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"
François Bazola, William Christie, Bertrand Chuberre, Les Arts Florissants, Laurent Slaars, Jean-Yves Ravoux
II. "Memorare Testamenti"
Laurent Slaars, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Jean-Yves Ravoux, François Bazola, Bertrand Chuberre
III. O quam tristis et afflicta (Live)
Geoffroy Buffière, Nicholas Scott, Rachel Redmond, Les Arts Florissants, Benjamin Alunni, Paul Agnew
Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis, IPB 1
Brossard: Ave verum corpus
V. "Baci soavi, e cari"
Hannah Morrison, Marie Gautrot, Lisandro Abadie, Miriam Allan, Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants
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, Paul Agnew, Anne-Marie Lasla, William Christie