GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks LE CONCERT SPIRITUEL HERVE NIQUET
Hervé Niquet (born on October 28, 1957) is a French conductor, harpsichordist, tenor, and the director of Le Concert Spirituel, specializing in French Baroque music.
Vivaldi gloria magnificat by herv niquet concert spirituel official album trailer
Biography
Born on October 28, 1957, Hervé Niquet was raised at Abbeville in the department of Somme, France. He studied harpsichord, composition, conducting, and opera singing. In 1980, he was appointed as the choir master of Opéra National de Paris. Between 1985 and 1986, Niquet became a member of Les Arts florissants as a tenor, the ensemble that William Christie founded. In 1987, he established his own ensemble named "Le Concert Spirituel" which focuses on French grand motets of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Selected discography
Accord, Adda
Campra Vol.1 Te Deum. Motets Niquet (Adda 581250) no reissue
Campra Vol.II Requiem Benedictus Dominus. Niquet (Accord)
Campra Vol.III Deus noster refugium. Cantate Domino. Messe ad maj De profundis. Niquet (Accord) 92
Charpentier. Leçons de ténèbres. Méditations pour le Careme. Niquet (Glossa)
Charpentier. Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy
2007: André-Cardinal Destouches's Callirhoé, with Cyril Auvity, Stephanie D'Oustrac, João Fernandes, Le Concert Spirituel, and Glossa.
2007: Marin Marais's Sémélé, with Shannon Mercer, Jaël Azzaretti, Bénédicte Tauran, Hjördis Thébault, Anders J. Dahlin, Thomas Dolié, Marc Labonnette, Lisandro Abadie, Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
Campra. Le Carnaval de Venise Opéra-ballet. Paris, 1699