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Here’s a bright, buoyant compilation to celebrate three decades of William Christie’s pioneering period-instrument ensemble...showcas[ing] an elegant conductor-scholar with more than a touch... — Michael Quinn, bbc.co.uk, 22nd October 2009 More…

Release Date: 5th Oct 2009
Catalogue No: 6871920
Label: Erato
Length: 74 minutes

Excerpt, Charpentier, M-A: Te Deum, H146

Work length5:36

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Bertrand Bontoux (bass), Jeffrey Thompson (tenor), João Fernandes (bass), Les Arts Florissants (vocal & instrumental ensemble), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Olga Pitarch (soprano), Orlanda Velez Isidro (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2004-09-15
Recording Venue: Recorded Live 14 & 15 September 2004. Salle des Concerts, Cité de la Musique, Paris.

Marche de timbales and Prélude

Track length3:01

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Pleni sunt coeli et terra

Track length2:35

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Campra: Requiem: Requiem (Choeur)

Work length7:58

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Les Arts Florissants (vocal & instrumental ensemble), Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone), Paul Agnew (tenor)
Chœur des Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2002-09-29
Recording Venue: 28-29th September 2002. CitÚ de la Musique, Paris.

Handel: Ombra mai fu (from Serse)

Work length3:23

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Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2003-11-25
Recording Venue: 17-25 November 2003. Recorded live, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris.

Haydn: The Creation (Oratorio in 3 parts), Part 1: Aria: Rollend und schäumend... (Raphael)

Work length4:03

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Dietrich Henschel (bass-baritone)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-07-25
Recording Venue: 23-25 July 2007 Notre Dame du Liban, Paris, France

Haydn: The Creation (Oratorio in 3 parts), Part 3: Duet mit Chorus: Von deiner Güt (Eva / Adam)

Work length9:23

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Markus Werba (bass-baritone), Sophie Karthäuser (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants, Chœur des Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-07-25
Recording Venue: 23-25 July 2007 Notre Dame du Liban, Paris, France

Handel: Serse, Act 1, Scene XV: No 18 Aria - Un cenno leggiadretto (Atalanta)

Work length3:59

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Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2003-11-25
Recording Venue: 17-25 November 2003. Recorded live, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris.

Excerpt, Handel: Sonata in D major for violin and continuo, HWV371, Op. 1 No. 13

Work length5:48

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Hiro Kurosaki (violin), William Christie (harpsichord)
Recorded: 2002-09-06
Recording Venue: 4-6 September 2002 / Chapelle de Jésus Enfant (Paroisse Saint Clotilde), Paris

I. Affetuoso

Track length3:07

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II. Allegro

Track length2:41

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Purcell: O all ye people, clap your hands

Work length2:47

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Claire Debono (soprano), Hannah Morrison (soprano), Konstantin Wolff (bass), Thomas Michael Allen (tenor)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2006-09-26
Recording Venue: Paris, Eglise Evangélique Allemande, 24-26 September 2006

Purcell: Hosanna to the highest

Work length3:27

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Konstantin Wolff (bass), Paul Agnew (tenor)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2006-09-26
Recording Venue: Paris, Eglise Evangélique Allemande, 24-26 September 2006

Campra: Florente prata

Work length9:10

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Anne-Marie Lasla (viola da gamba), Catherine Girard (violin), Charles Zebley (flute), Maia Silberstein (violin), Paul Agnew (tenor), Ruth Unger (flute), William Christie (organ)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2004-07-30
Recording Venue: 28-30th July 2004. 11th Festival de Lessay, Eglise de Gorges. Manche.

Charpentier, M-A: Judicium Salomonis, H.422, Secunda Pars - Songe de Salomon

Work length5:51

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Les Arts Florissants (vocal & instrumental ensemble), Neal Davies (baritone)
William Christie
Recorded: 2005-09-07
Recording Venue: 5-7 September 2005, Théâtre de Poissy

Simphonie

Track length2:14

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Grand récit: Quai non petisti Deus

Track length3:37

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Campra: Exaudiat te Dominus (psaume 19): Hii in curribus (Duo de basses-tailles)

Work length2:42

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Les Arts Florissants (vocal & instrumental ensemble), Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone), Arnaud Marzorati (baritone)
William Christie
Recorded: 2002-09-29
Recording Venue: 28-29th September 2002. CitÚ de la Musique, Paris.

