Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

Henry Desmarest: Te Deum de Paris; Dominus Regnavit (Grands Motets)

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-08-06

Works: Henry Desmarest: Dominus Regnavit; Te Deum de Paris
Performers: Dyck, Stephan Van
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

Recording information: Arsenal de Metz, France (02/2003)....continue...

Charpentier: Messe & Te Deum à huit voix / Niquet

1 Super Audio CD / Glossa Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe à 8 voix et 8 violons et flûtes, for 8 voices, chorus, 2 flutes, strings & continuo, H. 3; Domine salvum fac regem, motet for 5 voices, double chorus, string...
Performers: Arnould, Benoît; Bayodi, Hanna; Delume, Caroline; Helstroffer, Bruno; Moscardo, Massimo; Revidat, Stephanie; Saint-Yves, François
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

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Rameau: Pigmalion, Grands motets / Niquet, Fouchécourt, de Reyghere, Piau, Gens, Le Concert Spirituel, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pygmalion; Le Temple de la Gloire, fête lyrique; Deus noster refugium, grand motet for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, violin, viola & continuo; Quam dilecta, grand motet for s...
Performers: de Reyghere, Greta; Desrochers, Isabelle; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Fournie, Nicole; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Imboden, Stephan; Lamy, Herve [Tenor Vocals]; Piau, Sandrine; Sa, Marcos Lour...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

Marais: Sémélé

2 CD / Glossa Import / 2008-03-25

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

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...

Art and Music - Vermeer - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices; Pavan and Galliard a 6 in C major; Johann Nauwach: Ach Liebste, laß uns eilen; Thomas Selle: Sag mir doch, liebes Echo mein; Heinrich Scheidemann: Praeambulum i...
Performers: Dijk, Pieter van; Hummel, Martin; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; Schröder, Karl-Ernst; Wilson, Glen
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; ; Niquet, Hervé; Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

Few painters are a enigmatic as Johannes Vermeer, whose works are known for meticulous observation and a sensitive rendering of light and color. This CD...continue...

Discover - Music of the Baroque Era

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Rinaldo; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Der Messias; Concerto Grosso in ...
Performers: Amps, Kym; Asch, David van; Bessette, Tracy Smith; Boog, Maya; Christie, James David; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Drahos, Bela [Flute/Conductor]; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Hoeren, Harald; Jand...
Conductors: Kopelman, Jozef; Antal, Mátyás; Summerly, Jeremy; Crees, Eric; ; Farnlof, Bertil; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Fasolis, Diego; Niquet, Hervé; Mallon, Kevin; Ward, Nicholas; Brembeck...
Ensemble: ; Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona; Aradia Ensemble; Capella Savaria; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Sonatori de la ...

In popularity, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of the western world. This release features over 2 hours of music on...continue...

Boismortier: Sonates pour basses / Niquet, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2005-01-01

Works: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Diverse Pièces for viola da gamba & basso continuo, Op. 31; Sonata for 3 recorders & basso continuo in C major, Op. 34/6; Sonata for bassoon & continuo in G major,...
Performers: Niquet, Herve; Saito, Yuka
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Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

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...

Kyrie - Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-05-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Little Or; Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse...
Performers: Azesberger, Kurt; Holzer, Robert; Hommel, Christian
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Drahos, Béla; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Gmür, Hanspeter;
Ensemble: ; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Schola Cantorum Oxford

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Niquet, Pudwell, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2001-05-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Duthoit, Marie Louise; Haller, Salome; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Marie, Nicolas; Pudwell, Laura; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

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 3 / Hervé Niquet, Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-06-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Exaudiat te Dominus, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 77/15; O dulcissime Domine, motet for 3 voices & continuo, LWV 77/9; Natus in Judæa Deus, motet for double chor...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

In these works, written for the Chapel Royal, Lully is inspired to paint a whole sweep of emotions, at once melancholy, sweet, tragic, noble and...continue...
Recording information: IRCAM, Paris (11/03/1994-11/06/1994)....continue...

Boismortier: Ballets de Village, Sérénade / Concert Sprituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-06-01

Works: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Premier ballet, Op. 52/1; Cinquième gentillesse, Op. 45; Deuxième ballet, Op. 52/2; Première sérénade ou première simphonie françoise, ...
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Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was born in France in 1689, and became one of the first composers whose income totally depended upon his ability to...continue...

Lully: Grand Motets Vol 2 / Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-02-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Quare fremuerunt, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 67; O lachrymae, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 26; Dies irae, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 64/1;...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

By the age of twenty-one Jean-Baptiste Lully had become Composer of the King's Instrumental Music and for the next thirty years he dominated music life...continue...
Recording information: IRCAM, Paris (04/14/1994-04/17/1994)....continue...

Charpentier: Sacred Music Vol 4 / Le Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-02-01

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Work(s); La prière à la Vierge du Père Bernard, motet for 3 voices, chorus, 2 treble instruments & continuo,; Litanies de la Vierge, motet for 6 voices, choru...
Performers: Niquet, Herve
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Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

Marc-Antoine Charpentier is recognized today as the greatest French composer of the 17th century. His sacred music is full of dramatic harmonic tension, contrasts and...continue...

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...

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

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

Lorenzani: Motets / Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-01-19

Works: Paolo Lorenzani: Antienne à la Vierge (Antiphon to the Virgin); Motet pour l'élévation (Motet for the Elevation); Motet pour tous les tempse (Motet for All Occasions); Litanies à ...
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Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

Lorenzani was one of the very few musicians to successfully enter into the musical life at Louis XIV's court, which was dominated by the tyrannical...continue...

Clérambault: Cantatas, Simphonias / Le Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) Import / 1998-09-22

Works: Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo ("La Magnifique"); La Mort D'Hercule, cantata; Sonata L'impromptu; Chaconne (Simphonia V); La Félicité (Symphonia ...
Performers: Coadou, Luc; Cohën-Akenine, Patrick [Violin]; Daubigney, Jocelyn; Metzger, Hilary; Rannou, Blandine
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Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

"Naxos has followed up its attractive disc of soprano cantatas and instrumental music by Louis-Nicolas Clerambault with an even better collection of bass cantatas and...continue...

Charpentier: Te Deum, Mass, etc / Niquet, Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-03-13

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum à 4, motet for 5 voices, chorus, strings & continuo, H. 147; Messe "Kyrie eleison," for voices, instruments & continuo, H. 1; Deus judicium tuum regi da, motet ...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

"If this early Mass by Charpentier has been previously recorded, then it has certainly passed me by...The Mass is harmonically richly inventive with passages of...continue...

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...

Charpentier: Vespres à la Vierge / Niquet, Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-07-27

Works: Guillaume Gabriel Nivers: Antiphonarium Monasticum, 1696; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Beatus vir qui timet Dominum, motet for 3 voices, chorus & continuo, H. 221; Laudate pueri Dominum, motet for 5 voi...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

"...Performances sound splendid to me, caught in the wholly sympathetic acoustic of Notre Dame du Liban, Paris. As usual with Naxos, text are enclosed and...continue...

Charpentier: Messe des morts / Niquet, Concert Spirituel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-11-03

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe des morts, for 6 voices, chorus & continuo, H. 7; Litanies de la vierge, H 89; Confitebor tibi Domine, motet for 3 voices, chorus & continuo, H. 220; Nisi Dominus, mot...
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Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus