Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French

harpsichordist A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord. Harpsichordists may play as soloists, as accompanists, as chamber musicians, or as members of an orchestra, or some combination of these roles. Solo harpsichordists may play unaccompanied son ...

and

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, who specializes in the performance of

Baroque music Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Classical music, Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance music, Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Class ...

period instruments In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic ...

. He is also a

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

, particularly of opera and European music of the 17th and 18th centuries and is the founder of the French music ensemble Les Talens Lyriques.

Biography

Rousset was born in

Avignon Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...

, France on 12 April 1961. He studied harpsichord at La

Schola Cantorum de Paris The Schola Cantorum de Paris ( being ) is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera. History The Schola ...

with Huguette Dreyfus, and subsequently at the

Royal Conservatory of The Hague The Royal Conservatoire (, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Netherlands. Since September 2021, t ...

with Bob van Asperen winning the prestigious First Prize in the 7th Bruges Harpsichord Competition at the age of 22. This was followed by the creation of his own ensemble, Les Talens Lyriques, in 1991. At the heart of the ensemble is Rousset's research and expertise across the music of the

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

, Classical and early Romantic periods. Having initially attracted the notice of the international press and record companies for his proficiency as a harpsichordist, he thereafter made his mark as a gifted conductor, with invitations to perform with his ensemble at venues throughout the world, including among them

Paris Opera The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

, De Nederlandse Opera,

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, Opéra de Lausanne,

Teatro Real The Teatro Real () is an opera house in Madrid, Spain. Located at the Plaza de Oriente, opposite the Royal Palace, and known colloquially as "''El Real''" (The Royal One). it is considered the top institution of the performing and musical arts ...

Theater an der Wien The is a historic theatre in Vienna located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district. Completed in 1801, the theatre has hosted the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music. Since 2006, it has served prim ...

, Opéra Royal de Versailles,

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Barbican Centre The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings a ...

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Amsterdam, the

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and

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festivals. Alongside this, he has continued to pursue an active career as harpsichordist and chamber musician, performing and recording on the most beautiful period instruments. His complete performances of the works for harpsichord by

François Couperin François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque music, Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musi ...

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; ; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of ...

, d’Anglebert and Forqueray and various recordings of pieces by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

(Partitas,

Goldberg Variations The ''Goldberg Variations'' (), BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of thirty variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may ...

, Concertos for harpsichord, English Suites, French Suites and the Klavierbüchlein), are considered to be landmark references. His most recent album, devoted to a musical monument by the German Cantor, Book II of ''

The Well-Tempered Clavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time ''clavier'' referred to a variety of keyboard instruments, ...

'' (on

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)—recorded at the Château of Versailles on a harpsichord by Joannes Ruckers (1628)—has won numerous awards, including a "Choc" from Classica magazine and "CD of the Week" from BBC Radio 3. In addition, instruments from the collection of the Museum of Music in Paris, have been entrusted to him for the recording of three records devoted to Royer, Rameau and Froberger. Teaching is also of major importance for Christophe Rousset, who conducts and organises master classes and academies for young people (Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, CNSMD Paris, Académie d’Ambronay,

Orchestre Français des Jeunes The Orchestre Français des Jeunes (literal translation: ''French Youth Orchestra'', , OFJ) is the national youth orchestra of France. The OFJ is a member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras. History The French Ministry of ...

Baroques, Jeune Orchestre Atlantique, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, the Britten-Pears Orchestra) and he devotes himself with great energy, alongside the musicians of Les Talens Lyriques, to introducing young secondary school pupils in Paris to music. Rousset also has enjoyed a career as guest conductor with

Liceu The Gran Teatre del Liceu (; ; ), or simply Liceu, is a theater in Barcelona, Spain. Situated on La Rambla, it is the city's oldest theater building still in use for its original purpose. Founded in 1837 at another location, the Liceu ope ...

Barcelona,

Teatro San Carlo The Real Teatro di San Carlo ("Royal Theatre of Saint Charles"), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and a ...

Naples, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera of Wallonia,

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, London's Royal Opera House,

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among other orchestras, and has actively pursued musical research, producing critical editions and the publication in 2007, by Actes Sud, of a study on Rameau. Christophe Rousset has been awarded the French honours of Chevalier of the

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, Commandeur in the

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and Chevalier in the

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Recordings

As a harpsichordist

, ''Double Concertos'', 1982 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

Luigi Boccherini Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and '' galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classi ...

