William Christie/Les Arts Florissants

William Christie/Les Arts Florissants

William Christie/Les Arts Florissants

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Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 10: Recitativo. "Ecco Serse, o che volto" (Amastre, Serse, Ariodate)
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Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 3, Finale: Recitativo. "Perfidi! e ancor osate" (Serse, Ariodate, Arsamene, Romilda, Amastre, Elviro, Atalanta)
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Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 3, Scene 10: Recitativo. "Ecco lo sposo!" (Ariodate, Arsamene, Romilda)
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Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 5: Recitativo. "Come, qui, Principessa" (Serse, Romilda, Arsamene, Elviro)
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Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 3, Scene 7: Recitativo. "Fermatevi, mia Sposa" (Serse, Romilda)

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William Christie/Les Arts Florissants

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Long a leading figure in the early music performance movement, William Christie has been especially influential in restoring opera and French music to their rightful places in the Baroque repertory. He is the harpsichordist and leader of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants. Christie was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1944, and studied piano and organ as a young man. He attended Harvard, graduating with an art history degree and switching to music only for graduate study at the Yale School of Music. His teacher there was the pioneering harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick, best known...
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