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About the conductor William Christie

William Christie, harpsichordist, conductor, musicologist and teacher, is the inspiration behind one of the most exciting musical ventures of the last twenty years. His pioneering work has led to a renewed appreciation of Baroque music in France, notably of 17th and 18th-century French repertoire, which he has introduced to an ever-growing audience. Born in Buffalo (New York State), Christie studied at Harvard and Yale Universities, and has lived in France since 1971. The major turning point in his career came in 1979 when he founded Les Arts Florissants. As Director of this vocal and instrumental ensemble, Christie soon made his mark as a musician and a man of the theatre, in both the concert hall and the opera house, with new interpretations of largely neglected or forgotten repertoire. His affinity for French Baroque is indisputable, whether it be the music of Charpentier or Rameau, Couperin, Mondonville, Campra or Montéclair. He is equally at home with tragédies-lyriques as with opera-ballets, with French motets as with music of the court. His enthusiasm for French music has not precluded the exploration of other European repertoire, however, and he has given many acclaimed performances of works by Italian composers such as Monteverdi, Rossi and Scarlatti. Purcell, Handel and Mozart have an equal place in his affections, as his extensive discography demonstrates. William Christie is equally committed to the training and professional development of young artists, and has nurtured several generations of singers and instrumentalists over the last 25 years. He was awarded the Légion d’Honneur in 1993, and is an officer in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He was granted French citizenship in 1995.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor William Christie

CATALOGUE NR: BAC056  (barcode: 3760115300569)
RECORD LABEL: Bel Air Classiques
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.49
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jun-2011

TITLE: Baroque Academie : Le Jardin Des Voix
TRACKS: Francesca Boncompagni (soprano) Italy. Claire Meghnagi (soprano) Italy / Israel. Laura Hynes Smith (soprano) USA. Sonya Yoncheva (soprano) Bulgaria. Amaya Dominguez (mezzo-soprano) France. Michal Czerniawski (countertenor) Poland. Juan Sancho (tenor) Spain. Pascal Charbonneau (tenor) Canada. Nicholas Watts (tenor) UK. Jonathan Sells (bass) UK.
CONDUCTOR: William Christie

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 93 minutes / Subtitles: English German - original language is French

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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: 100376  (barcode: 4006680103761)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Iphigenie en Tauride - complete
ORCHESTRA: Zurich Opera Orchestra La Scintilla
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Juliette Galstian   Rodney Gilfry   Deon van der Walt   Anton Scharinger

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL 16:9 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 - PCM Stereo / Region Code: 2 5 / Duration: 108 minutes (opera) 58 minutes (documentary) / Recorded: 2001 - Nov-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 100377  (barcode: 0807280037791)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 31-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Iphigenie en Tauride - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Rodney Gilfry   Deon van der Walt   Juliette Galstian   Anton Scharinger

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.0 DTS 5.0 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 108 minutes / Recorded: Live from the Zurich Opera House 2001 / Subtitles: French - original language English German Spanish Japanese

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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: 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: 0709519  (barcode: 5099907095191)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.85
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2012

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Danielle de Niese   Philippe Jaroussky   Max Emanuel Cencic   Les Arts Florissants

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

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CATALOGUE NR: OA1080D  (barcode: 809478010807)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 176 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2012

COMPOSER: Francesco Cavalli
TITLE: La Didone - complete
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Anna Bonitatibus   Kresimir Spicer   Xavier Sabata   Les Arts Florissants

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: 2.0 LPCM Stereo DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 176 minutes / Recorded: live from the Theatre de Caen Oct-2011 / Subtitles: English German French - Nov-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Awards-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'With a small orchestra of solo strings, continuo and a couple of woodwind, the focus is very much on the declamatory skills of the singers . Anna Bonitatibus is outstanding,'

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CATALOGUE NR: OABD7106D  (barcode: 809478071068)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video Blu-ray  DURATION: 176 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2012

COMPOSER: Francesco Cavalli
TITLE: La Didone - complete
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Anna Bonitatibus   Kresimir Spicer   Xavier Sabata   Les Arts Florissants

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players / Sound Format: 2.0 LPCM Stereo DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 176 minutes / Recorded: live from the Theatre de Caen Oct-2011 / Subtitles: English German French - Nov-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Awards-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'With a small orchestra of solo strings, continuo and a couple of woodwind, the focus is very much on the declamatory skills of the singers . Anna Bonitatibus is outstanding,'

