Christophe Rousset
French harpsichordist and conductor
Christophe Rousset
Rousset in 2012
Born (1961-04-12 ) 12 April 1961 (age 63) Education Occupations Organizations Les Talens Lyriques Awards
Christophe Rousset (French: [ʁusɛ] harpsichordist and conductor , who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments .[ 1] musicologist , particularly of opera and European music of the 17th and 18th centuries and is the founder of the French music ensemble Les Talens Lyriques .
Biography
Rousset was born in Avignon , France on 12 April 1961.[ 2] [ 3] Schola Cantorum de Paris with Huguette Dreyfus , and subsequently at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Bob van Asperen winning the prestigious First Prize in the 7th Bruges Harpsichord Competition at the age of 22. This was followed by the creation of his own ensemble, Les Talens Lyriques , in 1991. At the heart of the ensemble is Rousset's research and expertise across the music of the Baroque , Classical and early Romantic periods.
Having initially attracted the notice of the international press and record companies for his proficiency as a harpsichordist, he thereafter made his mark as a gifted conductor, with invitations to perform with his ensemble at venues throughout the world, including among them Paris Opera , De Nederlandse Opera, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées , Salle Pleyel , Opéra de Lausanne, Teatro Real , Theater an der Wien , Opéra Royal de Versailles, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , Barbican Centre , Carnegie Hall , Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Aix-en-Provence and Beaune festivals.
Alongside this, he has continued to pursue an active career as harpsichordist and chamber musician, performing and recording on the most beautiful period instruments. His complete performances of the works for harpsichord by François Couperin , Jean-Philippe Rameau , d’Anglebert and Forqueray and various recordings of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach (Partitas, Goldberg Variations , Concertos for harpsichord, English Suites , French Suites and the Klavierbüchlein ), are considered to be landmark references. His most recent album, devoted to a musical monument by the German Cantor, Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier Aparté )—recorded at the Château of Versailles on a harpsichord by Joannes Ruckers (1628)—has won numerous awards, including a "Choc" from Classica magazine and "CD of the Week" from BBC Radio 3. In addition, instruments from the collection of the Museum of Music in Paris, have been entrusted to him for the recording of three records devoted to Royer, Rameau and Froberger.
Teaching is also of major importance for Christophe Rousset, who conducts and organises master classes and academies for young people (Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, CNSMD Paris, Académie d’Ambronay, Orchestre Français des Jeunes Baroques, Jeune Orchestre Atlantique, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie , the Britten-Pears Orchestra ) and he devotes himself with great energy, alongside the musicians of Les Talens Lyriques, to introducing young secondary school pupils in Paris to music.
Rousset also has enjoyed a career as guest conductor with Liceu Barcelona, Teatro San Carlo Naples, Teatro alla Scala , Royal Opera of Wallonia , Orquesta Nacional de España , London's Royal Opera House , Orchestra of the age of Enlightenment among other orchestras, and has actively pursued musical research, producing critical editions and the publication in 2007, by Actes Sud, of a study on Rameau.
Christophe Rousset has been awarded the French honours of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour , Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite .
Recordings
As a harpsichordist
