Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French

harpsichordist A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord. Harpsichordists may play as soloists, as accompanists, as chamber musicians, or as members of an orchestra, or some combination of these roles. Solo harpsichordists may play unaccompanied son ...

and

conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Music * Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra. * ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas * Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...

, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments. He is also a

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

, 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 Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune ha ...

, France on 12 April 1961. He studied harpsichord at La

Schola Cantorum de Paris The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera. History La Schola was found ...

with Huguette Dreyfus, and subsequently at the

Royal Conservatory of The Hague The Royal Conservatoire ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Nether ...

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 Romantic may refer to: Genres and eras * The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries ** Romantic music, of that era ** Romantic poetry, of that era ** Romanticism in science, of that e ...

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 The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be k ...

, De Nederlandse Opera,

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, Salle Pleyel, Opéra de Lausanne, Teatro Real, Theater an der Wien, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Barbican Centre, Carnegie Hall,

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Amsterdam, the

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and

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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 Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera ...

, d’Anglebert and

Forqueray Forqueray is the surname of a family of baroque French musicians and composers, and may refer to one of these articles below: * Antoine Forqueray (1672–1745), composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba, father of Jean-Baptiste. * Jean-Baptiste F ...

and various recordings of pieces by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

(Partitas,

Goldberg Variations The ''Goldberg Variations'', BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may also h ...

, Concertos for harpsichord,

English Suites The ''English Suites'', BWV 806–811, are a set of six suites written by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord (or clavichord) and generally thought to be the earliest of his 19 suites for keyboard (discounting several les ...

, 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'' (on Aparté)—recorded at the Château of Versailles on a harpsichord by

Joannes Ruckers The Ruckers family (variants: Ruckaert, Ruckaerts, Rucqueer, Rueckers, Ruekaerts, Ruijkers, Rukkers, Rycardt) were harpsichord and virginal makers from the Southern Netherlands based in Antwerp in the 16th and 17th century. Their influence stretch ...

(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

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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 The Britten-Pears Orchestra, formerly The Snape Maltings Training Orchestra, is the youth orchestra of the Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme at Snape Maltings, run by the Aldeburgh Festival. Since the very first course in 1972, over 10,000 ...

) 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 The Gran Teatre del Liceu (, English: Great Theatre of the Lyceum), known as ''El Liceu'', is an opera house in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Located in La Rambla, it is the oldest running theatre in Barcelona. Founded in 1837 at another loca ...

Barcelona,

Teatro San Carlo The Real Teatro di San Carlo ("Royal Theatre of Saint Charles"), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is an opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent t ...

Naples, Teatro alla Scala,

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, 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 The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

, Commandeur in the

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and Chevalier in the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's es ...

Recordings

As a harpsichordist

, ''Double Concertos'', 1982 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

Luigi Boccherini Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and '' galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major Eur ...

, ''Quatuor pour deux clavecins'', 1986 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Intégrale des Pièces de clavecin'', 1991 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

, ''Italian Concerto BWV 971, French Overture BWV 831, Chromatic Fantazy & Fugue BWV 903'', 1992 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

Johann Jakob Froberger Johann Jakob Froberger (baptized 19 May 1616 – 7 May 1667) was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. Among the most famous composers of the era, he was influential in developing the musical form of the suite of dances in ...

, ''Suites et Toccatas'', 1992 – Harmonia Mundi * François Couperin, ''Troisième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin'', 1993 – Harmonia Mundi *

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 17101 July 1784), the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer. Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and compose ...

, ''Pièces pour clavecin seul'', 1993 – Harmonia Mundi *

Pancrace Royer Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (12 May 1703 – 11 January 1755) was a French composer, harpsichordist, organist, and administrator.Lionel Sawkins and David Fuller"Royer, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace" Grove Music Online. Biography Born in Turin, Royer ...

, ''Pièces de clavecin'', 1993 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

, ''Partitas BWV 825–830'', 1993 – L'Oiseau Lyre * François Couperin, ''Quatrième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin'', 1994 – Harmonia Mundi * François Couperin, ''Deuxième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin'', 1994 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Goldberg Variations'', 1995 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

Gaspard Le Roux Gaspard Le Roux () was a French harpsichordist active in Paris at the beginning of the 18th century. Little is known of his life, which is exacerbated by the commonality of his name among musicians and dance instructors in Paris. A Le Roux is ment ...

, ''Intégrale des pièces de clavecin'', 1995 – L'Oiseau Lyre * François Couperin, ''Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin'', 1995 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Concertos pour clavecins et orchestre BWV1053, 1055, 1058'', 1995 – L'Oiseau Lyre * Franz Xaver Richter, ''Flötenmusik'', Takashi Ogawa – RBM, 1996 *

, ''Douze Polonaises'', 1996 – Veritas/Virgin * François Couperin, ''Intégrale Pièces de clavecin (1–4 Livres)'', 1996 – Harmonia Mundi *

, ''Concertos pour clavecins et orchestre BWV1052, 1054, 1056, 1042'', 1997 – L'Oiseau Lyre *

, ''Intégrale des concertos pour clavecin'', 1998 – Decca *

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, also known as Domingo or Doménico Scarlatti (26 October 1685-23 July 1757), was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the devel ...

, ''Sonates pour Clavecin'', 1998 – Decca *

Jean-Henri d'Anglebert Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (baptized 1 April 1629 – 23 April 1691) was a French composer, harpsichordist and organist. He was one of the foremost keyboard composers of his day. Life D'Anglebert's father Claude Henry known as AnglebertJean constru ...

, ''Intégrale des pièces de clavecin'', 2000 – Decca *

Antoine Forqueray Antoine Forqueray (September 1672 – 28 June 1745) was a French composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba. Forqueray, born in Paris, was the first in a line of composers which included his sons Jean-Baptiste (1699–1782) and Nicolas Gilles (17 ...

, ''Pièces de clavecin'', 2001 – Decca *

, ''Suites Anglaises'', 2003 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Suites Françaises'', 2004 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Klavierbuchlein fürWilhem Friedemann'', 2005 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Pancrace Royer'', 2008 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Les Indes Galantes'', 2009 – Naïve-Ambroisie-Astrée *

, ''Johann Jakob Froberger'', 2010 – 2-Astrée *

Louis Couperin Louis Couperin (; – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–1651 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of th ...

, ''Louis Couperin'', 2010 – Aparté *

, ''Bach Fantasy'', 2010 – Aparté *

& Louis Marchand, ''Marchand, Rameau'', 2012 – Ambronay Editions *

Jacques Duphly Jacques Duphly (also Dufly, Du Phly; 12 January 1715 – 15 July 1789) was a French harpsichordist and composer. Early career as an organist He was born in Rouen, France, the son of Jacques-Agathe Duphly and Marie-Louise Boivin. As a boy, he s ...

, ''Jacques Duphly'', 2012 – Aparté *

, ''Das Wohltemperierte Klavier The Well-Tempered Clavier, volume 2'', 2013 – Aparté * Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, ''Pièces de clavecin livre I'', 2017 - Aparté * Armand-Louis Couperin, ''Pièces de clavecin'', 2017 – Aparté * François Couperin, ''Première et deuxième suite pour viole'', 2018 - Aparté *

, ''Nouvelles suites'', 2018 – Harmonia Mundi *

Girolamo Frescobaldi Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (; also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September 15831 March 1643) was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player. Born in the Duchy of Ferrara, he was one of the most important composers of ...

, ''Toaccate e partite'', 2019 – Aparté * Marin Marais, ''Pièces de viole Livre I'', 2020 – Aparté * ''Le manuscrit de Madame Théobon'', 2020 – Aparté

As a conductor

Operas

* ''

Scipione ''Scipione'' ( HWV 20), also called ''Publio Cornelio Scipione'', is an opera seria in three acts, with music composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1726. The librettist was Paolo Antonio Rolli. Handel composed ''S ...

'' ( George Frideric Handel), 1993 – Fnac / 2010 – Aparté * '' Armida abbandonata'' ( Niccolò Jommelli), 1994 – Fnac / 2005 –

Ambroisie Ambroisie is a French classical music record label founded in 1999 by Nicolas Bartholomée, and later sold to Naïve Records. The label released mainly French classical artists,Revue musicale de Suisse romande - Volume 60 2007 "Nous disposions dès ...

* '' L’incoronazione di Poppea'' (

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is conside ...

), 1994 – TV : NPS/ 2005 – DVD : Opus Arte * '' Riccardo Primo'' (Handel), 1996 – L’Oiseau-Lyre * '' Les fêtes de Paphos'' ( Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville), 1997 – L’Oiseau-Lyre * '' Mitridate, re di Ponto'' (

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

), 1999 – Decca * '' Antigona'' ( Tommaso Traetta), 2000 – L’Oiseau-Lyre * '' Serse'' (Handel), 2000 – TV / 2005 – DVD : TDK * '' Persée'' (

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas ...

), 2001 – Astrée Naïve * ''

La capricciosa corretta ''La capricciosa corretta'' (The capricious woman reformed) is a comic opera (''commedia per musica'') in two acts composed by Vicente Martín y Soler. The libretto is by Lorenzo Da Ponte and has a plot which has a slight similarity to William Sha ...

'' ( Vicente Martín y Soler), 2004 – Naïve Astrée * ''

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

'' (Lully), 2004 – Ambroisie * ''

La grotta di Trofonio LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

'' (

Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monar ...

), 2005 – CD (with bonus making of DVD) Ambroisie * ''Philémon & Baucis ( Le feste d'Apollo)'' (

Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he g ...

), 2006 – Ambroisie-Naïve-Astrée * '' Zoroastre'' (

), 2006 – TV / 2007 – DVD : Opus Arte * ''

Il burbero di buon cuore ''Il burbero di buon cuore'' (''The Good-Hearted Curmudgeon'') is an opera dramma giocoso in two acts by Vicente Martín y Soler. The Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte is based on the French comedy ''Le bourru bienfaisant'' by Carlo Goldoni. ...

'' (Martín y Soler), 2007 – TV / 2009 – DVD : Dynamic / 2010 : CD : Dynamic * '' Vénus & Adonis'' (

Henry Desmarest Henri Desmarets (February 1661 – 7 September 1741) was a French composer of the Baroque music, Baroque period primarily known for his stage works, although he also composed sacred music as well as secular cantatas, songs and instrumenta ...

), 2007 – Ambroisie-Naïve * '' Il Califfo di Bagdad'' ( Manuel Garcia), 2007 – Archiv Produktion (Donwroad only) * '' Il tutore burlato'' (Martín y Soler), 2007 – L’Oiseau-Lyre (Spain only) * ''Les grandes eaux musicales de Versailles'' (Lully, Rameau, Gluck, Desmarest), 2008 – CD : Ambroisie * '' Castor & Pollux'' (Rameau, 2008 – DVD : Opus Arte * ''

Bellérophon ''Bellérophon'' is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Thomas Corneille and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle first performed by the Opéra at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on 31 January 1679. The libretto is ba ...

'' (Lully), 2011 – Aparté * '' Médée'' ( Luigi Cherubini), 2012 – DVD/

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Bel Air Classiques * ''

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'' ( Antoine Dauvergne), 2012 – Aparté * '' Renaud'' (

Antonio Sacchini Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini (14 June 1730 – 6 October 1786) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Sacchini was born in Florence, but raised in Naples, where he received his musical education. He made a name for hi ...

), 2013 – Palazzetto Bru Zane * '' Phaëton'' (Lully), 2013 – Aparté * '' Amadis'' (Lully), 2014 – Aparté * ''

Les Danaïdes ''Les Danaïdes'' is an opera by Antonio Salieri, in five acts: more specifically, it is a '' tragédie lyrique''. The opera was set to a libretto by François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet and Louis-Théodore de Tschudi, who in turn adapte ...

'' (Salieri), 2015 – Palazzetto Bru Zane * ''L’affaire Tailleferre, Quatre opéras bouffes'' ( Germaine Tailleferre), 2015 – DVD : Canopé Édition

* '' Zaïs'' (Rameau), 2015 – CD Aparté * '' Les Indes galantes'' (Rameau), 2015 – DVD : Alpha * '' Alcina'' & '' Tamerlano'' (Handel), 2015 – Web Streaming / 2016 – Blu-ray : Wahoo * ''

Uthal Uthal ( ur, ) is a city of Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Uthal is headquarters of Uthal Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district. Demography The Bela population consists principally of Baloch, followe ...

'' ( Étienne-Nicolas Méhul), 2015 – Web Radio / 2017 – Palazzetto Bru Zan

* '' Armide'' (Lully), 2015 – Aparté * '' Pygmalion'' (Rameau), 2017 – Aparté * '' Alceste'' (Lully), 2017 – Aparté * '' Les Horaces'' (Salieri), 2018 – Aparté * ''

Tarare Tarare is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies on the Turdine river, 28 miles west-northwest of Lyon by rail. History The city was founded at the beginning of the 12th century, as the priory of Tarare by the Savi ...

'' (Salieri), 2019 – Aparté * ''

Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540). The wiktionary:erudite, erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a ...

'' (

Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

), 2019 – Palazzetto Bru Zane * ''

Isis Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic language, Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician language, Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major ancient Egyptian deities, goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughou ...

'' (Lully), 2019 – Aparté * '' La Morte d'Orfeo'' ( Landi), 2020 – DVD : Naxos * ''

Armida Armida is the fictional character of a Saracen sorceress, created by the Italian late Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso. Description In Tasso's epic ''Jerusalem Delivered'' ( it, Gerusalemme liberata, link=no), Rinaldo is a fierce and determi ...

'' (Salieri), 2021 – Aparté

Vocal

Henry Du Mont Henri Dumont (also Henry Du Mont, originally Henry de Thier) (1610 – 8 May 1684) was a baroque composer of the French school, born in the Southern Netherlands. Life Dumont was born to Henry de Thier and Elisabeth Orban in Looz (Borgloon). The ...