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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: HMX290860130  (barcode: 3149020860144)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 30 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 39.95
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Francois Couperin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Music Of The Enlightenment
TRACKS: CD1 FRENCH HARPSICHORD MUSIC - Pieces de clavecin (Francois Couperin). Pieces de clavecin en concerts (Rameau). CD2/CD3/CD4 SACRED MUSIC - Requiem (Campra). Stabat Mater (Pergolesi). Solomon (Handel). CD5/CD6/CD7/CD8 CONCERTO - Le quattro stagioni (Vivaldi). Violin Concerto 'The Frogs' (Telemann). Brandenburg Concerto Number 6 (JSBach). Organ Concerto Opus 4 Number 3 (Handel). Concerto grosso Number 5. Violin Concerto in A minor (Tartini). Cello Concerto in G minor (Georg Matthias Monn). Harpsichord Concerto Wq43 Number 5 (CPE Bach). Harpsichord Concerto Opus 7 Number 5 (JC Bach). Violin Concerto Number 1 (Haydn). Keyboard Concerto K107 Number 2. Symphonie Concertante for winds (Mozart). Cello Concerto Ben106 in C major (Ignaz Joseph Pleyel). Piano Concerto in C major Number 21 (Mozart). Piano Concerto Number 2 in B flat major (Beethoven). CD9/CD10/CD11/CD12 SYMPHONY - Sinfonia in D major in G major (Sammartini). Sinfonie in F major (WF Bach). 'Orchestra-Sinfonie' Number 1 Wq183/1 (CPE Bach). Sinfonie in G minor Opus 6 Number 6 (JC Bach). Sinfonia in D minor 'La casa del Diavolo' (Boccherini). Symphony Number 6 'Matin'. Symphony Number 7 'Midi'. Symphony Number 92 'Oxford' (Haydn). Symphony Number 31 'Paris'. Symphony Number 41 'Jupiter' (Mozart). Symphony Number 9 (Beethoven). CD13/CD14/CD15/CD15/CD16/CD17/CD18/CD19/CD20/CD21 OPERA - Castor & Pollux - complete (Rameau). Orfeo ed Euridice - complete (Gluck). Le nozze di Figaro - complete (Mozart). CD22/CD23 'A TRE' - Trio Sonata in C minor (Vivaldi). Trio Sonata in A minor (Telemann). Trio Sonata in C major (JSBach). Trio Sonata in D minor (Leclair). Trio Sonata in F major (CPE Bach). Trio Sonata in A major (JCF Bach). Trio Sonata in F major. (Johann Schobert). Frische Klavier Stucke (Kuhnau). Piano Sonata with violin accompaniment Opus 2 (Mozart). Piano Sonata with violin (Joseph Cassanea De Mondonville). Piano Trio Number 43 in C major (Haydn). Piano Trio K496 in G major (Mozart). Piano Trio Opus 1 Number 3 in C minor (Beethoven). CD24/CD25/CD26/CD27 CLASSICAL SONATA - Piano Sonata Number 33. Piano Sonata Number 39. Piano Sonata Number 60. Piano Sonata Number 62 (Haydn). Piano Sonata K282. Piano Sonata K332. Piano Sonata K457 (Mozart). Piano Sonata Number 17 'La tempete'. Piano Sonata Number 21 'Waldstein (Beethoven). CD28/CD29/CD30 STRING QUARTET - String Quartet in D major (Stamitz). String Quartet 'Milanese' K157/4 (Mozart). String Quartet Opus 33/3. String Quartet Opus 73 Number 2 'Fifths-Quartet' (Haydn). String Quartet Number 17 K458 'The Hunt' (Mozart). String Quartet Opus 18 Number 4 & Number 6. String Quartet Opus 130. String Quartet Opus 135. String Quartet Opus 133 'Grosse Fuge'.
CONDUCTOR: Rene Jacobs and William Christie

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: over 33 hours of music - 80 cornerstones of classical music in deluxe packaging includes CD-Rom with PDF sung texts of the operas

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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: 101309  (barcode: 0807280130997)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Orlando - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Marijana Mijanovic   Martina Jankova   Katharina Peetz   Christina Clark

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 155 minutes / Recorded: live at the Zurich Opera House 2007 stage director - Jens-Daniel Herzog / Subtitles: English French Italian German Spanish Japanese - Penguin Guide 3 star

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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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