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"
No. 2, Arie mit Chor. "Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle" - "Verzweiflung, Wut und Schrecken" (Uriel, Chor)
I. "Usquequo Avertis Faciem Tuam"
Laurent Slaars, François Bazola, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Bertrand Chuberre
II. "Memorare Testamenti"
François Bazola, Bertrand Chuberre, William Christie, Laurent Slaars, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Les Arts Florissants
III. O quam tristis et afflicta (Live)
Geoffroy Buffière, Paul Agnew, Nicholas Scott, Les Arts Florissants, Rachel Redmond, Benjamin Alunni
Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis, IPB 1
Brossard: Ave verum corpus
V. "Baci soavi, e cari"
Hannah Morrison, Les Arts Florissants, Marie Gautrot, Lisandro Abadie, Miriam Allan, Paul Agnew
Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 7, SV 117–145
Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8, SV 146–167
Salve Regina, motet … voix seule pour la Sainte Vierge (No. 4 from "14 Motets, Livre 1", 1695)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Anne-Marie Lasla, Paul Agnew