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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

Power & The Glory

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C major, K 317 ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bayley, Clive; Bazola, Francois; Chilcott, Susan; Cornwell, Joseph; Crawley, Ben; Depraz, Xavier; Durufle-Chevalier, Marie-Madeleine; Felix, Thierry; Gruberova, Edita; Hol...
Conductors: Christie, William; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Gardiner, John Eliot; Masur, Kurt; Leppard, Raymond; Barenboim, Daniel; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Jennings, Joseph; Rizzi, Carlo; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Werner, F...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Les Arts Florissants

Two a half hours of music to stir the soul....continue...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Christe/Les Arts Florissants, Henschel, Prina, De Donato [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Auvity, Cyril; Bayodi, Hanna; de Donato, Luigi; Henschel, Dietrich; Prina, Sonia; Provost, Ludovic; Prunell-Friend, Agustin; Sabata, Xavier; Sancho, Juan; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Sells...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants; Les Saqueboutiers du Toulouse

Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, Ger...continue...

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

Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Christie, Sampson, Crowe [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-06-29

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629
Performers: Barrit, Desmond; Crowe, Lucy; Dexter, Sally; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Lyon, Edward; Millson, Joseph; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Jonathan Kent's spectacular production of Purcell's huge semi-opera is joyous, imaginative and witty. Glyndebourne, with its intimate auditorium, provides the perfect setting for a drama,...continue...
Run Time: 221 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Christie, Sampson, Crowe [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-06-29

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629
Performers: Barrit, Desmond; Crowe, Lucy; Dexter, Sally; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Lyon, Edward; Millson, Joseph; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 1031. Jonathan Kent's...continue...
Run Time: 221 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Ombre De Mon Amant: French Baroque Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-03-02

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée, H 491; Concert à quatre parties de violes, H. 545; Auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour, air for soprano & continuo, H. 446; Concert à quatre part...
Performers: Collobert, Laurent; Lenaerts, Thibaut; Lopez, Marduk Serrano [Vocals]; Loughlin-Smith, Michael; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

'Ombre de mon amant' is Anne Sofie von Otter's first recording of these French Baroque Arias - graceful, temperamental tunes which will delight her fans...continue...
Recording information: Paris, Église Notre-Dame du Liban (09/2008)....continue...

William Christie - 30th Anniversay

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-11-17

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Judicium Salomonis, H. 422; Work(s); André Campra: Requiem; Motets (12), Book 2; Exaudiat Te Dominus; Work(s); George Frederick Handel: Serse; Sonata i...
Performers: Allen, Thomas Michael [Tenor Vocal]; Brahim-Djelloul, Amel; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Debono, Claire; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Henschel, Dietrich;...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Les Arts Florissants, one of the most influential and prolific ensembles in the world of authentic period performance, celebrates 30 years of achievement with this...continue...

Monteverdi: Il Ballo delle Ingrate; Sestina

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo; Giulio Cesare Monteverdi: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, sestina
Performers: Cantor, Philippe; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Laplenie, Michel; Laurens, Guillemette; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Christie, William

Recording information: 09/1982....continue...

Campra, Couperin: Motets / William Christie, Les Arts florissants

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-05-19

Works: André Campra: Pseaumes (2) mis en musique à grand choeur, Book 1; De profundis (Psalm 130), grand motet; Exaudiat te Dominus (Psalm 19 (20)), grand motet (prev. attrib. Blanchard); Requ...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jaël; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Girard, Catherine; Marzorati, Arnaud; Rivenq, Nicolas; Silberstein, Maia; Unger, Ruth; Zebley, Charles
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

Handel: Acis and Galatea, Theodora, etc / Christie, Antonini, et al

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Theodora; Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sarà pur vero), cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 1; Dietro l'orme...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Berg, Nathan [Saxophone]; Cornwell, Joseph; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Daneman, Sophie; Ewing, Alan; Galstian, Juliette; Mei, Eva; Petibon, Patricia; Slaars, Layrent
Conductors: Christie, William; Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico; Les Arts Florissants

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

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

Haydn: The Creation / Christie, Kühmeier, Karthäuser, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-12-04

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Henschel, Dietrich; Karthauser, Sophie; Kuhmeier, Genia; Spence, Toby; Werba, Markus
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Following his acclaimed recording of 'The Seasons' in 2002, famed baroque conductor William Christie and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants return to Haydn with 'The...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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Charpentier: Te Deum, etc / Christie, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2005-10-04

Works: Jacques Danican Philidor: March for kettledrums; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Messe pour les trépassés, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 2; Dies irae, motet for 6 voic...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bontoux, Bertrand; Fernandes, Joao; Isidro, Orlanda Velez; Lehtipuu, Topi; Mauillon, Marc; Pitarch, Olga; Thompson, Jeffrey
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

This concert program, which centres on the 'Messe pour les Trepasses', brings together a number of works by Charpentier composed for the 'Office of the...continue...

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

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...

Campra: Grands Motets / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2003-11-04

Works: André Campra: Pseaumes (2) mis en musique à grand choeur, Book 1; De profundis (Psalm 130), grand motet; Exaudiat te Dominus (Psalm 19 (20)), grand motet (prev. attrib. Blanchard); Requie...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jaël; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Marzorati, Arnaud; Rivenq, Nicolas
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants Orchestra

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...

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...

Rameau: La Guirlande, Zéphyre / Christie, Arts Florissants

2 CD / Erato / 2001-07-03

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: La guirlande; Zéphire ou les Nymphes de Diane, acte de ballet
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bazola, Francois; Daneman, Sophie; Mechaly, Galle; Ockenden, Rebecca
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

"Arcadian flora is the overriding image in these two one-act ballets, or 'actes de ballets' as they were known, where undistinguished libretti and unambitious plots...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Christie, Fleming, Graham, Dessay, et al

3 CD / Erato / 2000-04-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Collobert, Laurent; Demarteau, Eric; Dessay, Natalie; Fleming, Renee; Graham, Susan; Lascarro, Juanita; Loughlin-Smith, Michael; Naouri, Laurent; Robinson, Timothy; Rossano, Maurizio
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

"In his 1999 Paris Opera production, Christie defied expectations by choosing a non-Baroque specialist cast, with Renee Fleming, Susan Graham, Natalie Dessay and Juanita Lascarro...continue...

D'India: Madrigali / William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1998-12-08

Works: Sigismondo d'India: Madrigals, Book 3, for 5 voices & continuo; Madrigals, Book 5, for 5 voices; Madrigals, Book 8, for 5 voices & continuo; Madrigals, Book 1, for 5 voices; Madrigals, Book 4, for 5 ...
Performers: Delaigue, Renaud; Lecroart, Matthieu; Lescroart, Etienne; Lucas, Violaine; Piolino, Francois; Revidat, Stephanie; Wieczorek, Maryseult
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Christie, Blochwitz, Dessay, et al

2 CD / Erato Import / 1996-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Cole, Steven; Colin, Damien; Croset, Patrick Olivier; Dessay, Natalie; Dutournier, Stephane; Hagen, Reinhard; Josey, Christopher; Kitchen, Linda; Lamprecht, Doris; Mannion, Ros...
Conductors: Carsen, Robert; Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Mozart: Requiem / Christie, Panzarella, Stutzmann, et al

1 CD / Erato / 1995-10-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus
Performers: Berg, Nathan [Saxophone]; Huggett, Monica; Panzarella, Anna-Maria; Pregardien, Christoph
Conductors: Christie, William; Huggett, Monica
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Charpentier: Médée / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

3 CD / Erato Import / 1995-03-28

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée, H 491
Performers: Bazola, Francois; Boes, Bruno-Karl; Brumeau, Alain; Callatay, Marie-Noelle de; Coadou, Luc; Collobert, Laurent; Combarieu, Jean-Xavier; Daneman, Sophie; Deletre, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Duguay...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

"...Mark Padmore's silky high tenor is vocally ideal for Jason; and his partner in pseudo-innocence, Monique Zanetti as Creuse, wafts delicately over some of the...continue...

Rameau: Les Grands Motets / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Erato / 1994-11-08

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: In convertendo, grand motet for soloists, chorus, 2 flutes, 2 horns, violin, viola & continuo; Quam dilecta, grand motet for soloists, chorus, 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola & conti...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Cavallier, Nicolas; Daneman, Sophie; Rime, Noemi; Rivenq, Nicolas
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

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