, ''Quatuor pour deux clavecins'', 1986 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Intégrale des Pièces de clavecin'', 1991 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

, ''Italian Concerto BWV 971, French Overture BWV 831, Chromatic Fantazy & Fugue BWV 903'', 1992 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

Johann Jakob Froberger Johann Jakob Froberger ( baptized 19 May 1616 – 7 May 1667) was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. Among the most famous composers of the era, he was influential in developing the musical form of the suite of dance ...

, ''Suites et Toccatas'', 1992 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Troisième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin'', 1993 – Harmonia Mundi *

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 17101 July 1784) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Despite his acknowledged genius as an improviser ...

, ''Pièces pour clavecin seul'', 1993 – Harmonia Mundi * Pancrace Royer, ''Pièces de clavecin'', 1993 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

, ''Partitas BWV 825–830'', 1993 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

, ''Quatrième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin'', 1994 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Deuxième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin'', 1994 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Goldberg Variations'', 1995 – L'Oiseau Lyre * Gaspard Le Roux, ''Intégrale des pièces de clavecin'', 1995 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

, ''Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin'', 1995 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Concertos pour clavecins et orchestre BWV1053, 1055, 1058'', 1995 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

Franz Xaver Richter Franz ( Czech: František) Xaver Richter, known as ''François Xavier Richter'' in France (December 1, 1709 – September 12, 1789) was an Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician who spent most of his life ...

, ''Flötenmusik'', Takashi Ogawa – RBM, 1996 *

, ''Douze Polonaises'', 1996 – Veritas/Virgin *

, ''Intégrale Pièces de clavecin (1–4 Livres)'', 1996 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Concertos pour clavecins et orchestre BWV1052, 1054, 1056, 1042'', 1997 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

, ''Intégrale des concertos pour clavecin'', 1998 – Decca *

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque music, Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical peri ...

, ''Sonates pour Clavecin'', 1998 – Decca * Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, ''Intégrale des pièces de clavecin'', 2000 – Decca * Antoine Forqueray, ''Pièces de clavecin'', 2001 – Decca *

, ''Suites Anglaises'', 2003 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Suites Françaises'', 2004 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Klavierbuchlein fürWilhem Friedemann'', 2005 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée * Pancrace Royer, ''Pancrace Royer'', 2008 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Les Indes Galantes'', 2009 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Johann Jakob Froberger'', 2010 – 2-Astrée *

Louis Couperin Louis Couperin (; – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–1651 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of the ...

, ''Louis Couperin'', 2010 – Aparté *

, ''Bach Fantasy'', 2010 – Aparté *

Louis Marchand Louis Marchand (2 February 1669 – 17 February 1732) was a French organist, harpsichordist and composer. Born into an organist's family, Marchand was a child prodigy and quickly established himself as one of the best known French virtuosos of ...

, ''Marchand, Rameau'', 2012 – Ambronay Editions * Jacques Duphly, ''Jacques Duphly'', 2012 – Aparté *

, ''Das Wohltemperierte Klavier

, volume 2'', 2013 – Aparté * Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, ''Pièces de clavecin livre I'', 2017 - Aparté * Armand-Louis Couperin, ''Pièces de clavecin'', 2017 – Aparté *

, ''Première et deuxième suite pour viole'', 2018 - Aparté *

, ''Nouvelles suites'', 2018 – Harmonia Mundi *

Girolamo Frescobaldi Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (; also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September 15831 March 1643) was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player. Born in the Duchy of Ferrara, he was one of the most important composers of ke ...

, ''Toaccate e partite'', 2019 – Aparté *

Marin Marais Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ...

, ''Pièces de viole Livre I'', 2020 – Aparté * ''Le manuscrit de Madame Théobon'', 2020 – Aparté

As a conductor

Operas

* '' Scipione'' (

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

), 1993 –

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/ 2010 –

* '' Armida abbandonata'' (

Niccolò Jommelli Niccolò Jommelli (; 10 September 1714 – 25 August 1774) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic reforms including redu ...

), 1994 – Fnac / 2005 – Ambroisie * '' L’incoronazione di Poppea'' (

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string instrument, string player. A composer of both Secular music, secular and Church music, sacred music, and a pioneer ...

