Le Concert Spirituel is a French ensemble specialising in works of baroque music, played on period instruments.
The ensemble was founded by Hervé Niquet in 1987,[1] designed to revive the great works of the French repertoire played at the court of Versailles.
[1] Le Concert Spirituel often plays sacred music,[1] and has also performed operas such as Daphnis et Chloé by Boismortier, Rameau's Pygmalion, Purcell's King Arthur and The Indian Queen,[4] and Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Le Concert Spirituel received a 2001 Grammy Award nomination for its recording of Sérénades chez Marie Leczinska by Boismortier.
[11] Its recording of Grétry's Andromaque was awarded a "Chock" by Classica, a Diamant by Opéra Magazine, a Découverte by Diapason and the "Grand Prix du Disque" by the Académie Charles-Cros in 2010.