Group
Les Arts Florissants
French baroque ensemble
- From
- France
- Since
- 1979–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 118
- baroque
- classical
About
Les Arts Florissants is a French Baroque musical ensemble housed in the Philharmonie de Paris. The organization was founded by conductor William Christie in 1979. The ensemble derives its name from the 1685 opera Les Arts florissants by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The organization consists of a chamber orchestra of period instruments and a small vocal ensemble. Christie remains the organization's artistic director, alongside British tenor Paul Agnew who became co-musical director in 2020.
Members
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David Simpson cello
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Paolo Zanzu harpsichord
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Paul Agnew tenor vocals
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Miriam Allan soprano vocals
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Roldán Barnabé-Carrión violin
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Anicet Castel bass-baritone vocals
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Robert Claire concert flute
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Sean Clayton tenor vocals
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Cécile Eloir mezzo-soprano vocals
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Catherine Greuillet soprano vocals
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Michel Henry oboe
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Nicolas Kuntzelmann countertenor vocals
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Anne‐Marie Lasla viola da gamba
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Florence Malgoire violin
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Ariane Maurette viola da gamba
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Rosamund Morley viola da gamba
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Hannah Morrison soprano vocals
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Mathilde Ortscheidt alto vocals
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Marie-Ange Petit percussion
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Anne Pichard choir vocals
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Gilles Rapin sackbut, trumpet
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Jonathan Sells bass-baritone vocals
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Benoît Thivel countertenor vocals
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Alix Verzier cello
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Isabelle Desrochers soprano vocals
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Aira Maria Lehtipuu violin
Discography
Albums
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Anacréon
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Les Arts Florissants
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Actéon
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Altri Canti
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Pastorale
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Pastorale
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626
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Petits motets
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Atys
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Madrigaux à 5 voix
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Cantique de Moyse
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La Mort de Didon / Cantates
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Te Deum
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Oratorio per la Settimana Santa
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The Fairy Queen
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Deux Oratorios
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Cantates
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Le Malade imaginaire
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Orfeo
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Te Deum & Grands Motets
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Cantates
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Pygmalion / Nélée et Myrthis
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Les Indes Galantes
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Petits Motets
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Jephté - Tragedie Lyrique
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Il ballo delle ingrate / Sestina
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Dido & Aeneas
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Airs de cour
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Castor & Pollux
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Antiennes O de l'Avent / Noëls pour les instruments / In Nativitatem D. N. J. C. Canticum
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Te Deum / Motets
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Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda: Madrigali guerrieri ed amorosi
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Messiah
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Médée
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Les Grands Motets : In convertendo / Quam dilecta / Deus noster refugium
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Dido & Æneas
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Requiem in D minor / Ave verum corpus
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King Arthur
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Il Sant'Alessio
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La descente d'Orphée aux Enfers
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Orlando
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Die Zauberflöte
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Les plaisirs de Versailles / Pastoraletta
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Leçons de ténèbres
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Grands motets
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Hippolyte et Aricie
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Orlando (Highlights)
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Te Deum
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David et Jonathas
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Vespro della Beata Vergine
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Les Fêtes d'Hébé
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Madrigali
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Divertissements, Airs et Concerts
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail
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Le Reniement de Saint Pierre / Méditations pour le Carême
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Acis and Galatea
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Deux Oratorios : Caecilia, Virgo et Martyr / Filius Prodigus
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Médée
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Musique de ballet
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Grands Motets Lorrains
Links
Official
Concerts
Buy
Conductor position
Founder
Instrumental supporting musician
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 8dba5ace-9224-4b1c-aa84-dcfcf2ac59b7
- ISNI
- 0000000417978590
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.