Niquet, Hervé

Baroque Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo; L' Incoronazione di Poppea; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Dixit Dominus; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Water Mu...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Auger, Arleen; Bianchini, Chiara [Violin]; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Caens, Thierry; Daniels, David; Deletre, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerom...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Norrington, Roger; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Reyne, Hugo; ; Christie, William; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patri...
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Folies Françoises; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players; Trio Sonnerie

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Alexander Striggio: Mass for 40 and 60 voices

1 Super Audio CD / Glossa / 2012-02-05

Works: Gregorian Chant: Beata viscera , communion in mode 1; Orazio Benevoli: Laetatus sum; Miserere; Magnificat; Francesco Corteccia: Bonum est confiteri; Gloria Patri; Alleluia; Tu puer propheta Altissimi...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé

As his starting point for a brand new recording of the music from the polychoral Renaissance and the "monumental Baroque", with Alessandro Striggio's 40 and...continue...
Recording information: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris (08/2011)....continue...

Georg Friedrich Haendel: Water Music & Fireworks [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Glossa Import / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Handel - Bourée; Mildred J. Hill: Happy Birthday to You
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé

Daphnis et Chloe

2 CD / Glossa / 2009-07-05

Works: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Daphnis et Chloé, pastorale, Op. 102
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé

After rescuing three important tragedies lyriques from oblivion, Herve Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel are now restoring to the catalogue a recording made in Metz...continue...
Recording information: Grande Salle, L'Arsenal de Metz, France (12/2001)....continue...

Esprit - Sacré

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; George Freder...
Performers: Lesne, Gérard; Mingardo, Sara; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spering, Christoph; Niquet, Hervé; Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Le Concert spirituel

Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria, etc / Hervé Niquet, Le Concert spirituel, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2009-04-13

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria, H 11; Domine salvum fac regem, H 303; Domine salvum fac regem, H 291; Motet a voix seule, H 361; Symphony pour un reposoir, H 508; O salutaris Host...
Performers: Arnould, Benoît; Bayodi, Hanna; Champion, Romain; Geslot, François-Nicolas
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

Herve Niquet returns to the sacred music of the French Baroque in the grand manner: the ceremonial masterpiece of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's concertante 'Missa Assumpta est...continue...

200 Ans de musique à Versailles

20 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Antoine Boësset: Air qui produit tant de choses si belles; Ne délibérons plus; Jamais n'aurray-je le pouvoir; Plaignez la rigueur de mon sort; Suis-je pas misérable?; Ennuis...
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Antonini, Claire; Auvity, Cyril; Bazola, François; Bolton, Florence; Brossard, Cecile; Buet, Alain; Champion, Romain; Chauvin, Julien; Crocquenoy, Karine; Crossley-Mercer, Edwin; ...
Conductors: Schneebeli, Olivier; Stryncl, Marek; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patrick; Christie, William; Suhubiette, Joel; Pierlot, Philippe [Gamba]; ; Coin, Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Rousset, C...
Ensemble: Accentus; Ausonia; Cambini Quartet; Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Jacques Moderne Ensemble; La Parnasse Français; Le Cercle de l'Harmonie; Le Concert spirit...

In October 2007, the Centre Musical de Baroque de Versailles celebrated its 20th anniversary, together with the best French musicians around. To complete this anniversary,...continue...

Lully: Prosperine / Niquet, Haller, Auvity, et al

2 CD / Glossa / 2008-09-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Prosperine, LWV 58
Performers: Arnould, Benoît; D'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Geslot, François-Nicolas; Haller, Salome; Staskiewicz, Blandine; Tauran, Bénédicte; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

"They are all fine vocalists, experts in the style, and are so convincing in their parts that it is difficult to single out individuals among...continue...

Handel: Water Music & Fireworks / Niquet, Le Concert spirituel

1 Super Audio CD / Glossa / 2008-09-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 3 in G major, HWV 350; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

"It has been the intention of the hundred (!!!) musicians gathered here for the performance of the Water Music and Fireworks suites, in celebration of...continue...

Marais: Sémélé / Niquet, Mercer, Tauran, Azzaretti, et al

2 CD / Glossa / 2008-04-11

Works: Marin Marais: Sémélé
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Dahlin, Anders J.; Mercer, Shannon [soprano]; Tauran, Bénédicte; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

Sunday Times
Niquet's Concert Spirituel revels in this wonderfully representational music; the cast, headed by Shannon Mercer in the title role, with Thomas Dolié as Jupiter...continue...

