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Le Concert Spirituel, named for the concert series (not exclusively spiritual) that was held on the second floor of the Tuileries in the 18th century until all hell broke loose, has specialized in French Baroque music. The group was founded in 1987 by leader Hervé Niquet, who was playing in William Christie's pioneering group Les Arts Florissants and heard a conductor, presumably not Christie, disparage the French repertory. Resolved to do better, he founded a group of his own. That nugget comes from the notes to this release, which were penned by Niquet himself and which provide a real sense of the enthusiasm that has attended Le Concert Spirituel since its beginnings. The album is a collection marking the group's 25th anniversary, and it could serve as an admirable introduction to the ensemble's work, and indeed to the French Baroque in general as well as related music in other countries and times. Consider the five divisions of the program, which bespeak an effort to come to terms with the music in its own context: "Musique religieuse," "Démesure" (Excess), Jardin Secret (Secret Garden), Opéras, and "Mes petits bijoux préférés," which means My Favorite Little Jewels and consists of Niquet's own picks. The "Démesure" group is not only a classification French listeners of the time would have recognized, and perhaps smiled at, but also indicates a chief value of this collection: like all the best anthologies, it presents the group as a living, evolving being and brings the listener something new. Niquet has researched large, "excessive" works such as the 60-voice Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno of Alessandro Striggio (excerpted on CD 1, tracks 13 and 14), and those on that section of the program represent the latest in his series of musical adventures, delightfully unaffected by minimalist trends in Baroque performance. All the music was recorded between 1999 and 2011 for the Glossa label, and it has a sonic unity despite the large generic variety on display. Recommended for all levels of familiarity with the French Baroque.
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Prélude (Henri Fremart)
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Henri Fremart, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Missa pro defunctis (Pierre Bouteiller)
Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Pierre Bouteiller, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Missa Assumpta est Maria, H. 11 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Le Concert Spirituel Soloists, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Mass Text, Lyricist - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Le Concert Spirituel Soloists, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Mass Text, Lyricist - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Messe pour Mr Mauroy, H. 6 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Le Concert Spirituel Soloists, Ensemble - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Le Concert Spirituel Soloists, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Messe a 8 voix et 8 violons et flutes, H. 3 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Te Deum a 8 voix avec flutes et violons, H. 145 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - George Frideric Handel, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - George Frideric Handel, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno (Alessandro Striggio)
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Alessandro Striggio, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Mass Text, Lyricist - Alessandro Striggio, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
King Arthur, Z. 628, 'The British Worthy' (Henry Purcell)
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hanna Bayodi, Performer - Cyril Auvity, Performer - Beatrice Jarrige, Performer - Joseph Cornwell, Performer - Peter Harvey, Performer - Véronique Gens, Performer - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hanna Bayodi, Performer - Peter Harvey, Performer - Véronique Gens, Performer - Cyril Auvity, Performer - Beatrice Jarrige, Performer - Joseph Cornwell, Performer - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Véronique Gens, Performer - Peter Harvey, Performer - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hanna Bayodi, Performer - Cyril Auvity, Performer - Beatrice Jarrige, Performer - Joseph Cornwell, Performer - John Dryden, Lyricist - Henry Purcell, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Beatrice Jarrige, Performer - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hanna Bayodi, Performer - Joseph Cornwell, Performer - Peter Harvey, Performer - Véronique Gens, Performer - Cyril Auvity, Performer - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Sonata in D major, Op. 34, No. 4 (Joseph Bodin de Boismortier)
Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Pieces de clavecin Dediees a la Reine (Francois Dagincourt)
Caroline Delume, Performer - Hervé Niquet, Performer - Francois Dagincourt, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
La vie du poete, Act I:"Enthusiasm"
Flemish Radio Choir, Choir - Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Studio conductor, Conductor - Gustave Charpentier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Air pour Celestin (Robert Gilbert)
Hervé Niquet, Performer - Studio ensemble, Ensemble - Robert Gilbert, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
DISC 2
Daphnis et Chloé, Op. 102, Act II (Joseph Bodin de Boismortier)
François-Nicolas Geslot, Performer - Marie-Louise Duthoit, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Gaelle Mechaly, Performer - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Composer - Pierre Laujon, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Marie-Louise Duthoit, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Gaelle Mechaly, Performer - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - François-Nicolas Geslot, Performer - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Composer - Pierre Laujon, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Gaelle Mechaly, Performer - Marie-Louise Duthoit, Performer - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - François-Nicolas Geslot, Performer - Pierre Laujon, Lyricist - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - François-Nicolas Geslot, Performer - Marie-Louise Duthoit, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Gaelle Mechaly, Performer - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Composer - Pierre Laujon, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - François-Nicolas Geslot, Performer - Marie-Louise Duthoit, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Gaelle Mechaly, Performer - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Composer - Pierre Laujon, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - François-Nicolas Geslot, Performer - Marie-Louise Duthoit, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Gaelle Mechaly, Performer - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Composer - Pierre Laujon, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II (Henry Purcell)
