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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... |
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 |
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 |
MONTEVERDI / BONONCINI / CHARPENTIER / HANDEL / LULLY / PURCELL / RAMEAU
William Christie: The Complete Erato Recordings Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, with Sophie Daneman, Natalie Dessay, Renee Fleming, Ian Bostridge, Philippe Jaroussky, Mark Padmore, etc [ Erato / 61 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] William Christie is renowned for his pioneering work in the revival of Baroque music. Born in 1944, he founded the ensemble Les Arts Florissants in 1979, which has become a leading force in historically informed performance. |
MONTEVERDI
Vespro della beata vergine Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] "There is a warmth and generosity here that are undeniably attractive […] everything is done at the level of skill and musicality that we have come to expect from Christie and Les Arts Florissants." (Gramophone) |
BACH / HANDEL / DELIBES / MONTEVERDI / VERDI / MOZART / etc
Natalie Dessay: De l'Opéra à la chanson Natalie Dessay (soprano) / with Michel Legrand, Roberto Alagna, Rolando Villazon, Veronique Gens, Quatuor Ebene, Emmanuelle Haim, William Christie, et [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2017 ] This new collection showcasing 20 years of recordings from this most versatile of artists including classical, opera and songs from musicals - includes previously unreleased track "Bebe". |
W. A. MOZART
Requiem / Ave verum corpus Anna Maria Panzarella / Nathalie Stutzmann / Christoph Pregardien / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] |
SCARLATTI / MARCELLO / PORPORA / MANCINI / BONONCINI
Duetti da Camera Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor) / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Dec/2011 ] Two star countertenors, Philippe Jaroussky and Max Emanuel Cencic, join William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, for a programme of chamber-scale duets and arias by Italian composers of the early 18th century. As Jaroussky says, these are "duets of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Most Beautiful Classical Pieces Renaud Capucon, Martha Argerich, William Christie, David Fray, Philippe Jaroussky, Riccardo Muti, Maria Joao Pires, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] All works performed by the best and iconic artists of the Warner Classics & Erato catalogues. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete opera recorded in 2015) Theatre des Chams-Elysees / Katherine Watson, Philippe Jaroussky, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Callum Thorpe / William Christie (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Handel's Theodora, a tale of Christian martyrdom in 4th century Antioch, is a dramatic oratorio rather than an opera, but it achieved a new currency in 1996, when William Christie conducted a staging at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Christie, who... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur Veronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Erato Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |
HANDEL / RAMEAU / VIVALDI / CAMPRA / PURCELL / etc
The Enchanted Island (complete opera recorded in 2012) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Placido Domingo / William Christie (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] "The singing from Danielle de Niese, David Daniels and Joyce DiDonato is stellar...William Christie conducts magisterially." (The Observer) |
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) |
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Christie
Christie (+Bonus) [ Repertoire / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] |
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:... |
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... |