Rossi, Luigi: Un peccator pentito: Spargete sospiri

Work length5:48

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Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2005-03-10
Recording Venue: 1-10 March 2005. Cité de la Musique, Paris.

Charpentier, M-A: Messe pour les Trépassés (á 8 voix en deux choeurs et instruments) H.2: Agnus Dei - Second Agnus Dei - Agnus Dei

Work length4:14

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Bertrand Bontoux (bass), Jeffrey Thompson (tenor), João Fernandes (bass), Les Arts Florissants (vocal & instrumental ensemble), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Olga Pitarch (soprano), Orlanda Velez Isidro (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor)
William Christie
Recorded: 2004-09-15
Recording Venue: 14 & 15 September 2004 / 'live' at Salle des Concerts, Cité de la Musique, Paris.

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Les Arts Florissants, one of the most influential and prolific ensembles in the world of authentic performance, celebrates 30 years of achievement with this collection of its recordings for Virgin Classics.

"With his superb period ensemble Les Arts Florissants, William Christie has brought

the French Baroque, and other Baroques, to vivid life, at home, on tour and in recordings." New York Times

The performing group Les Arts Florissants was founded in 1979 by William Christie, an American musician, trained at Harvard and Yale, who had been living in France for several years. He took the name of the group from a short opera written for Louis XIV by the French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier.

The group’s major breakthrough came in 1987 with performances of Lully’s Atys at the Opéra Comique in Paris, and since then Les Arts Florissants has played a major role in the resurgence of interest 17th and 18th century repertoire, in France and around the world. The group has given staged and concert performances of operas, choral music and other vocal works by composers such as Rameau, Couperin, Montéclair, Charpentier, Mondonville, Desmarest, Monteverdi, Landi, Rossi, Purcell, Handel, Gluck, Haydn, and Mozart.

William Christie had the following to say about Virgin Classics’ 30th-anniversary release:

“This CD to mark the 30th anniversary of Les Arts Florissants brings together highlights from the recordings we have made for Virgin Classics since 2003.

“From Charpentier’s Te Deum to Haydn’s Creation by way of Purcell’s Divine Hymns, Rossi’s Peccator pentito and Handel’s Serse, this selection illustrates the variety and richness of the repertoire I have approached with my ensemble over the last 30 years; it represents two centuries of music – French, of course, but also Italian, English and German. Some of the composers represented here were almost forgotten 20 or 30 years ago, but now they are fully recognised, appreciated and celebrated. That Les Arts Florissants has contributed to their rediscovery is a matter of great satisfaction for me.

“Looking again at the list of all the singers who have participated in these recordings, I am happy to see that the names of celebrated artists stand alongside those of young soloists whom we have helped to gain a reputation on the international music scene, notably through Le Jardin des Voix, our academy for emerging singers.

“Les Arts Florissants has reached a state of maturity while remaining young in spirit. The group’s enthusiasm and curiosity remain intact – these are essential stimuli for the interpretation of music. Instrumentalists and singers who have been with us for some time, perhaps more than 15 years, remain delightfully fresh in their attitude, passionate about our repertoire and always happy to work together.

“The maturity of the ensemble is evident in a greater mastery in performance … Musical passages that were a little tricky 25 years ago – say certain violin phrases in Rameau or certain vocal lines in a Charpentier motet -- now appear simpler, which allows us to take things further. Our work is never at an end, but we are well practised in what we do. These days our interpretations benefit both from a consistently fresh approach and from true maturity in their execution.”

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22nd October 2009

Here’s a bright, buoyant compilation to celebrate three decades of William Christie’s pioneering period-instrument ensemble...showcas[ing] an elegant conductor-scholar with more than a touch of the showman about him.

Les Arts Florissants - The Official 30th Anniversary Edition

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