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"
William Christie, Bertrand Chuberre, François Bazola, Les Arts Florissants, Laurent Slaars, Jean-Yves Ravoux
II. "Memorare Testamenti"
William Christie, Bertrand Chuberre, François Bazola, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Laurent Slaars, Les Arts Florissants
Monteverdi: Quarto Libro di madrigali
III. O quam tristis et afflicta (Live)
Geoffroy Buffière, Paul Agnew, Benjamin Alunni, Nicholas Scott, Rachel Redmond, Les Arts Florissants
Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis, IPB 1
V. "Baci soavi, e cari"
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants, Marie Gautrot, Lisandro Abadie, Miriam Allan, Hannah Morrison
F. Couperin
Salve Regina, motet … voix seule pour la Sainte Vierge (No. 4 from "14 Motets, Livre 1", 1695)
Paul Agnew, Anne-Marie Lasla, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants