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Le Concert Spirituel

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Biography

Le Concert Spirituel, a French musical ensemble founded in 1987, specializes in the performance of baroque music on period instruments. The group began its recording career with André Campra's Vol. 3 Messe et Motets (1992) and Charpentier's Messe Des Morts • Litanies (1994), establishing a reputation for historically informed performance. In the 2000s, the ensemble expanded its catalogue, releasing Lully's Grands Motets Vol. 3 (2000), Haendel's Water Music & Fireworks Music (2003), and Purcell's King Arthur (2004), and collaborating with labels such as Harmonia Mundi. The 2010s saw further milestones with Rameau's Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour (2014) and Berlioz's Messe solennelle (2019), along with appearances at major European festivals. Le Concert Spirituel received the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Choral Singing in 2020. The ensemble was also supported by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation.
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  2.   Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei by Le Concert Spirituel
  3.   Sanctus by Le Concert Spirituel
  4.   Le Temple de la Gloire: Air Gay by Hervé Niquet
  5.   Pigmalion, Scène IV: Les Grâces instruisent la Statue
  6.   Pigmalion, Scène V: Pigmalion: Règne, Amour by Hervé Niquet
  7.   Pigmalion: Ouverture
  8.   Pigmalion, Scène III: Pigmalion : Que d`appas! by Hervé Niquet
  9.   Pigmalion, Scène IV: Tambourin ... Choeurdes peuples: Cédons, cédons à notre impatience
  10.   Pigmalion, Scène V: Pigmalion/Choeur: L`Amour triomphe by Hervé Niquet
  11.   Pigmalion, Scène III: La Statue s`anime - Pigmalion : Quel prodige! featuring Hervé Niquet
  12.   Pigmalion, Scène IV: L'Amour : Du pouvoir de l`Amour featuring Hervé Niquet
  13.   Le Temple de la Gloire: Trajan : Ces oiseaux par leur doux ramage by Hervé Niquet
  14.   Pigmalion, Scene première: Pigmalion : Fatal amour by Hervé Niquet
  15.   Pigmalion, Scène V: Pantomme - Deuxième pantomime featuring Hervé Niquet
  16.   Pigmalion, Scène V: Air gracieux - Ballet général by Le Concert Spirituel
  17.   Rameau: Deus noster refugium: No. 1, Air, "Deus noster refugium"
  18.   Rameau: Quam dilecta tabernacula: No. 1, Air. "Quam dilecta tabernacula tua"
  19.   Rameau: Deus noster refugium: No. 9, Duo. "Arcum conteret et confringet arma"
  20.   Le Triomphe d'Iris (the Triumph of Iris), Entree III Scene 4: Deuxieme passepied
  21.   Le Triomphe d'Iris (the Triumph of Iris), Entree III Scene 4: Premier passepied pour les bergers et les bergeres
  22.   Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture: Allegro
  23.   Le Triomphe d'Iris (the Triumph of Iris), Entree I Scene 1: Air - Silvandre
  24.   Le Triomphe d'Iris (the Triumph of Iris), Entree I Scene 1: Trio puis choeur
  25.   Le Triomphe d'Iris (Pastorale): Entree I: Overture
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