Les Arts Florissants Essentials
Apple Music Classical
Founded by conductor William Christie in 1979, Les Arts Florissants is a period chamber ensemble that aims for authentic readings of Baroque classics, and they've performed everywhere from Opéra National de Paris to Carnegie Hall. Though they're based out of France's Théâtre de Caen and serve up wonderful interpretations of French masterpieces (Rameau's Les Indes galantes), their versatility knows no bounds; their brisk Bach (Mass in B Minor) finds exquisite colour in every dissonance, while they locate in Handel (“Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa”) an indelible pathos.
"Forêts paisibles" (Zima & Adario, Choeur des Sauvages)
"Des biens que Vénus nous dispense"
G. B. Bononcini: 'Chi d'Amor tra le catene'
No. 2, Arie mit Chor. "Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle" - "Verzweiflung, Wut und Schrecken" (Uriel, Chor)
I. "Usquequo Avertis Faciem Tuam"
Jean-Yves Ravoux, François Bazola, William Christie, Laurent Slaars, Les Arts Florissants, Bertrand Chuberre
II. "Memorare Testamenti"
Jean-Yves Ravoux, Les Arts Florissants, Bertrand Chuberre, François Bazola, William Christie, Laurent Slaars
Monteverdi: Quarto Libro di madrigali
III. O quam tristis et afflicta (Live)
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants, Nicholas Scott, Rachel Redmond, Geoffroy Buffière, Benjamin Alunni
Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis, IPB 1
V. "Baci soavi, e cari"
Lisandro Abadie, Miriam Allan, Marie Gautrot, Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, Hannah Morrison
F. Couperin
Salve Regina, motet … voix seule pour la Sainte Vierge (No. 4 from "14 Motets, Livre 1", 1695)
William Christie, Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants, Anne-Marie Lasla