), 1994 – TV : NPS/ 2005 – DVD : Opus Arte * '' Riccardo Primo'' (Handel), 1996 – L’Oiseau-Lyre * '' Les fêtes de Paphos'' (

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (, 25 December 1711 (baptised) – 8 October 1772), also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, was a French people, French violinist and composer. He was a younger contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau and enjoy ...

), 1997 – L’Oiseau-Lyre * ''

Mitridate, re di Ponto ''Mitridate, re di Ponto'' (''Mithridates, King of Pontus''), K. 87 (74a), is an opera seria in three acts by the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto is by , after Giuseppe Parini's Italian translation of Jean Racine's play '' Mithridate ...

'' (

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

), 1999 –

Decca Decca may refer to: Music * Decca Records or Decca Music Group, record label * Decca Gold, classical music record label owned by Universal Music Group * Decca Broadway, musical theater record label * Decca Studios, recording facility in West ...

* '' Antigona'' (

Tommaso Traetta Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta (30 March 1727 – 6 April 1779), was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic r ...

), 2000 – L’Oiseau-Lyre * ''

Serse ''Serse'' (; English title: ''Xerxes''; HWV 40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed in London on 15 April 1738. The Italian libretto was adapted by an unknown hand from that by Silvio Stampiglia (16 ...

'' (Handel), 2000 – TV / 2005 – DVD :

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* '' Persée'' (

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...

), 2001 – Astrée Naïve * '' La capricciosa corretta'' (

Vicente Martín y Soler Anastasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrin Martín y Soler (2 May 175430 January or 10 February 1806) was a Spanish composer of opera and ballet. Although relatively obscure now, in his own day he was compared favorably with his ...

), 2004 – Naïve Astrée * ''

Roland Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was mil ...

'' (Lully), 2004 – Ambroisie * '' La grotta di Trofonio'' (

Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period (music), classical period. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subje ...

), 2005 – CD (with bonus making of DVD) Ambroisie * ''Philémon & Baucis (

Le feste d'Apollo ''Le feste d'Apollo'' (''The Festivals of Apollo'') is an Opera, operatic work by Christoph Willibald von Gluck, first performed at the Teatrino della Corte, Parma, Italy, on 24 August 1769 for the wedding celebrations of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma ...

)'' (

Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period (music), classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of th ...

), 2006 – Ambroisie-Naïve-Astrée * '' Zoroastre'' (

), 2006 – TV / 2007 – DVD : Opus Arte * '' Il burbero di buon cuore'' (Martín y Soler), 2007 – TV / 2009 – DVD : Dynamic / 2010 : CD : Dynamic * '' Vénus & Adonis'' ( Henry Desmarest), 2007 – Ambroisie-Naïve * '' Il Califfo di Bagdad'' ( Manuel Garcia), 2007 – Archiv Produktion (Donwroad only) * '' Il tutore burlato'' (Martín y Soler), 2007 – L’Oiseau-Lyre (Spain only) * ''Les grandes eaux musicales de Versailles'' (Lully, Rameau, Gluck, Desmarest), 2008 – CD : Ambroisie * '' Castor & Pollux'' (Rameau, 2008 – DVD : Opus Arte * '' Bellérophon'' (Lully), 2011 – Aparté * ''

Médée ''Médée'' is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century Fr ...

'' (

Luigi Cherubini Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethov ...

), 2012 – DVD/

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Bel Air Classiques * '' Hercule mourant'' (

Antoine Dauvergne Antoine Dauvergne (3 October 1713 – 11 February 1797) was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne was born in Moulins, Allier. He served as master of the ''Chambre du roi'', director of the Concert Spirituel from 1762 to 1771, and direc ...

), 2012 – Aparté * ''

Renaud Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter. With twenty-six albums to his credit, selling nearly twenty million copies, he is one of France's most popular singers. Several of h ...

'' (

Antonio Sacchini Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini (14 June 1730 – 6 October 1786) was an Italian classical period (music), classical era composer, best known for his operas. Sacchini was born in Florence, but raised in Naples, where he received his m ...

