Handel: Music for Queen Caroline Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Cover Handel: Music for Queen Caroline

Album info

Album-Release:
2018

HRA-Release:
13.07.2018

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

Artist: Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)

I`m sorry!

Dear HIGHRESAUDIO Visitor,

due to territorial constraints and also different releases dates in each country you currently can`t purchase this album. We are updating our release dates twice a week. So, please feel free to check from time-to-time, if the album is available for your country.

We suggest, that you bookmark the album and use our Short List function.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Yours sincerely, HIGHRESAUDIO

  • Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759): The King shall rejoice, Coronation anthem HWV 260:
  • 1The King shall rejoice, Coronation anthem HWV 260: I. The King Shall Rejoice02:41
  • 2The King shall rejoice, Coronation anthem HWV 260: II. Exceeding Glad Shall He Be03:09
  • 3The King shall rejoice, Coronation anthem HWV 260: III. Glory And Worship Hast Thou Laid Upon Him02:15
  • 4The King shall rejoice, Coronation anthem HWV 260: IV. Alleluja02:38
  • Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline", HWV 280:
  • 5Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline", HWV 280: I. We Praise thee, O God02:35
  • 6Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline", HWV 280: II. The glorious Company of the Apostles03:19
  • 7Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline", HWV 280: III. When thou tookest upom thee04:13
  • 8Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline", HWV 280: IV. Day by day we magnify you01:03
  • 9Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline", HWV 280: V. Vouchsafe O Lord02:56
  • 10Te Deum in D Major "Queen Caroline", HWV 280: VI. O Lord in thee I have trusted01:16
  • The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264:
  • 11The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: I. Symphony02:06
  • 12The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: II. The ways of Zion do mourn06:20
  • 13The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: III. How are the mighty fall n01:39
  • 14The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: IV. She put on righteousness02:54
  • 15The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: V. When The Ear Heard Her04:07
  • 16The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: VI. How Are The Migthy Fall’n! (Choeur 2)00:52
  • 17The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: VII. She Deliver’d The Poor That Cried07:08
  • 18The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: VIII. How Are The Migthy Fall’n! (Choeur 3)00:54
  • 19The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: IX. The Righteous Shall Be Had03:25
  • 20The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: X. Their Bodies Are Buried In Peace05:39
  • 21The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: XI. The People Will Tell Of Their Wisdom02:05
  • 22The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: XII. They Shall Receive A Glorious Kingdom04:03
  • 23The Ways of Zion Do Mourn "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline", HWV 264: XIII. The Merciful Goodness Of The Lord04:51
  • Total Runtime01:12:08

Info for Handel: Music for Queen Caroline

Queen Caroline was an emblematic female figure of the 18th century: the wife of King George II of England, a woman of great beauty, a champion of science and the arts, Caroline d’Ansbach was also the friend and patroness of Handel. The latter was entrusted with the solemn music composed for the grand ceremonies that marked the reign – be it «The King shall rejoice», given for the King’s coronation, the «Queen Caroline» Te Deum written for her own ascension to the throne, or «The Ways of Zion do mourn» performed at her funeral. This recording brings together, for the first time, three works underlining the strong link between the monarch and his favourite composer. This performance by the complete forces of the choir and orchestra of Les Arts Florissants brings to life these scores which are both flamboyant and brimming over with humanity.

“Christie calibrates his performance perfectly – bringing swift movement to Handel’s rapidly set verses…but allowing plenty of spacious swagger and grandeur in the big choruses supported by trumpets...This is an ideal recording for those of us looking for a change from the enthusiastically full-throated and highly articulated Handel singing we get from many British choirs … fit for a queen.” (International Record Review)

Choir and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, musical direction
Soloists for the Te Deum:
Tim Mead, countertenor
Sean Clayton, tenor
Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone




Les Arts Florissants
A renowned musical Ensemble, specialized in Baroque music since 1979. Founded in 1979 by William Christie, Les Arts Florissants is one of the best-known baroque-music ensembles in the world. Established in the name of creativity, pleasure and sharing, the Ensemble — which takes its name from a short opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier — has played a pioneering role in the revival of a repertoire that had been largely forgotten and which is now enjoyed across the globe in all the most prestigious concert houses. This pioneering spirit has never died, and Les Arts Florissants’ two artistic directors, William Christie and Paul Agnew, continue the Ensemble’s tradition of research and innovation today.

"Almost 40 years ago a group of friends and I founded Les Arts Florissants, the ensemble that has allowed me to rediscover the magnificent repertoire of the baroque age and perform it in all of the world’s most prestigious halls. At the same time, in the Vendée, I have accomplished another of my dreams: creating a unique and original garden around my 17th-century manor house, which is now the setting each year for the , where we welcome music lovers from all over the world.

“Encouraged by these years of success, I now feel it is time to put Les Arts Florissants on a firm footing for the future. For this reason, the creation of a foundation, recognized by the French government as being of “public utility,” was fundamental. And to make it possible, I have decided to gift all my properties, including my house and gardens, to the Foundation Les Arts Florissants – William Christie.

“This project is the realization of the dream of a lifetime. A dream of music and gardens, but also of the handing on of savoir-faire and passion to future generations of artists and audiences. It is here that all my desires converge and that everything begins. This is the start of a great adventure!” (William Christie)

William Christie
harpsichordist, conductor, musicologist, and teacher, is the inspiration behind one of the most exciting musical adventures of the last thirty years. A pioneer in the rediscovery of Baroque music, he has introduced the repertoire of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France to a very wide audience. Born in Buffalo, and educated at Harvard and Yale, William Christie has lived in France since 1971. The turning point in his career came in 1979, when he founded Les Arts Florissants.

As Director of this vocal and instrumental ensemble, William Christie soon made his mark as a musician and man of the theater, in both the concert hall and the opera house, with new interpretations of largely neglected or forgotten works. Major public recognition came in 1987 with the production of Lully’s Atys at the Opéra Comique in Paris, which then went on to tour internationally to huge success.

From Charpentier to Rameau, through Couperin, Mondonville, Campra, or Montéclair, William Christie is the uncontested master of tragédie-lyrique as well as opéra-ballet, and is just as comfortable with the French motet as with music of the court. But his affection for French music does not preclude him from exploring other European repertoires and, as well as his many acclaimed performances of Italian works (Monteverdi, Rossi, Scarlatti, Landi), he broaches Purcell and Handel with as much success as Mozart, Haydn or Bach.

William Christie’s particularly busy operatic career has been marked by numerous collaborations with renowned theater and opera directors (Jean-Marie Villégier, Robert Carsen, Alfredo Arias, Jorge Lavelli, Graham Vick, Adrian Noble, Andrei Serban, Luc Bondy, Deborah Warner), which are always major events in the musical calendar. His most recent include: Les Fêtes vénitiennes by Campra at the Paris Opéra Comique in 2015 and on tour at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; Rameau, Maître à Danser in Caen in 2014 and on tour at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and in Korea; Theodora in 2016 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées; in 2018, Handel's Jephtha and Ariodante, respectively at the Paris national Opera and at the Wiener Staatsoper, as well as L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Salzburg Festival. More recently, he conducts Platée by Rameau at the Theater an der Wien, Titon et l'Aurore by Mondonville at the Opéra Comique and Handel's Partenope on international tour.

As a guest conductor, William Christie often appears at opera festivals such as Glyndebourne (notably Hipermestra in 2017 and Giulio Cesare in 2018) or at opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera of New York, the Zurich Opernhaus, or the Opéra National de Lyon. Between 2002 and 2007, he regularly appeared as a guest conductor with the Berlin Philharmonic.

His extensive discography (more than 100 recordings, many of which have won awards and distinctions in France and abroad) with Harmonia Mundi, Warner Classics/Erato and Virgin Classics reflects the richness of his artistic ventures. Among the most recent issues, in the « Les Arts Florissants » collection under the harmonia mundi label: La Harpe reine, Un Jardin à l’italienne, Si vous vouliez un jour, the Mass in B Minor and L'incoronazione di Poppea, "N'espérez plus, mes yeux" and "Générations".

Over the last twenty-five years, William Christie has brought to the limelight several generations of singers and instrumentalists. Indeed, most of the conductors of today’s French Baroque ensembles began their careers with Les Arts Florissants. A professor at the Paris Conservatoire from 1982 to 1995, he was in charge of the early music class, and is now often invited to give master classes or lead academies such as those at Aix-en-Provence and Ambronay. Since 2007 he has been artist in residence at the Juilliard School of New York, where he gives master classes twice a year accompanied by the musicians of Les Arts Florissants.

Wishing to develop further his work as a teacher, in 2002 William Christie created, with Les Arts Florissants, a biennial academy for young singers in Caen, Le Jardin des Voix, whose winners, after touring with Les Arts Florissants in France, Europe, and the U.S., embark on distinguished international careers. Among the talents discovered by William Christie through the Jardin des Voix are Sonya Yoncheva, Christophe Dumaux, Emmanuelle de Negri, Marc Mauillon, Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Lea Desandre or Eva Zaïcik.



Booklet for Handel: Music for Queen Caroline

© 2010-2024 HIGHRESAUDIO