William Christie
Born: 19th December 1944, Buffalo, New York, USA
Nationality: American- born French
Born in Buffalo in 1944, the conductor and harpsichordist William Christie is widely regarded as one of the finest interpreters of French baroque music of his generation; he was educated at Harvard and Yale (where he studied with the harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick), before settling in France in 1970 due to his opposition to the Vietnam War. He founded the early music ensemble Les Arts Florissants in 1979, and his extensive discography with the group includes award-winning recordings of Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Mozart, and particularly Rameau and Lully, whose operas he has championed throughout his career. In 2002 he founded Le Jardin de Voix, a biennial training programme for young baroque singers; alumni include the sopranos Sonya Yoncheva, Judith van Wanroij, Katherine Watson countertenors Christophe Dumaux and Xavier Sabata, tenors Juan Sancho and Zachary Wilder, and baritone Marc Mauillon.
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Bach from William Christie and Beethoven from Masaaki Suzuki
30th Mar 2018
Two veteran early music specialists venture into new territory: William Christie conducts Bach's Mass in B minor and Masaaki Suzuki turns to Beethoven's Missa solemnis.
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New. Le Violon de Rameau
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), William Christie (harpsichord)
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New. Sweelinck Collection: Complete Keyboard Music & Psalms
Daniele Boccaccio (organ, harpsichord), Netherlands Chamber Choir, Caroline Stam (soloist), Dorien Lievers (soloist), Nico van der Meel (soloist), Bas Ramselaar (soloist), Musica Amphion, Peter Phillips, Ton Koopman, William Christie, Jan Boeke, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul Van Nevel, Pieter-Jan Belder
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Special offer. Campra: Requiem & Miserere
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Sonya Yoncheva (Poppea), Kate Lindsey (Nerone), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee – Baroque Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee – Conductor of the Year
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New. Le Violon de Rameau
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), William Christie (harpsichord)
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New. Sweelinck Collection: Complete Keyboard Music & Psalms
Daniele Boccaccio (organ, harpsichord), Netherlands Chamber Choir, Caroline Stam (soloist), Dorien Lievers (soloist), Nico van der Meel (soloist), Bas Ramselaar (soloist), Musica Amphion, Peter Phillips, Ton Koopman, William Christie, Jan Boeke, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul Van Nevel, Pieter-Jan Belder
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New. In the Heat of Classics
Thomas Adès (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Terry Wey (countertenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Marcel Reyans (tenor), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Samuel Ramey (baritone), Dong Hyek Lim (piano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Hans Hotter (baritone), Vilde Frang (violin), Hélène Grimaud (piano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Antoine Palloc (piano), Sharon Kam (clarinet), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute), Stéphane Grappelli (violin), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Jack Sewing (double bass), Marc Fosset (guitar), Martin Taylor (guitar), Christian Ivaldi (piano), Michel Debost (flute), Monique Rollin (zither), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Nathan Berg (baritone), James Morris (bass-baritone), Dan Dressen (tenor), Peter Barkworth (narrator), Lesley Garrett (vocals), Michael Ball (vocals), Dalal (piano), Angela Maria Blasi (soprano), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Giuseppe Taddei (baritone), Gottlob Frick (bass), Jean-François Heisser (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Sarah Chang (violin), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Martha Argerich (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Peter Sadlo (percussion), Biao Li (percussion), Claudio Estay (percussion), Philipp Jungk (percussion), Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Anne Fournet (narrator), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Philharmonia Orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, Kammersensemble de Paris, Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Orchestre de Paris, Il Pomo d'Oro, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore, Opéra National de Lyon, London Classical Players, Orchestre National de France, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Sinfonietta, Staatskapelle Dresden, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sextuor Jeanne Loriod, Concentus musicus Wien, English Chamber Orchestra, Brentano Quartet, BBC Concert Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Wiener Symphoniker, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Estonian State Academic Choir, Helsinki University Choir, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Tiffin Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson, Robert Irving, William Christie, Armin Jordan, John Nelson, Evgeny Svetlanov, Stephen Stubbs, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Alexandre Desplat, Maxim Emelyanychev, Thomas Dausgaard, André Previn, Ton Koopman, Kent Nagano, Stefan Plewniak, Louis Langrée, Sir Roger Norrington, Didier Benetti, Philip Ledger, Sir Charles Groves, Vernon Handley, Robin Ticciati, Bernard Haitink, Gregor Bühl, Jonathan Tunick, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Marius Constant, Sir Neville Marriner, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Jeanne Loriod, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Carlo Maria Giulini, Philip Brunelle, Michel Legrand, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Andrew Davis, Herbert von Karajan, Libor Pešek, Otto Klemperer, Jean Martinon, Paavo Berglund, André Cluytens, Daniel Barenboim
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