ALBUMLes Musiques de MolièreLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
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ALBUMLes Musiques de MolièreLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUM"Conversation" Gaspard Le Roux: Suites for 2 HarpsichordsWilliam Christie & Justin Taylor
ALBUMM.A. Charpentier: Actéon & Intermèdes nouveaux du Mariage forcéLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMM.A. Charpentier: Cæcilia Virgo et Martyr, H.413 - Filius prodigus, H.399 - Magnificat, H.73Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMHandel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Rachel Ramond, Leo Jemison, Trinity Boys Choir, James Way & Sreten Manojlović
ALBUM"Générations" Senaillé & Leclair: Sonatas for Violin and HarpsichordThéotime Langlois de Swarte & William Christie
ALBUMN'espérez plus mes yeux... Airs sérieux et à boire, Vol. 3William Christie & Les Arts Florissants
ALBUMMusique de cour et pastorales du XVIII siècleJacques Vandeville, William Christie & Mariijke Verberne
ALBUMSi vous vouliez un jour…airs serieux et à boire, Vol. 2Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMHandel: Music for Queen CarolineLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMLe Jardin de Monsieur RameauLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMHandel: BelshazzarWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants
ALBUMHandel: Theodora (Glyndebourne)Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, David Daniels, Dawn Upshaw, Richard Croft, William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & The Glyndebourne Chorus
ALBUMDuettiLes Arts Florissants, Max Emanuel Cencic & William Christie
ALBUMHasse: CleofideWilliam Christie, Cappella Coloniensis, Dame Emma Kirkby, Derek Lee Ragin, Dominique Visse, David Cordier, Rheinische Kantorei, Randalk K. Wong & Agnes Mellon
ALBUMOmbre de mon amant - French Baroque AriasAnne Sofie von Otter, William Christie & Les Arts Florissants
ALBUMHasse, J.A.: Cleofide (Opera Scenes and Arias)David Cordier, Dame Emma Kirkby, Derek Lee Ragin, Dominique Visse, William Christie, Agnes Mellon, Rheinische Kantorei, Cappella Coloniensis & Randalk K. Wong
ALBUMHaydn: Die SchöpfungLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRoyer: Pièces de clavecinWilliam Christie
ALBUMPurcell: Divine HymnsWilliam Christie
ALBUMHandel: AriasDanielle de Niese, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMHandel: Arias (Bonus Version)Danielle de Niese, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau : Hippolyte Et AricieLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCouperin: Salve Regina (Petits Motets)Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew & William Christie
ALBUMHandel - Violin SonatasWilliam Christie
ALBUMHandel: TheodoraLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMLully : Les Divertissements de Versailles - Great Operatic ScenesLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: ZoroastreAnna Maria Panzarella, Eric Martin-Bonnet, François Bazola, Gaelle Mechaly, Les Arts Florissants, Mark Padmore, Matthieu Lécroart, Nathan Berg, Stéphanie Révidat & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: In Nativitatem Domini Canticum & Messe de Minuit Pour NoëlLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: La Guirlande & ZéphyreCappella Coloniensis & William Christie
ALBUMHandel: Alcina (Highlights)Les Arts Florissants, Natalie Dessay, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham & William Christie
ALBUMMozart: Missa C Moll, KV. 427William Christie & Les Arts Florissants
ALBUMDesmarets: Grands Motets LorrainsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUML'art du hautboisJacques Vandeville, William Christie & Régis Pasquier
ALBUMCharpentier: Divertissements, Airs & ConcertsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMHaendel : Acis and GalateaLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMozart: Die Entführung aus dem SerailWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants
ALBUMMonteclair : 4ème Concert pour hautbois, clavecin & basse de viole - CantatesJudith Nelson, Jacques Vandeville, William Christie & Ariane Maurette
ALBUMMonteverdi: Vespro Della Beata VergineLes Arts Florissants, Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse & William Christie
ALBUMMondonville: Grands MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMPurcell: King ArthurLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCouperin: Leçons de TénèbresLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMondonville: Pièces de clavecin, Op. 5Stanley Ritchie, William Christie & Judith Nelson
ALBUMMozart: Die ZauberflöteLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux EnfersLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMLandi : Il Sant'AlessioLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMéhul: StratoniceCorona Coloniensis & William Christie
ALBUMMozart: Requiem in D MinorLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMPurcell: Dido & AeneasLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: MédéeBernard Delétré, François Bazola, Isabelle Desrochers, Jean-Claude Sarragosse, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Katalin Károlyi, Les Arts Florissants, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Marie-Noëlle De Callataÿ, Mark Padmore, Monique Zanetti, Noémi Rime, Sophie Daneman, Valérie Picard & William Christie
ALBUMHandel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMHandel: MessiahLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: Les Grands MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCampra: Idoménée (highlights)Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMonteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi e ClorindaLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: Castor & Pollux (Choruses & Dances)Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: Castor & Pollux, RCT 32Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: Castor et PolluxLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: Castor et Pollux (Choruses & Dances)Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMBouzignac: Te Deum, MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMDe Lalande: Petits MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMontéclair: JephtéLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCampra: IdoménéeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: Pygmalion, Nélée & MyrthisLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: Les Indes galantes, RCT 44Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRossi: OrfeoLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMDe Lalande: Grands MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMPurcell Edition, Vol. 2: The Indian Queen, the Tempest, Dioclesian & Timon of AthensConcentus Musicus Wien, Les Arts Florissants, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: Le Malade imaginaireLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMC.P.E. Bach: The Israelites in the DesertWilliam Christie
ALBUMCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Israelites in the DesertWilliam Christie, Cappella Coloniensis, Corona Coloniensis, Barbara Schlick, Hein Meens, Lena Lootens & Stephen Varcoe
ALBUMCantatesLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: Te Deum, H. 146, Litanies de la Vierge & Missa "Assumpta est Maria"Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMPurcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMontéclair: La Mort de DidonLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: David et Jonathas H.490Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMFrançois Couperin: Apothéoses de Lully et de Corelli (Remastered 2024)Christophe Rousset & William Christie
ALBUMGesualdo: MadrigalsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCouperin: Pieces for Two HarpsichordsWilliam Christie & Christophe Rousset
ALBUMLully: Petits MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMLully: AtysLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCampra: Cantates françaisesLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMonteverdi: Selva morale e spiritualeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: Le Reniement de saint Pierre & Méditations pour le CarêmeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMPurcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2024 Remastered Version)Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Jill Feldman, Guillemette Laurens, Philippe Cantor, Dominique Visse, Agnès Mellon, Barbara Borden & Michel Laplenie
ALBUMCampra : MotetsJacqueline Nicolas, William Christie & Anne-Marie Lasla
ALBUMCharpentier: MédéeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRossi: Oratorio per la Settimana SantaLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMLambert: Airs de courLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: Un oratorio de NoëlLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMonteverdi: Il ballo delle ingrate, SV 167Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: AnacreonLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRameau: Anacréon, RCT 30Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRossi: OratoriosLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: Les arts florissantsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMCharpentier: Pastorale de NoëlLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMMonteverdi: Lamento de là ninfa & altri cantiLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMRoyer: Pièces de ClavecinWilliam Christie
ALBUMMoulinié: Le Cantique de MoÿseLes Arts Florissants & William Christie
ALBUMFischer: Harpsichord PiecesWilliam Christie
About William Christie
Artist Biography
If it took an Italian, Jean-Baptiste Lully, to help shape the evolution of the French musical Baroque, it has been an American in Paris who has spearheaded its more recent revival—a revival in part heralded by a 1986 staging of Lully’s Atys at the city’s Opéra-Comique. Born in Buffalo in 1944, harpsichordist and conductor William Christie was drawn to early music from a young age, although, newly arrived in France and a member of Ensemble Five Centuries, he also engaged with contemporary music such as Berio and Birtwistle. As period instrument ensembles sprang up in the 1970s, he brought together a group of singers and instrumentalists and Les Arts Florissants was born—the title taken from an opera by Charpentier, a composer they’ve championed ever since. Indeed, Delalande and Campra, to Couperin and Rameau, French music has exerted a compelling gravitational pull. Not exclusively though. Italian and English works have threaded through an extensive discography that also embraces the Classical era with Haydn and Mozart. As an international presence in the opera house and on the concert platform, Christie has also served as guest conductor to the Berlin Philharmonic. Since 2012, the nationally recognised gardens he created at his Vendée home have hosted an annual festival where established and emerging talent blooms.
Hometown
Buffalo, NY, United States
Genre
Classical
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