, ''Motets en dialogue'', 1992 – Fnac Music / re-release : Virgin Veritas *

Pascal Collasse Pascal Collasse (or Colasse) (22 January 1649 ( baptised) – 17 July 1709) was a French composer of the Baroque era. Born in Rheims, Collasse became a disciple of Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lu ...

, ''Cantiques spirituels de Jean Racine'', 1993 – Fnac Music * François Couperin, ''Motets'', 1993 – Fnac Music *

Daniel Danielis Daniel Danielis (Visé near Liège 1635- Vannes 1696) was a Belgian composer. He studied at Maastricht and was organist at Saint Lambert's Church. Between 1661 and 1681 he served as ''Kapellmeister'' at the court of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. In 1684 he ...

, ''Motets'', 1993 – Koch Schwann * '' Farinelli, Il castrato'',

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(

Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his train ...

, Riccardo Broschi,

Porpora Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included composers ...

Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

, Pergolesi), 1994 – Astrée-Auvidis / Re-release : Naïve * ''Farinelli – A portrait, live in Bergen/Ann Hallenberg'', Haendel Riccardo Broschi, Giacomelli,

, Leonardo Leo 2016 – Aparté *

, ''Motets d’Uppsala'', 1997 – Cyprès * Roberto Scaltriti (bariton) : ''Amadeus & Vienna'' (

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have le ...

, Soler, Cimarosa,

Salieri Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarchy ...

, Giuseppe Gazzaniga,

Sarti The Italian language surname Sarti is derived from the occupation of tailor. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992), Italian Christian Democrat politician * Alessio Sarti (born 1979), Italian football (soccer) goal ...

), 1998 – Decca * Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, ''Stabat Mater – Salve Regina'', 1999 – Decca * Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, ''Stabat Mater'', 2020 - Outhere * François Couperin, ''Leçons de ténèbres, Motets, Magnificat'', 2000 – Decca * Leonardo Leo, ''Miserere – Musique sacrée'', 2002 – Decca *

María Bayo María Josefina Bayo Jiménez (born 28 May 1961 in Fitero) is a Spanish soprano. Bayo studied at the Conservatorio Navarro de Música Pablo Sarasate in Pamplona and the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.The Grove book of opera singers - Page 32 La ...

(soprano) : ''Arias de Zarzuela barroca'' ( José de Nebra, Antonio Rodríguez de Hita,

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), 2003 – Naïve * Sandrine Piau (soprano) : ''Handel Opera seria'', 2004 – Naïve *

, ''Betulia liberata'', 2019 - Aparté * Véronique Gens (soprano) : ''Tragédiennes, de Lully à

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'', 2006 – Virgin * Sandrine Piau : ''Mozart Airs sacrés'', 2006 – DVD : Armide classics *

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(mezzo-soprano) : ''Furore, Handel Opera Arias'' , 2008 – Virgin Classics * Véronique Gens : ''Tragédiennes 2, de

à Berlioz'', 2009 – Virgin Classics * Véronique Gens : ''Tragédiennes 3, Héroïnes romantiques'' ( Méhul, Rodolphe Kreutzer,

, Gossec,

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, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Massenet,

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), 2011 – Virgin Classics * François Couperin, ''Couperin et moi'', 2018 – Aparté *

, ''Ballet royal de la Naissance de Vénus'', 2021 - Aparté

Instrumental

* Jean-Marie Leclair, ''Ouvertures et sonates en trio'', 1993 – Fnac Music * Lully, Campra, Marin Marais, André Cardinal Destouches, Jacques Cordier, ''Musiques à danser à la cour et à l’opéra'', 1995 – Erato *

, ''Ouvertures'', 1997 – Decca * François Couperin, ''Les goûts réunis'', 2001 – Decca *

, ''Six concerts en sextuor'', 2003 – Decca * François Couperin, ''Les Nations'', 2018 – Aparté * François Couperin, ''Couperin et moi'', 2018 – Aparté * François Couperin, ''Concerts Royaux'', 2018 – Aparté

Merits and awards

* 1983—Was awarded first prize at the 7th International Harpsichord Competition at

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* 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

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Classical Awards for his recording of the

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Partitas. * 2004—Received the "médaille de Chevalier dans l'

" 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.

References

External links

* http://www.lestalenslyriques.com/
Interview (French) on Anaclase.com

Interview (in French) on Lully's Roland on Odb-opera.com

Interview (in French) on goldbergweb.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rousset, Christophe 1961 births Living people Musicians from Avignon French harpsichordists French performers of early music French choral conductors French male conductors (music) Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 21st-century French conductors (music) 21st-century French male musicians