Johann Sebastian Bach , Double Concertos , 1982 – L'Oiseau LyreLuigi Boccherini , Quatuor pour deux clavecins , 1986 – Harmonia MundiJean-Philippe Rameau , Intégrale des Pièces de clavecin , 1991 – L'Oiseau LyreJohann Sebastian Bach , Italian Concerto BWV 971, French Overture BWV 831, Chromatic Fantazy & Fugue BWV 903 , 1992 – L'Oiseau LyreJohann Jakob Froberger , Suites et Toccatas , 1992 – Harmonia MundiFrançois Couperin , Troisième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin , 1993 – Harmonia MundiWilhelm Friedemann Bach , Pièces pour clavecin seul , 1993 – Harmonia MundiPancrace Royer , Pièces de clavecin , 1993 – L'Oiseau LyreJohann Sebastian Bach , Partitas BWV 825–830 , 1993 – L'Oiseau LyreFrançois Couperin , Quatrième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin , 1994 – Harmonia MundiFrançois Couperin , Deuxième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin , 1994 – Harmonia MundiJohann Sebastian Bach , Goldberg Variations , 1995 – L'Oiseau LyreGaspard Le Roux , Intégrale des pièces de clavecin , 1995 – L'Oiseau LyreFrançois Couperin , Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin , 1995 – Harmonia MundiJohann Sebastian Bach , Concertos pour clavecins et orchestre BWV1053, 1055, 1058 , 1995 – L'Oiseau LyreFranz Xaver Richter , Flötenmusik , Takashi Ogawa – RBM, 1996Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , Douze Polonaises , 1996 – Veritas/VirginFrançois Couperin , Intégrale Pièces de clavecin (1–4 Livres) , 1996 – Harmonia MundiJohann Sebastian Bach , Concertos pour clavecins et orchestre BWV1052, 1054, 1056, 1042 , 1997 – L'Oiseau LyreJohann Sebastian Bach , Intégrale des concertos pour clavecin , 1998 – DeccaDomenico Scarlatti , Sonates pour Clavecin , 1998 – DeccaJean-Henri d'Anglebert , Intégrale des pièces de clavecin , 2000 – DeccaAntoine Forqueray , Pièces de clavecin , 2001 – DeccaJohann Sebastian Bach , Suites Anglaises , 2003 – Naïve-Ambroisie-AstréeJohann Sebastian Bach , Suites Françaises , 2004 – Naïve-Ambroisie-AstréeJohann Sebastian Bach , Klavierbuchlein fürWilhem Friedemann , 2005 – Naïve-Ambroisie-AstréePancrace Royer , Pancrace Royer , 2008 – Naïve-Ambroisie-AstréeJean-Philippe Rameau , Les Indes Galantes , 2009 – Naïve-Ambroisie-AstréeJohann Jakob Froberger , Johann Jakob Froberger , 2010 – 2-AstréeLouis Couperin , Louis Couperin , 2010 – ApartéJohann Sebastian Bach , Bach Fantasy , 2010 – ApartéJean-Philippe Rameau & Louis Marchand , Marchand, Rameau , 2012 – Ambronay EditionsJacques Duphly , Jacques Duphly , 2012 – ApartéJohann Sebastian Bach , Das Wohltemperierte Klavier The Well-Tempered Clavier , volume 2 , 2013 – ApartéClaude-Bénigne Balbastre , Pièces de clavecin livre I , 2017 - ApartéArmand-Louis Couperin , Pièces de clavecin , 2017 – ApartéFrançois Couperin , Première et deuxième suite pour viole , 2018 - ApartéLouis Couperin , Nouvelles suites , 2018 – Harmonia MundiGirolamo Frescobaldi , Toaccate e partite , 2019 – ApartéMarin Marais , Pièces de viole Livre I , 2020 – ApartéLe manuscrit de Madame Théobon , 2020 – Aparté
As a conductor
Operas
Scipione George Frideric Handel ), 1993 – Fnac / 2010 – Aparté Armida abbandonata Niccolò Jommelli ), 1994 – Fnac / 2005 – Ambroisie L’incoronazione di Poppea Claudio Monteverdi ), 1994 – TV : NPS / 2005 – DVD : Opus ArteRiccardo Primo L’Oiseau-Lyre Les fêtes de Paphos Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville ), 1997 – L’Oiseau-LyreMitridate, re di Ponto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ), 1999 – Decca Antigona Tommaso Traetta ), 2000 – L’Oiseau-LyreSerse TDK Persée Jean-Baptiste Lully ), 2001 – Astrée NaïveLa capricciosa corretta Vicente Martín y Soler ), 2004 – Naïve AstréeRoland La grotta di Trofonio Antonio Salieri ), 2005 – CD (with bonus making of DVD) AmbroisiePhilémon & Baucis (Le feste d'Apollo ) (Christoph Willibald Gluck ), 2006 – Ambroisie-Naïve-AstréeZoroastre Jean-Philippe Rameau ), 2006 – TV / 2007 – DVD : Opus ArteIl burbero di buon cuore Vénus & Adonis Henry Desmarest ), 2007 – Ambroisie-NaïveIl Califfo di Bagdad Manuel Garcia ), 2007 – Archiv Produktion (Donwroad only)Il tutore burlato Les grandes eaux musicales de Versailles (Lully, Rameau, Gluck, Desmarest), 2008 – CD : AmbroisieCastor & Pollux Bellérophon Médée Luigi Cherubini ), 2012 – DVD/Blu-ray Bel Air ClassiquesHercule mourant Antoine Dauvergne ), 2012 – ApartéRenaud Antonio Sacchini ), 2013 – Palazzetto Bru Zane Phaëton Amadis Les Danaïdes L’affaire Tailleferre, Quatre opéras bouffes (Germaine Tailleferre ), 2015 – DVD : Canopé Éditions [1] Zaïs Les Indes galantes Alcina Tamerlano Uthal Étienne-Nicolas Méhul ), 2015 – Web Radio / 2017 – Palazzetto Bru Zane [2] Armide Pygmalion Alceste Les Horaces Tarare Faust Gounod ), 2019 – Palazzetto Bru ZaneIsis La Morte d'Orfeo Landi ), 2020 – DVD : NaxosArmida Psyché (opera)
Vocal
Henry Du Mont , Motets en dialogue , 1992 – Fnac Music / re-release : Virgin VeritasPascal Collasse , Cantiques spirituels de Jean Racine , 1993 – Fnac MusicFrançois Couperin , Motets , 1993 – Fnac MusicDaniel Danielis , Motets , 1993 – Koch SchwannFarinelli, Il castrato Original soundtrack (Handel , Riccardo Broschi , Porpora , Johann Adolph Hasse , Pergolesi ), 1994 – Astrée-Auvidis / Re-release : NaïveFarinelli – A portrait, live in Bergen/Ann Hallenberg , Haendel Riccardo Broschi , Giacomelli , Porpora , Johann Adolph Hasse , Leonardo Leo 2016 – ApartéDaniel Danielis , Motets d’Uppsala , 1997 – CyprèsRoberto Scaltriti (bariton) : Amadeus & Vienna (Mozart , Haydn , Soler , Cimarosa , Salieri , Giuseppe Gazzaniga , Sarti ), 1998 – DeccaGiovanni Battista Pergolesi , Stabat Mater – Salve Regina , 1999 – DeccaGiovanni Battista Pergolesi , Stabat Mater , 2020 - OuthereFrançois Couperin , Leçons de ténèbres, Motets, Magnificat , 2000 – DeccaLeonardo Leo , Miserere – Musique sacrée , 2002 – DeccaMaría Bayo (soprano) : Arias de Zarzuela barroca (José de Nebra , Antonio Rodríguez de Hita , Martín y Soler ), 2003 – NaïveSandrine Piau (soprano) : Handel Opera seria , 2004 – NaïveWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Betulia liberata , 2019 - ApartéVéronique Gens (soprano) : Tragédiennes, de Lully à Gluck , 2006 – VirginSandrine Piau : Mozart Airs sacrés , 2006 – DVD : Armide classicsJoyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) : Furore, Handel Opera Arias , 2008 – Virgin ClassicsVéronique Gens : Tragédiennes 2, de Gluck à Berlioz , 2009 – Virgin ClassicsVéronique Gens : Tragédiennes 3, Héroïnes romantiques (Méhul , Rodolphe Kreutzer , Salieri , Gluck , Gossec , Meyerbeer , Auguste Mermet , Berlioz , Saint-Saëns , Massenet , Verdi ), 2011 – Virgin ClassicsFrançois Couperin , Couperin et moi , 2018 – ApartéJean-Baptiste Lully , Ballet royal de la Naissance de Vénus , 2021 - Aparté
Instrumental
Jean-Marie Leclair , Ouvertures et sonates en trio , 1993 – Fnac MusicLully, Campra , Marin Marais , André Cardinal Destouches , Jacques Cordier, Musiques à danser à la cour et à l’opéra , 1995 – Erato
Jean-Philippe Rameau , Ouvertures , 1997 – DeccaFrançois Couperin , Les goûts réunis , 2001 – DeccaJean-Philippe Rameau , Six concerts en sextuor , 2003 – DeccaFrançois Couperin , Les Nations , 2018 – ApartéFrançois Couperin , Couperin et moi , 2018 – ApartéFrançois Couperin , Concerts Royaux , 2018 – Aparté
Merits and awards
1983—Was awarded first prize at the 7th International Harpsichord Competition at Bruges
1993—Was awarded the "Diapason d’Or" for his interpretation of Royer 's Pièces de Clavecin .
1995—Received the "Award for 17th and 18th Century Chamber/Solo Instrumental Music" at the Cannes Classical Awards for his recording of the Bach Partitas .
2004—Received the "médaille de Chevalier dans l'Ordre national du Mérite " from the France's Minister of Culture, Donnedieu de Vabres .
2013—Received the Traetta Prize from the Traetta Society for his work in the rediscovery of the roots of European music.
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