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JEAN-BAPTISTE SENAILLE / JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR
Senaillé/Leclair: "Générations" - Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Théotime Langlois de Swarte, William Christie [ Harmoniai Mundi / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Poised at the convergence of 18th-century French and Italian schools, Leclair and Senaillé were the French Paganinis of their day. Technically challenging yet full of poetry, rhythmically varied and always dance-like, their sonatas find two fervent... |
Tony Christie
Made In Sheffield [ CD - released 21/Nov/2008 ] |
GLUCK / HAYDN / HERMANN / KRUMPHOLTZ
The Queen's Harp Xavier de Maistre (harp) / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] At the end of the 18th century, France and Germany developed a passion for harp music; the instrument was everywhere, in concerts and drawing rooms and many masterpieces were written for it. Queen Marie-Antoinette regularly played the pianoforte and... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Music For A While Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Wieland Kuijken (bass viol), William Christie (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] During the 1970s Alfred Deller recorded for Harmonia Mundi some fifty recordings as soloist, with the Consort or with chorus and orchestra Director of the Académie de Musique Anglaise. |
HANDEL
Belshazzar (complete oratorio) Allan Clayton, Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Les Arts Florissants Editions / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2014 ] "The choir of Les Arts Florissants acquit themselves with full honours in Handel's imaginative dramatic narrative choruses" (Gramophone Magazine, December 2013) |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: La Didone (complete opera recorded in 2011) Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata, Maria Streijffert / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (cond.) & Clément Hervieu-Léger (dir.) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "This live French performance is a real beauty. Virtually anything William Christie touches these days is, and the cast he has assembled is second to none with Anna Bonitatibus simply stunning in the title role." (AudAud.com) |
RAMEAU
Pygmalion / Nelée et Myrthis Howard Crook, Agnès Mellon, Jerome Corréas & Sandrine Piau / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Musique D'abord / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] The famous story of Pygmalion, who fell in love with one of his own sculptures and brought it to life, inspired Jean-Philippe Rameau with a perfect subject since it gave him the ideal opportunity of applying the very principle of the acte de ballet:... |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Trois Lecons De Tenebres pour le Mercredi Saint / 4 Versets du Motet Sophie Daneman, Patricia Petibon / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Erato / CD - released 28/Feb/1997 ] "Singing, accompaniment and recording are all that could be desired. The accompaniment is, appropriately, the lightest possible." MusicWeb |
LUIGI ROSSI
Rossi: Oratorios - Un Peccator Pentito & O Cecità Dominique Visse (counter-tenor) / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Aug/2016 ] "The chamber oratorios of Luigi Rossi fall naturally within the repertory of Les Arts Florissants. Rossi was himself in Paris during the 1640s at the behest of Cardinal Mazarin and his music was well known to French Italophiles. These are works of... |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Atys (complete opera recorded in 2011) Blu-ray Emmanuelle de Negri, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Bernard Richter / Compagnie Fêtes Galantes, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 24/Sep/2021 ] "..the stage picture is consistently opulent, with even Atys and Sangaride dressed ornately, at least until the shattering final act." New York Times |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Atys (complete opera recorded in 2011) Emmanuelle de Negri, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Bernard Richter / Compagnie Fêtes Galantes, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] "..the stage picture is consistently opulent, with even Atys and Sangaride dressed ornately, at least until the shattering final act." New York Times |
ELLIOTT CARTER
Carter: Mosaic / Dialogue / Solo Pieces Erica Goodman (harp) Robert Aitken (flute) Max Christie (clarinet) / New Music Concerts [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Elliott Carter is internationally recognized as one of the leading American voices of the classical music tradition. He recently received the Prince Pierre Foundation Music Award, bestowed by the Principality of Monaco. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rodelinda / Theodora (complete operas recorded in 1996 & 1998) plus A Night with Handel Glyndebourne Festival Opera / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Kurt Streit, Andreas Scholl, Dawn Upshaw, David Daniels / William Christie (cond) [ Warner Classics NVC Arts / 3 DVD Box Set - released 4/Feb/2017 ] "Jean-Marie Villegier's brilliant, unnerving production...A great show - don't miss it." The Guardian on Rodelinda |
RAMEAU
Hippolyte et Aricie (Complete opera recorded in 2013) Glyndebourne Opera / Ed Lyon, Christiane Karg, Sarah Connolly / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "if you don't grin and giggle you should check your pulse...But the performers hold wonderfully steady. Sarah Connolly's Phaedra throbs with the bottled desire and vulnerability expected of a queen in love with her stepson...Christie lavishes his lov |
PURCELL
The Fairy Queen (complete opera recorded in 2009) Glyndebourne Opera / Sally Dexter, Joseph Millson, Desmond Barrit, Desmond Barrit, Lucy Crowe / William Christie, conductor [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] Gramophone Awards 2010: WINNER DVD Performance - "There are too many highlights to mention in this varied and infinitely delightful entertainment. Glyndebourne has a triumph on its hands." The Stage |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Fairy Queen (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Sally Dexter, Joseph Millson, Desmond Barrit, Desmond Barrit, Susannah Wise / William Christie, conductor [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2010 ] "Jonathan Kent's joyous Glyndebourne production burst[s] with opulent stagecraft...Kent is abetted by William Christie in the pit, a man of the theatre down to his gainfully-employed fingertips...Altogether a riotously funny, ravishingly intelligent |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Sarah Connolly / Angelika Kirchschlager / Danielle de Niese / Christophe Dumaux / Christopher Maltman / William Christie (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2009 ] G - "The sense of teamwork all round is confirmed in the interviews included in the extras. Robin Lough's DVD direction is faultless." (Gramophoen Classical Music Guide) |
CHARPENTIER
David & Jonathas (complete) Gérard Lesne, Monique Zanetti, Jean-François Gardeil, Dominique Visse, Véronique Gens / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Released for the first time in 1988, 'David and Jonathan' is a timely reissue to coincide with Les Arts Florissants' concerts at the Edinburgh Festival, directed by William Christie. |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / The Fairy Queen Guillemette Laurens, Jill Feldman, Agnes Mellon, Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Veronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "Purcell's semi-opera sounds fresh in this recording under Christie, with spirited playing from Les Arts Florissants and vivid singing from the large cast." (Five Stars BBC Music on The Fairy Queen) |
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RAMEAU
Rameau 1764-2014 [10 CD boxed set] Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Isabelle Poulenard, Howard Crook, Jerome Correas / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "These could be creaking performances after the passage of so much time but they're not are they, they're still vital and this set as a whole makes a very cost effective guide for anyone who's got a Rameau shaped hole on their record shelves" CDRevie |