Marais: Sémélé

2 CD / Glossa Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Marin Marais: Sémélé, opera
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

Rejoice - A Vision of Christ through Music / Fasolis, Summerley, Pitts, Brown, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-18

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe des morts a 4 voix et symphonie, H 10; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Antony Pitts: Hark, my soul!; Anonymous: De ...
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Balconi, Roberto; Balducci, Antonella; Cecchetti, Mario; Fasolis, Diego; Faulner, Julia; Gilchrist, James; Gonda, Anna; Invernizzi, Roberta; Labusch, Dorothee; Rausch, Ulrich; Thomas, ...
Conductors: ; Fasolis, Diego; Niquet, Hervé; Halász, Michael; Pitts, Antony; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Summerly, Jeremy; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Edison, Noel; Brown, Timothy; Donath, Klaus; Yu...
Ensemble: Amici; Budapest Camerata; Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne; City of London Sinfonia; Clare College Choir; Cologne Cathedral Boys Choir; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Chamber Cho...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-06-26

Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Blythe, Stephanie; Boothby, Richard; Bowman, James; Brosse, ...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Paul; Kraemer, Nicholas; S...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of London; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Agostino Steffani; Choir of the Age of Enlightenment; City of London Bar...

EMI's collection 100 Best Baroque includes a generous 460 minutes of some of the most familiar works or movements from works written during the Baroque era. There is a good mix of genres, including wo...continue...

Desmarest: De profundis, Cum invocarem, etc / Niquet, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2005-10-07

Works: Henry Desmarest: De profundis; Veni Creator; Cum invocarum
Performers: Arnould, Benoît; Bayodi, Hanna; Droy, Sébastien; Geslot, François-Nicolas; Piérot, Alice; Révidat, Stéphanie
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

Gramophone Magazine
Desmarest's melodic mind is arguably at its most fertile in the Veni Creator. The textures of the instrumental ensemble, especially the violin and recorder...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Dixit Dominus- Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Dixit Dominus in C major, K 193 (186g); Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Laudate Dominum; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Thomas Tomkins: Almighty God, the Fountain of Al...
Performers: Crabben, Jan Van der; de Reyghere, Greta; Rubsam, Wolfgang
Conductors: Peire, Patrick; Asch, David van; Summerly, Jeremy; Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: ; Capella Brugensis; Collegium Instrumentale Brugensis; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Oxford Camerata; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation - Miserere

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Miserere, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 25; Te Deum, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 55; Jean Mouton: Celeste beneficium; Orazio B...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Niquet, Hervé; ; Holten, Bo
Ensemble: Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen); La Caccia; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata

Lully: Grand Motets Vol 1 / Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-08-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Te Deum, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 55; Miserere, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 25; Plaude lætare, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 37
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

"Herve Niquet is an accomplished interpreter of this repertoire, combining rhythmic incisiveness and a stylistic awareness of Baroque dance with that essential but rarely achieved...continue...
Recording information: l'Eglise Notre-Dame du Liban (11/22/1993-11/25/1993)....continue...

Sanctus - Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-01

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame; Guillaume Dufay: Missa L'Homme armé, for 4 voices; Thomas Tomkins: Pavane for 4 viols in F major; Thomas Tallis: Sanctus (from Mass for Four Voices); ...
Performers: Camden, Anthony; Coles, Priti; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Filipova, Elena; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Horska, Jaroslava; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Kundlak, Jozef [Tenor Vocals]; Loman, Judy;...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Bychkov, Semyon; Niquet, Hervé; Brembeck, Christian; Antal, Mátyás; Ward, Nicholas; ; Wildner, Johannes; Kosler, Zdenek
Ensemble: ; Camerata Cassovia; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Benedictus - Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-01

Works: Thomas Tallis: Sanctus (from Mass for Four Voices); Guillaume Dufay: Missa L'Homme armé, for 4 voices; Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Mess...
Performers: Coles, Priti; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Filipova, Elena; Gauci, Miriam; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hommel, Christian; Horska, Jaroslava; Kundlak, Jozef [Tenor Vocals]; Martin, Andreas ...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Farnlof, Bertil; Niquet, Hervé; Krcek, Jaroslav; ; Brembeck, Christian; Oberfrank, Géza; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Wildner, Johannes; Kosler, Zdenek; Rahbari, Al...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Cassovia; Capella Istropolitana; Ensemble Bourrasque; Hungarian Radio Chorus; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Boismortier: Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse / Niquet, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-12-17

Works: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Don Quichotte (Chez la Duchesse), opera-ballet
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Biren, Richard; Dyck, Stephan Van; Gay, Paul; Hall, Meredith; Le Baron, Brigitte; Mopin, Anne; Toda, Akiko; Wattiez, Marie-Pierre
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

"...Boismortier, mirroring the simpler rococo taste of the time, provided charming airs, supple choruses and many invigorating dances. What more enticement is needed? The cast...continue...