Artist
Herve Niquet
Personb. 1957 · Flixecourt, France, France
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Bio
Hervé Niquet is a French conductor, harpsichordist, tenor, and musicologist specializing in Baroque, Renaissance, and early music. Born in Flixecourt in 1957, he founded Le Concert Spirituel in 1987, an ensemble dedicated to rediscovering and performing French sacred music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Niquet is also known for his work with other period-instrument groups and for his contributions to the revival of French grand motets and operas.
Popular tracks
- 11:14
Iphigénie en Tauride, Act II, Scene 3: 1er et 2ème menuets
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- 21:54
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. II, "Exodus": No. 8, Chorus. He Sent a Thick Darkness
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- 33:15
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: No. 44, Chorus. "Hallelujah"
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- 43:00
Requiem, Op. 48: III. Sanctus
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- 53:44
Troisieme Sonate En Sol Majeur, Op. 91: I. Rondeau
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- 61:29
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Symphony
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- 72:15
I. Overture: Adagio -
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- 82:32
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III Scene 2: What power art thou, who from below, hast made me rise (Genius)
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- 93:10
Richard Cœur de lion, Acte I: Richard Cœur de Lion, Act I Scenes 2 and 3: Air. Ô Richard, Ô mon Roi ! (Blondel, Williams, Guillot)
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- 102:53
Messe de Clovis: I. Kyrie
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- 114:56
Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
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- 125:37
Requiem, Op. 48: I. Introït & Kyrie
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Albums
Desmarest & Campra: Iphigénie en Tauride
Album · 2025
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Album · 2025
Fauré: Requiem - Gounod: Messe de Clovis
Album · 2024
Handel: Messiah 1754
Album · 2017
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Purcell, H.: King Arthur [Opera]
Album · 2004
Grétry: Richard Cœur de Lion
Album · 2020
Debussy: Music for the Prix de Rome
Album · 2010
Gluck: Echo & Narcisse
Album · 2023
Handel: Coronation Anthems
Album · 2022
French Music On Two Harpsichords
Album · 2000
Desmarets, H.: Grand Motets, Vol. 2 - De Profundis (Le Concert Spirituel)
Album · 2005
Boismortier: Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse
Album · 2020