Les Siècles
Les Siècles is a historical performance ensemble that uses appropriate instruments to realize works of various eras, often employing instruments from the group's own collection. Unusually, Les Siècles apply historical performance principles to music as far forward in time as the early 20th century.
Les Siècles ("The Centuries") was founded in 2003 by conductor François-Xavier Roth. The group succeeded quickly, partly by dispersing its performances among venues around France. It performs regularly at multiple Paris venues, including the Opéra Comique, Salle Pleyel, and Philharmonie de Paris, and in other cities around France as well as touring internationally. Les Siècles have appeared in Amsterdam (at the Concertgebouw), London (at the BBC Proms), and other European capitals as well as in Tokyo. The group also performs frequently in schools, hospitals, and prisons. Les Siècles gives performances of music from various eras, but they are notable for extending the realm of historically oriented performance into the repertory of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 2013, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the group participated in a 100th-anniversary re-creation of the original performance of Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps, using only instruments that would have been available in Paris in 1913; the performance was broadcast internationally.
Les Siècles have amassed a catalog of some 20 recordings, beginning with an album devoted to Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ("Organ Symphony") and Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44. That and the group's other early recordings were made for the Actes Sud label. Les Siècles moved to the Harmonia Mundi label in 2017 for a recording of Ravel's complete Daphnis et Chloé ballet and has continued to record for that label. The year 2020 saw three new Les Siècles recordings, including one of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, with François-Joseph Gossec's rare Symphonie à dix-sept parties. Les Siècles returned in 2021 with a new recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55; both recordings were part of a Harmonia Mundi cycle of historically oriented Beethoven symphonies, featuring various ensembles.
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du duc de Guise
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Symphonies - Released by harmonia mundi on 17 Nov 2023
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Ligeti: Six Bagatelles, Chamber Concerto & Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (Live) (Remastered)
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Quartets - Released by harmonia mundi on 23 Sep 2016
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Stravinsky: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works
Isabelle Faust, François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 3 Mar 2023
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Poulenc: Stabat Mater, Litanies à la Vierge noire
Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano, Marianne Croux, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by Aparté on 20 Oct 2023
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Les choses de la vie
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Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 5 Jan 2024
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Ravel: Concertos pour piano - Mélodies
Cédric Tiberghien, Stéphane Degout, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Concertos - Released by harmonia mundi on 20 May 2022
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Fauré: Requiem - Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Debussy: 3 Chansons
Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Released by Aparté on 1 Mar 2019
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Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique (Live)
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Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 Oct 2019
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Les nuits de Paris
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Theatre Music - Released by Bru Zane on 27 Jan 2023
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Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel) (Live)
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Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 3 Apr 2020
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Debussy: Jeux, Nocturnes, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
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Symphonic Music - Released by harmonia mundi on 30 Nov 2018
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Ravel : Daphnis et Chloé (Live)
Les Siècles, Ensemble Aedes and François-Xavier Roth
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 17 Mar 2017
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Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Tombeau de Couperin, Shéhérazade
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Symphonic Music - Released by harmonia mundi on 13 Apr 2018
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "avec orgue" & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Remastered Edition)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Daniel Roth, Jean-François Heisser
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 11 Jan 2011
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Stravinsky: Ballets Russes
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Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 Jun 2021
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Mahler: "Titan" Symphony (Version 2, 1893-94) - Live
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Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 10 May 2019
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Debussy: La Mer & Première Suite d'Orchestre (Live, Remastered)
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Symphonies - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 Nov 2022
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Stravinsky: Les Noces (1919) - Ravel: Bolero
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Classical - Released by Aparté on 20 Jan 2023
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Igor Stravinsky : Le sacre du Printemps & Petrouchka
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Classical - Released by Actes Sud Musicales on 5 May 2014
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Berlioz : Harold en Italie (Live) - Les Nuits d'été
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Tabea Zimmermann, Stéphane Degout
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 18 Jan 2019
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Les Siècles Play Bizet and Chabrier
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Classical - Released by Mirare on 27 Sep 2007
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