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Laura Pudwell, Performer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Nahum Tate, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Laura Pudwell, Performer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Nahum Tate, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Laura Pudwell, Performer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Nahum Tate, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Callirhoe, Act I (André Cardinal Destouches)
Joao Fernandes, Performer - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Cyril Auvity, Performer - Stéphanie D' Oustrac, Performer - Pierre-Charles Roy, Lyricist - André Cardinal Destouches, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Callirhoe, Act II (André Cardinal Destouches)
Joao Fernandes, Performer - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Cyril Auvity, Performer - Stéphanie D' Oustrac, Performer - André Cardinal Destouches, Composer - Pierre-Charles Roy, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Joao Fernandes, Performer - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Cyril Auvity, Performer - Stéphanie D' Oustrac, Performer - André Cardinal Destouches, Composer - Pierre-Charles Roy, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Callirhoe, Act V (André Cardinal Destouches)
Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Cyril Auvity, Performer - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Stéphanie D' Oustrac, Performer - Joao Fernandes, Performer - Pierre-Charles Roy, Lyricist - André Cardinal Destouches, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Semele, Act III (Marin Marais)
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Marin Marais, Composer - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist - Marin Marais, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist - Marin Marais, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist - Marin Marais, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Marin Marais, Composer - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Marin Marais, Composer - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist - Marin Marais, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Marin Marais, Composer - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Shannon Mercer, Performer - Hjördis Thébault, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Antoine Houdar de Lamotte, Lyricist - Marin Marais, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Andromaque, Act III (André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry)
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Tassis Christoyannis, Performer - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, Composer - Louis-Guillaume Pitra, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Tassis Christoyannis, Performer - Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Performer - Louis-Guillaume Pitra, Lyricist - André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Tassis Christoyannis, Performer - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Performer - André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, Composer - Louis-Guillaume Pitra, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Tassis Christoyannis, Performer - André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, Composer - Louis-Guillaume Pitra, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Tassis Christoyannis, Performer - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Performer - André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, Composer - Louis-Guillaume Pitra, Lyricist
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Orchestra - Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Performer - Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir - Tassis Christoyannis, Performer - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Louis-Guillaume Pitra, Lyricist - André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, Composer
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
Albumbeschreibung
Le Concert Spirituel, named for the concert series (not exclusively spiritual) that was held on the second floor of the Tuileries in the 18th century until all hell broke loose, has specialized in French Baroque music. The group was founded in 1987 by leader Hervé Niquet, who was playing in William Christie's pioneering group Les Arts Florissants and heard a conductor, presumably not Christie, disparage the French repertory. Resolved to do better, he founded a group of his own. That nugget comes from the notes to this release, which were penned by Niquet himself and which provide a real sense of the enthusiasm that has attended Le Concert Spirituel since its beginnings. The album is a collection marking the group's 25th anniversary, and it could serve as an admirable introduction to the ensemble's work, and indeed to the French Baroque in general as well as related music in other countries and times. Consider the five divisions of the program, which bespeak an effort to come to terms with the music in its own context: "Musique religieuse," "Démesure" (Excess), Jardin Secret (Secret Garden), Opéras, and "Mes petits bijoux préférés," which means My Favorite Little Jewels and consists of Niquet's own picks. The "Démesure" group is not only a classification French listeners of the time would have recognized, and perhaps smiled at, but also indicates a chief value of this collection: like all the best anthologies, it presents the group as a living, evolving being and brings the listener something new. Niquet has researched large, "excessive" works such as the 60-voice Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno of Alessandro Striggio (excerpted on CD 1, tracks 13 and 14), and those on that section of the program represent the latest in his series of musical adventures, delightfully unaffected by minimalist trends in Baroque performance. All the music was recorded between 1999 and 2011 for the Glossa label, and it has a sonic unity despite the large generic variety on display. Recommended for all levels of familiarity with the French Baroque.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 67 track(s)
- Total length: 02:35:06
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Hervé Niquet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Glossa
- Genre: Klassiek Kamermuziek
(C) 2012 Glossa (P) 2012 Glossa
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