), 2013 – Palazzetto Bru Zane * '' Phaëton'' (Lully), 2013 – Aparté * '' Amadis'' (Lully), 2014 – Aparté * '' Les Danaïdes'' (Salieri), 2015 – Palazzetto Bru Zane * ''L’affaire Tailleferre, Quatre opéras bouffes'' (

Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as ''Les Six''. Biography Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Saint- ...

), 2015 – DVD : Canopé Édition

* ''

Zaïs ''Zaïs'' is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 29 February 1748 at the Opéra in Paris. It takes the form of a ''pastorale héroïque'' in four acts and a prologue. The libretto, librettist was Louis de Cahusac. The score is part ...

'' (Rameau), 2015 – CD Aparté * ''

Les Indes galantes is a ''ballet héroïque'', a type of Baroque music#Late baroque music (1680–1750), French Baroque opera-ballet, by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Louis Fuzelier. In its final form it comprised an allegory, allegorical prologue and fou ...

'' (Rameau), 2015 – DVD : Alpha * ''

Alcina ''Alcina'' (Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis, HWV 34) is a 1735 opera by George Frideric Handel. Handel used the libretto of ''L'isola di Alcina'', a work set to music in 1728 in Rome by Riccardo Broschi, which he had acquired a year later during his t ...

'' & '' Tamerlano'' (Handel), 2015 – Web Streaming / 2016 – Blu-ray : Wahoo * '' Uthal'' ( Étienne-Nicolas Méhul), 2015 – Web Radio / 2017 – Palazzetto Bru Zan

* '' Armide'' (Lully), 2015 – Aparté * '' Pygmalion'' (Rameau), 2017 – Aparté * '' Alceste'' (Lully), 2017 – Aparté * '' Les Horaces'' (Salieri), 2018 – Aparté * ''

Tarare Tarare is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies on the Turdine river, 28 miles west-northwest of Lyon by rail. History The city was founded at the beginning of the 12th century, as the priory of Tarare by the Savigny ...

'' (Salieri), 2019 – Aparté * ''

Faust Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...

'' (

Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

), 2019 – Palazzetto Bru Zane * ''

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'' (Lully), 2019 – Aparté * ''

La Morte d'Orfeo ' (''The Death of Orpheus'') is an opera in five acts by the Italian composer Stefano Landi. Dedicated to Alessandro Mattei, ''familiaris'' of Pope Paul V, it may have been first performed in Rome in 1619. The work is styled a ''tragicomedia pasto ...

'' ( Landi), 2020 – DVD : Naxos * ''

Armida Armida is the fictional character of a Saracen sorceress, created by the Italian late Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso. Description In Tasso's epic '' Jerusalem Delivered'' (), Rinaldo is a fierce and determined warrior who is also honorabl ...

'' (Salieri), 2021 – Aparté * ''

Psyché (opera) ''Psyché'' is an opera (''tragédie lyrique'') in a prologue and five acts composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a libretto by Thomas Corneille (adapted from Molière's original play for which Lully had composed the intermèdes). Based on the ...

'' (Lully), 2023 - Château de Versailles Spectacles

Vocal

* Henry Du Mont, ''Motets en dialogue'', 1992 – Fnac Music / re-release : Virgin Veritas *

Pascal Collasse Pascal Collasse (or Colasse) (22 January 1649 (baptism, baptised) – 17 July 1709) was a French composer of the Baroque era. Born in Rheims, Collasse became a disciple of Jean-Baptiste Lully during the latter's domination of the French operati ...

, ''Cantiques spirituels de Jean Racine'', 1993 – Fnac Music *

, ''Motets'', 1993 – Fnac Music * Daniel Danielis, ''Motets'', 1993 – Koch Schwann * '' Farinelli, Il castrato'',

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Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

Riccardo Broschi Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698 – 1756) was a composer of baroque music and the brother of the opera singer Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli. Life Broschi was born in Apulia, Kingdom of Naples, the son of Salvatore Broschi, a composer and chapelmas ...

Porpora Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Giacinto Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included ...

Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

Pergolesi Pergolesi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, (1710–1736), Italian composer, violinist, and organist * Michael Angelo Pergolesi, 18th-century Italian decorative artist {{Surname Italian-langu ...

), 1994 – Astrée-Auvidis / Re-release : Naïve * ''Farinelli – A portrait, live in Bergen/Ann Hallenberg'',

Haendel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well-known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

, Giacomelli,

Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque music, Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of ...

2016 – Aparté * Daniel Danielis, ''Motets d’Uppsala'', 1997 – Cyprès * Roberto Scaltriti (bariton) : ''Amadeus & Vienna'' (

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

, Soler, Cimarosa, Salieri, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Sarti), 1998 – Decca *

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the g ...

, ''Stabat Mater – Salve Regina'', 1999 – Decca *

, ''Stabat Mater'', 2020 - Outhere *

, ''Leçons de ténèbres, Motets, Magnificat'', 2000 – Decca *

, ''Miserere – Musique sacrée'', 2002 – Decca * María Bayo (soprano) : ''Arias de Zarzuela barroca'' ( José de Nebra, Antonio Rodríguez de Hita, Martín y Soler), 2003 – Naïve *

Sandrine Piau Sandrine Piau (born 5 June 1965) is a French soprano. She is particularly renowned in Baroque music although also excels in Romantic and modernist art songs. She has the versatility to perform works from Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart to Schumann, Deb ...

(soprano) : ''Handel Opera seria'', 2004 – Naïve *

, ''Betulia liberata'', 2019 - Aparté *

Véronique Gens Véronique Gens (born 19 April 1966) is a French operatic soprano. She has spent much of her career recording and performing Baroque music, Baroque music. Gens was born in Orléans, France, and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning fir ...

(soprano) : ''Tragédiennes, de Lully à

Gluck Christoph Willibald ( Ritter von) Gluck (; ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire at ...

'', 2006 – Virgin *

: ''Mozart Airs sacrés'', 2006 – DVD : Armide classics *

Joyce DiDonato Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist. A coloratura mezzo-soprano, she has performed operas and concert works spanning from the 19th-century Romantic era to those by Handel and Mozart. ...

(mezzo-soprano) : ''Furore, Handel Opera Arias'' , 2008 – Virgin Classics *

: ''Tragédiennes 2, de

Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

'', 2009 – Virgin Classics *

: ''Tragédiennes 3, Héroïnes romantiques'' ( Méhul,

Rodolphe Kreutzer Rodolphe Kreutzer (15 November 1766 – 6 January 1831) was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas, including '' La mort d'Abel'' (1810). He is probably best known as the dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Son ...

, Salieri,

, Gossec, Meyerbeer, Auguste Mermet,

, Saint-Saëns,

Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884 ...

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, recei ...

), 2011 – Virgin Classics *

, ''Couperin et moi'', 2018 – Aparté *

, ''Ballet royal de la Naissance de Vénus'', 2021 - Aparté

Instrumental

Jean-Marie Leclair Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder) (10 May 1697 – 22 October 1764) was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, the lesser-known Jean-Marie ...

, ''Ouvertures et sonates en trio'', 1993 – Fnac Music * Lully, Campra,

, André Cardinal Destouches, Jacques Cordier, ''Musiques à danser à la cour et à l’opéra'', 1995 – Erato *

, ''Ouvertures'', 1997 – Decca *

, ''Les goûts réunis'', 2001 – Decca *

, ''Six concerts en sextuor'', 2003 – Decca *

, ''Les Nations'', 2018 – Aparté *

, ''Couperin et moi'', 2018 – Aparté *

, ''Concerts Royaux'', 2018 – Aparté

Merits and awards

* 1983—Was awarded first prize at the 7th International Harpsichord Competition at

Bruges Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amoun ...

* 1993—Was awarded the "Diapason d’Or" for his interpretation of

Royer Royer may refer to: Surnames *Alain de Royer-Dupré, French racehorse trainer * Alphonse Royer, French writer * Augustin Royer, French astronomer * Bentley Royer, a Dominican politician * Casey Royer, American drummer * Charles Royer, former mayor ...

's ''Pièces de Clavecin''. * 1995—Received the "Award for 17th and 18th Century Chamber/Solo Instrumental Music" at the

Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

Classical Awards for his recording of the

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

Partitas. * 2004—Received the "médaille de Chevalier dans l'

" from the France's Minister of Culture, Donnedieu de Vabres. * 2013—Received the Traetta Prize from the Traetta Society for his work in the rediscovery of the roots of European music.

References

External links

* http://www.lestalenslyriques.com/
Interview (French) on Anaclase.com

Interview (in French) on Lully's Roland on Odb-opera.com

Interview (in French) on goldbergweb.com
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