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