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