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About the artist Les Arts Florissants

The vocal and instrumental ensemble Les Arts Florissants is one of the most renowned and respected early music groups in Europe and around the world. Dedicated to the performance of Baroque music on original instruments, the ensemble was founded in 1979 by the Franco-American harpsichordist and conductor William Christie, and takes its name from a short opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Les Arts Florissants have been largely responsible for the resurgence of interest in France in 17th-century French repertoire as well as in European music of the 17th and 18th centuries more generally. This was repertoire which had, for the most part, been neglected (much of it unearthed from collections in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France) but which is now widely performed and admired.

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CATALOGUE NR: 6932062  (barcode: 5099969320620)
RECORD LABEL: Veritas Twofers
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 06-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: Andre Campra
TITLE: Motets
TRACKS: Grands Motets. De profundis. Exaudiat te Dominus. Requiem. Salve Regina (Campra). Audite omnes et expavescite - Meditatio de Passione Christi (Couperin). Respice in me (Couperin). Salve Regina (Couperin). Usquequo Domine (Couperin). Insere Domine (Campra). Quid retribuam tibi Domine (Couperin). Quemadmodum desiderat cervus (Campra). Florete prata (Campra).
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Paul Agnew   Les Arts Florissants    

- Aug-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: HMA1951238  (barcode: 0794881508426)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.99
RELEASE DATE: 24-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: Andre Campra
TITLE: French Cantatas
TRACKS: Arion. La Dispute de l'amour et de l'hymen. Les Femmes. Enee et Didon.
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Jill Feldman   Les Arts Florissants   Jean-Francois Gardeil   Dominique Visse

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'it is difficult to imagine that these works could be recreated more tellingly'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMG501268  (barcode: 0794881855322)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi Gold
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Carlo Gesualdo
TITLE: Madrigals in 5-parts
TRACKS: Ahi disperata vita. Sospirava il mio core. O malnati messaggi. Non t'amo o voce ingrata. Canzon francese del Principe. Luci serene e chiare. Sparge la morte al mio Signor. Arde il mio cor. Io tacero - Invan dunque. Occhi del mio cor vita. Merce grido piangendo. Asciugate i begli occhi. Correte amanti. Se la mia morte brami. Io parto. Ardita zanzaretta. Ardo per te mio bene.
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

- Jun-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564686863  (barcode: 0825646868636)
RECORD LABEL: Erato
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 29.99
RELEASE DATE: 19-Oct-2009

