricia; Bayley, Clive; Berg, Nathan [Baritone Vocal]; Beuron, Yann; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bontoux, Bertrand; Bostridge, Ian; Cavallier, Nicolas; ...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: ; Les Sacqueboutiers; Les Saqueboutiers de Toulouse; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble

Landi: Il Sant'Alessio / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

2 CD / Erato / 2008-01-15

Works: Stefano Landi: Il Sant'Alessio, opera
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Bontoux, Bertrand; Charbonnier, Bernadette; Crisafulli, Robert; Eloir, Cecile; Josey, Christopher; Lawson, Mhairi; Marin-Degor, Sophie; Moor, Martha; Petibon, Patricia; Revidat, Stepha...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet Music / Gardiner

6 CD / Erato / 2007-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Alcina; Terpsichore; Il pastor fido
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Davies, Maldwyn; Findlay, Jane; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Ragin, Derek Lee; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene; Sm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphée / Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Erato / 2005-08-18

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La descente d'Orphée aux Enfers, opera, H. 488
Performers: Bernhardi, Fernando; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Daneman, Sophie; Dugardin, Steve; Gardeil, Jean-Francois; Heyerick, Simon; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Marq, Sébastien; Petibon,...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

"Agnew's heart-on-sleeve approach is not always beautiful, but it never leaves good taste behind, and in this he is well matched by his colleagues. William...continue...

Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles, etc / Christie

1 CD / Erato / 2005-08-18

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles, divertissement for 4 voices & orchestra, H. 480; Percé jusques au fond du coeur, air for alto (or countertenor) & continuo, H. 457 (Airs on ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Daneman, Sophie; Dugardin, Steve; Gardeil, Jean-Francois; Károlyi, Katalin; Lallouette, Olivier; Petibon, Patricia; Pioli...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

"William Christie and Les Arts Florissants have been champions of Charpentier for several years and continue their recorded survey of the composer with delightful vocal...continue...

Handel: Theodora / Christie, Les Arts Florissants, et al

3 CD / Erato / 2003-09-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Berg, Nathan [Saxophone]; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Daneman, Sophie; Galstian, Juliette; Slaars, Layrent; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

"The spirit of this performance is cool and detached - until the very end, when the sublime final chorus brought me close to tears. This...continue...

Agnus Dei

1 CD / Erato / 1997-02-18

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Requiem, Op. 48; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Johann Sebastian...
Performers: Beale, Matthew; Dougan, Eamonn; Herford, Thomas; Hirsch, Rebecca; Petter, William
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: Capricorn (Classical); New College Choir, Oxford

"The sacred choral music in this collection is all elegiac or meditative...These are superb performances, and quite frankly, the New College Choir has never sounded...continue...

Handel: Dixit Dominus, etc / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1 CD / Erato / 1992-09-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Coronation Anthem
Performers: Brett, Charles; Hicks, Malcolm; Kraemer, Nicholas; Marshall, Margaret; Messana, John Angelo; Morton, Richard; Palmer, Felicity; Thompson, Alastair; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

Handel: Tamerlano / Gardiner, Argenta, Findlay, Ragin, et al

3 CD / Erato / 1987-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Findlay, Jane; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists