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William Christie
real name William Lincoln Christie
William Christie is credited on 672 releases across 134 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
672
Credits
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Albums
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Decades active
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In collections
Biography
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French harpsichordist and conductor (born American on December 19, 1944 in Buffalo, NY).
Between 1971 and 1975, he was a member. He joined René Jacobs' Concerto Vocale in 1976, playing the harpsichord and organ for the group until 1980. In 1979, he formed the ensemble Les Arts Florissants, with whom he devoted himself to rediscovering the French, Italian and English repertory of the 17th and 18th centuries, specializing in the French baroque repertoire (Marc Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Jean-Baptiste Lully et al).
In 1982, he became the first American to be appointed professor at the, where he was placed in charge of the early music course.
In January 1993, he was appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
672 releases · 134 albums · active 1971–2025
- Performance · 795
- Other credits · 203
- Production · 3
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Salle Berthier, Paris · Salle Wagram, Paris · Studio 103 · Eglise Saint-Martin-du-Méjan, Arles
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Charpentier
- Handel
- Rameau
- Monteverdi
- Purcell
- Mozart
- Luigi Rossi
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