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: In Celebration
TRACKS: CD1 - Vespro della Beata Vergine : Intonatio - Deus in adiutorum Domine ad adiuvandum / Nigra sum / Pulchra es amica me / Nisi Dominus / Duo seraphim (Monteverdi). Madrigals : Alme luci beate / Io vi lascio mie scorte / Sospir che del bel patto / Crud'Amarilli (d'India). Divertissements Airs et Concerts La Pierre Philosophale H501 : Choeur des quatre elements / Menuet pour la petite gnomide / Chanson du sylphe / Duo pour le feu et l'eau / Choeur des quatre elements & croissez / Air: Ah! Qu'ils sont courts les beaux jours / Air: Charmantes fleurs naissez / Air: Quoi! rien ne peut vous arreter? / Chaconne: Sans frayeur dans ce bois (Charpentier). Il Sant'Alessio : Sinfonia / Choro di Schiavi / Ritornello e Roma / Choro di Schiavi / O Morte gradita (Landi). La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers : Ouverture / Sc 1 Inventons mille jeux divers / Compagnes fideles / Soutiens-moi chere Enone / Sc 2 Ah! Bergers c'en est fait / Entree (Charpentier). CD2 - Medee : Ouverture / Passepied / Act 1 Que me … / Act 1 Rondeau / Act 1 Quel bonheur / Act 1 Que d'epais / Act 1 Entr'acte / Act 3 Scene 5 Noires / Act 3 Scene 6 L'Enfer .. / Act 3 Scene 7 Je vois .. / Act 3 Premier Air… / Act 3 Dieu .. / Act 3 Seconde (Charpentier). King Arthur : Overture / Air / Act 1 Brave souls.. / Act 3 Prelude / Act 3 What ho! .. / Act 3 Prelude … What power .. / Act 3 Thou doting .. / Act 3 Great love .. / Act 3 No part .. / Act 3 Prelude / Act 3 See .. / Act 3 'Tis I .. / Act 5 Fairest Isle .. (Purcell). Dido and Aeneas : Overture / Act 1 - 2 Shake.. / Act 1 - 3 Ah Belinda .. / The Triumphing Dance / Act 3 Come away.. / Act 3 Witches' Dance / Act 3 When I am laid .. (Purcell). In Nativitatem Domini Canticum H416 : Nuit / Reveil / Chorus pastorum / Recit de l'Ange / Cheur des anges (Charpentier). CD3 - Les Plaisirs de Versailles : Ouverture / Scene 1 Que tout .. / Menuet (Charpentier). Hippolyte et Aricie : Act 2 scene 3 1 & 2 Air des Furies / Act 2 scene 4 Dieux .. / Act 2 scene 4 Du destin .. / Act 2 scene 4 Ah! .. / Act 2 scene 4 Non Neptune .. / Act 2 scene 5 Neptune .. / Act 2 scene 5 Vous .. / Act 3 scene 1 Cruelle .. / Act 3 scene 8 1 & 2 Air des matelots / Act 3 scene 8 1 & 2 Rigaudon (Rameau). Les Fetes d'Hebe : Ouverture / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 Terpsichore / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 Louree / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 1 & 2 Menuets / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 Musette / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 Tambourin / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 Suivez .. / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 1 & 2 Passepieds / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 L'objet .. / Troisieme Entreee: La Danse Scene 7 Contrdanse (Rameau). Zoroastre : Act 3 sc 1 Arretez / Act 3 sc 1 Un choeur / Act 3 sc 2 Osons / Act 3 sc 3-4 Sommeil / Act 3 sc 5 Sommeil / Act 3 sc 5 Entree / Act 3 sc 5 Mille / Act 3 sc 5 Loure / Act 3 sc 5 Accourez / Act 3 sc 6 Entree (Rameau). CD4 - Orlando : Ouvertura - Lentement / Ouvertura / Allegro / Act 2 sc 1 Quando spieghi i tuoi tormenti / Act 3 sc 8 Finche prendi ancor il sangue / Act 3 sc 8 Vieni! - Gia per la man d'Orlando / Act 3 sc 8 Gia l'ebro mio ciglio (Handel). Acis and Galatea : Act 1 Sinfonia - Presto / Act 1 Love in her eyes sits playing / Act 1 As when the dove laments her love / Act 1 Happy we! (Handel). Alcina : Sinfonia / Minuet / Musette / Act 1 sc 14 Tornami a vagheggiar / Act 3 sc 3 Sta nell'Ircana / Act 3 sc / Mi restano le lagrime (Handel). Theodora : Ouverture / Trio / Courante / Part 1 sc 4 As with rosy steps the morn / Part 1 sc 4 All pow'r in Heav'n above / Part 1 sc 5 Angels ever bright and fair (Handel). CD5 - Grands Motets Lorrains : Usquequo Domine: I Usquequo Domine / Domine ne in Furore: VII Turbatus est a furore / Domine ne in Furore: VIII Discedite a me omnes / Domine ne in Furore: IX Exaudivit / Domine ne in Furore: X Erubescant (Desmarest). Grands Motets : Dominus regnavit: Elevaverunt flumina / In exitu Israel: March and Chorus In exitu .. / In exitu Israel: Mare vidit / In exitu Israel: Jordanis conversus est retrorsum / In exitu Israel: A facie Domini (Mondonville). Lecons de Tenebres : Troisieme Lecon de Tenebres - excerpts (Couperin). Mass in C minor K427 : Kyrie / Gloria (Mozart). Requiem K626 : Introitus / Kyrie / Dies Irae (Mozart). Les Grands Motets : In Convertendo: 5 Choeur gracieux Laudete .. / In Convertendo: 6 Trio Qui .. / In Convertendo: 7 Choeur - sans lenteur / Deus Noster Refugicum: 3 Prelude du choeur Sonuerunt .. (Rameau). CD6 - Die Zauberflote : Overture / Act 1 sc 2 Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja / Act 1 sc 6 O zittre nicht mein lieber Sohn / Act 1 scs 13 & 14 Bei Mannern welche Liebe fuhlen / Act 1 sc 15 Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton / Act 2 sc 1 O Isis und Osiris (Mozart). Les Divertissements de Versailles : Psyche: Prelude pour les trompettes / Psyche: Chantons les plaisirs charmants / Isis: Aimez profitez du temps / Isis: Scene du froid: Prelude / Choeur / Recit / Choeur / Isis: Scene des forges: Prelude / Choeur / Recit et Choeur (Lully). La Guirlande : sc 2 Air gracieux / sc 2 Hatons-nous / sc 2 Menuets / sc 6 Air gracieux tambourins / sc 6 Vole Amour / sc 6 Contredanse (Rameau). Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail : Overture / Act 1: Aria - Hier soll ich dich denn sehen / Act 1: Aria - Ach, ich liebte / Act 2: Aria - Wenn der Freude Tranen fliessen / Act 2: Vaudeville : Nie werd’ich deine Huld verkennen (Mozart). Zephyre : sc 5 Quel sons! Quelle vive lumiere! Rassurez-vous je cede / sc 6 Sarabande / sc 6 Gavottes / sc 6 Amour sois le Dieu de nos ames / sc 6 Contredanse (Rameau).
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 30th Anniversary Collection

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CATALOGUE NR: 33641  (barcode: 8007144336417)
RECORD LABEL: Dynamic
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2010

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - complete
TRACKS: features interviews with William Christie / Kobie van Rensburg / Christine Rice.
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Joseph Cornwell   Kobie van Rensburg   Christine Rice   Les Arts Florissants

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 LPCM 2.0 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 175 minutes / Recorded: Teatro Real Madrid Apr-2009 - sung in Italian / Subtitles: English Italian German Spanish French - Jul-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 33598  (barcode: 8007144335984)
RECORD LABEL: Dynamic
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 29-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Orfeo - complete
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Dietrich Henschel   Maria Grazia Schiavo   Sonia Prina   Les Arts Florissants

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format : Dolby Digital 5.1 LPCM 2.0 / Region Code : 0 / Duration: 113 minutes / Recorded: Teatro Real Madrid May-2008 / Subtitles: Italian English German French Spanish / Menu Languages: Italian English German French Spanish

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CATALOGUE NR: HMA1951250  (barcode: 0794881702923)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.99
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jul-2003

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Selva morale e spirituale
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3984231392  (barcode: 0639842313926)
RECORD LABEL: Erato
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.55
RELEASE DATE: 20-Jul-1998

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Vespro della beata
TRACKS: The Vespers (Monteverdi). Sonata a due per violino e violone. Soanta a tre per violino, cornetto e violone (Cima).
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants   Paul Agnew   Joseph Cornwell   Francois Piolino

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CATALOGUE NR: 0927479852  (barcode: 0809274798527)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Portrait
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 14-Oct-2002

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Vespro della Beata Virgine : Intonatio : Deus in auditorium (Monteverdi). Dido & Aeneas Act 3 : When I am laid in Earth (Purcell). Dido & Aeneas Act 3 : With drooping wings (Purcell). Alcina Aria : Sta nell'lrcana (Handel). Nativatatem Domini Canticum H416 Praeludium Usquequo avertis faciem tuam (Charpentier). Grands Motets - Dominus regnavit Dominus regnavit (Mondonville). Grand Motets - Dominus regnavit Er enim firmavit (Mondonville). Alcina Aria : Verdi prati (Handel). Die Zauberflote Act 2 : Aria Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem herzen (Mozart). Usquequo Domine Usquequo Domine (Desmarest). Lauda Jerusalem : Non fecit taliter (Desmarest). In exitu Israel : Non mortui laudabunt te (Mondonville). De Profundis : De profundis clamavi (Mondonville). Gloria Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Charpentier). Acis & Galatea : Air : Love in her eyes sits playing (Handel). Les fetes d'Hebe : Bourree (Rameau). Les fetes d'Hebe : Accourez riante jeunesse (Rameau). King Arthur Act 5: Fairest Isle (Purcell). Hippolyte et Aricie : Deuxieme air des chasseurs : A la chasse (Rameau). Great Mass in C minor Credo (Mozart).
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

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CATALOGUE NR: HMA1951426  (barcode: 0794881769124)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.99
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jul-2005

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TRACKS: Il combattimento di Tancredi. Madrigals.
CONDUCTOR: James David Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: HMG501108  (barcode: 0794881923021)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi Gold
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
RELEASE DATE: 24-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Il Ballo delle ingrate
TRACKS: Il Ballo delle ingrate - ballet. Sestina: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata - 5vv.
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Agnes Mellon   Guillemette Laurens   Jill Feldman   Les Arts Florissants

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CATALOGUE NR: HMA1951068  (barcode: 0794881926428)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.99
RELEASE DATE: 24-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Altri canti
TRACKS: Madrigals Book 7 Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali :Amor che deggio far / Chiome d'oro bel thesoro. Tirsi e Clori - ballet. Madrigals Book 8 Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi...libro ottavo : Gira il nemico insidioso / Hor ch'el ciel e la terra / Altri canti di Marte / Non havea Febo ancora lamento della ninfa / Perche t'en fuggi O Filide.
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

- Jan-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4906139  (barcode: 0724349061392)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.29
RELEASE DATE: 02-Feb-2004

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria - complete
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants   Kresimir Spicer   Marijana Mijanovic  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Region Code: 0

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564682508  (barcode: 0825646825080)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 21-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: The Power and The Glory
TRACKS: Vespers : Deus in adiutorium (Monteverdi). Gloria RV589 : Gloria in excelsis Deo (Vivaldi). Zadok the Priest (Handel). Coronation Mass K317 : Sanctus & Benedictus (Mozart). L'Enfance du Christ : The Shepherds' Farewell (Berlioz). Luminosa (Debussy / Prizeman). Lacrymosa (Saint-Saens / Prizeman). Sacris Solemnis (Beethoven / Prizeman). Symphony No.2 'Hymn of Praise' : Alles was Odem hat lobe den Herrn! / Nun danket alle Gott (Mendelssohn). Messiah : Hallelujah Chorus (Handel). Ein deutsches Requiem : Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Brahms). Die Schopfung - The Creation : In vollem Glanze steiget jetzt / Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes (Haydn). Missa solemnis : Gloria (Beethoven). Gurrelieder : Conclusion (Schonberg). Lamentations and Praises : Procession into Hades into the Tomb (Tavener). Fidelio : Prisoners' Chorus (Beethoven). Aida : Triumphal March (Verdi). Nabucco : Chorus of The Hebrew Slaves (Verdi). Vespers : Bogoroditse Devo (Rachmaninov). Mass in B minor : Sanctus / Dona nobis pacem (JS Bach). Hear my prayer o Lord (Purcell). Requiem : Libera me & In paradisum (Durufle). Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' : Finale conclusion (Mahler).
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra and Staatskapelle Dresden
ARTISTS: Choir of New College Oxford   Chanticleer   Libera   Les Arts Florissants

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: two and a half hours of music to stir the soul

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CATALOGUE NR: 0709072  (barcode: 5099907090721)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 19-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Domenico Scarlatti  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Lamentazione
TRACKS: Stabat Mater a 10 (Domenico Scarlatti). Crucifixus a 10 (Antonio Lotti). Quam amarum est Maria (Giovanni Legrenzi). Crucifixus a 16 voci (Antonio Caldara). Miserere mei Deus a due cori obligati (Leonardo Leo). Crucifixus etiam pro nobis a 8 voci (Antonio Lotti).
CONDUCTOR: Paul Agnew
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

- Nov-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Leo's miserere is sung with the boldness,authority, lamenatation and soft compassion that the composer variously demands… a masterly and valuable recording.'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMX2901055  (barcode: 0794881737727)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi Curiosita
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 09-Feb-2003

COMPOSER: Etienne Moulinie
TRACKS: Cantique de Moyse.
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

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CATALOGUE NR: 0630170672  (barcode: 0706301706725)
RECORD LABEL: Erato
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 47 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jan-1997

COMPOSER: Francois Couperin
TITLE: Lecons de Tenebres
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Sophie Daneman   Patricia Petibon   Les Arts Florissants  

- Xmas-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'exquisite performances'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8573802332  (barcode: 0685738023325)
RECORD LABEL: Erato
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 38.29
RELEASE DATE: 21-Feb-2000

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Alcina - complete
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Renee Fleming   Susan Graham   Natalie Dessay   Les Arts Florissants

'one of Handel's greatest operas superbly performed' - Mar-2000 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the fine Erato set was recorded live at the Paris Opéra'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU90705052  (barcode: 0093046705022)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.50

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Messiah - complete
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson   Patricia Spence   Drew Minter   Les Arts Florissants

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CATALOGUE NR: HMA1951507  (barcode: 0794881698929)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.99
RELEASE DATE: 10-Feb-2003

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TRACKS: Concerti grossi op.6 : Concerto No.1 in G HWV319. Concerto No.2 in F HWV320. Concerto No.6 in G minor HWV324. Concerto No.7 in B flat HWV325. Concerto No.10 in D minor HWV328.
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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