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HANDEL
Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jun/2008 ] "An outstanding disc which I foolishly overlooked back in 1993, not realising Savall et al. were such fine Handelians; it sounds spectacular now, remastered from stereo to effective but not overblown multi-channel SACD." BBC Music Magazine, September... |
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LULLY
Symphonies, Ouvertures and Airs  jouer Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (direction) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2003 ] "A recording of highlights as good as this is something anyone who enjoys baroque music would wish to own." (Gramophone) - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented stereo sound. PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069 Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (director) [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] Following the Brandenbrug Concertos, another Bach treasury from the Astrée repertoire: a milestone in the history of Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations. |
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FRANCESC VALLS / HENRY DESMAREST
In Excelsis Deo: Barcelona 1702 - Versailles 1709 Le Concert des Nations & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2017 ] In the context of the War of the Spanish Succession, the duty of any composer was to celebrate not only the greatness of a deity in religious pieces, but also the power of their sponsors. Jordi Savall invites us to relive the creation of two dazzling... |
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COUPERIN
Les Concerts Royaux, 1722 Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Apr/2005 ] " In this high quality CD, the Concert des Nations directed by Jordi Savall, has successfully disseminated the few details left by Couperin and re-created what are perhaps the most important works of the French royal court: the Concert Royaux." |
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J.S. BACH
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina Le Concert Francais / Pierre Hantaa¯ [ Mirare / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] “Pierre Hantai, among the most impressive keyboard interpreters of Bach today, here assumes the additional role of directing Le Concert Francais, an ensemble he founded over 15 years ago…this performance is music making of a high order.” - Five... |
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CHARPENTIER
Lecons de Tenebres de la Semaine Sainte de 1692 Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - June 2002 |
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CHARPENTIER
Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy Le Concert Spirituel. Directed by Herva Niquet [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Hervé Niquet here rescues an almost unknown mass by Charpentier |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Water Music & Fireworks (First historical version) Le Concert Spirituel / Herva Niquet [ Glossa SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "Under Niquet's high-adrenalin direction the instruments bray, rasp and swagger to gloriously raucous effect. You will not hear a more elementally exciting Fireworks than this." The Daily Telegraph |
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CHARPENTIER
Charpentier! [includes 'Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy', 'Te Deum' & Lecons de Tenebres'] Le Concert Spirituel. Directed by Herva Niquet [ Glossa / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Highly regarded recordings now repackaged at a special price. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Messe Solennelle Le Concert Spirituel / Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Composed in 1824 by Hector Berlioz at the age of twenty-one and premiered at the church of Saint-Roch in Paris in 1825, the Messe solennelle has come down to us following an eventful history. After Berlioz declared that he had destroyed the score,... |
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JOSEPH BODIN de BOISMORTIER
Boismortier: Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse Le Concert Spirituel (early music ensemble); Hervé Niquet [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] In 1743, two years before Rameau's Platee, Boismortier created an extraordinarily modern and madcap "comic ballet", Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse. As the exuberant plot unfurls, Cervantes' hero encounters monsters, enchanters, princesses and people... |
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CHERUBINI / PLANTADE
Cherubini & Plantade: Requiems pour Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha / CD - released 17/Aug/2017 ] "Niquet brings fresh artistry and specifically French authority honed over decades with Le Concert Spirituel to both works. For me, this is a prize-winning disc" Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Choral |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat Le Concert Spirituel; Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Hervé Niquet and his Concert Spirituel offer a programme to the glory of Antonio Vivaldi: his Gloria and Magnificat, genuine masterpieces of sacred vocal music, demonstrate the same variety of styles, tempo and atmospheres that characterise his... |
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BOISMORTIER
Daphnis et Chloe Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Following on from Callirhoé (Destouches), Sémélé (Marais) and Proserpine (Lully), three important tragédies lyriques rescued from oblivion by Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel, Glossa is now restoring to the catalogue and within its collection of... |
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JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Grand Motets Vol. 1 Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] "[Niquet] brings declamatory vigour, rhythmic incisiveness and, where the contrast exists, a gentler expressive sensibility to music that is redolent of those gestures typifying Bourbon absolutism during the Grand siècle...A stimulating issue...Once... |
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DESMAREST
Grands Motets Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "I can hardly wait for the next Desmarest recording, but in the meantime this one will certainly be keeping me happy." Gramophone |
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HANDEL
Handel: Messiah 1754 Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha / 2 CD/Book - released 27/Oct/2017 ] Why yet another Messiah? 'I went through the different scores that exist and decided on the very interesting 1754 version, which features five soloists. You must remember that, when Handel arrived somewhere to perform his oratorio, he had soloists of... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur (complete opera recorded in 2009) Ana Maria Labin, Chantal Santon-Jeffrey, Melodie Ruvio / Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa DVD / DVD - released 16/Mar/2010 ] G - "Directed by French comedy duo Corinne and Gilles Benizio… conductor Hervé Niquet's knockabout rewrite of King Arthur is as much a tribute to Monty Python as it is to Henry Purcell. Purists beware." (BBC Music) |
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M. A. CHARPENTIER
Lecons de Tenebres Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] recorded Église Notre Dame du Liban, Paris, March 2001 |