Il Seminario Musicale

Il Seminario Musicale is a baroque music ensemble founded in 1985 by the French countertenor Gérard Lesne, who is also its artistic director. Since 1990, the group has been resident of the Fondation de l'abbaye de Royaumont, thirty kilometres north of Paris. Their repertoire centers around 17th- and 18th-century Italian and French music, including that of Monteverdi, Cavalli, Vivaldi, Couperin and Charpentier. Past and current members of the ensemble include Marc Minkowski, Fabio Biondi, Blandine Rannou, Bruno Cocset, Patrick Cohën-Akenine, Florence Malgoire, Benjamin Perrot, Anne-Marie Lasla and Violaine Cochard. Il Seminario Musicale has released almost 30 recordings with EMI-Virgin Classics and Naïve. Amongst the prizes they have received are the French "Diapason d'or" and the "Victoires de la Musique". The ensemble is supported by French Ministry of Culture and Communication, DRAC Ile-de-France, and the Conseil Général du Val d’Oise.

"Baroque Maestros" - Bach Vivaldi & Handel - 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Zen Classics - Relaxing Music - 2025-07-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Contemplation - 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000000Z

"A Classical Concert": Baroque Composers - 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Baroque Treasures - Hallelujah - 2025-03-19T00:00:00.000000Z

10 Great Composers: Baroque Masters - 2024-11-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Peaceful Rest (Forever) - 2024-11-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Classical Easter - 2024-03-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Klassische Musik zur Beerdigung - Beerdigungsmusik - 2024-02-23T00:00:00.000000Z

A Classical Coronation. Music for a Royal Celebration - 2023-05-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Famous Male Opera Pieces - 2022-04-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Work - Schumann - 2021-01-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Best of Vivaldi - 2020-07-10T00:00:00.000000Z

100 Best Relaxing Classics - 2019-04-05T00:00:00.000000Z

55 Italian Classical Hits - 2017-05-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Meditation Music: Meditative Music Across Ten Centuries - 2016-03-30T00:00:00.000000Z

100 Best Classical Composers - 2012-10-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Baroque Treasures - 2012-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Great Opera Duets - 2011-06-27T00:00:00.000000Z

50 Best Handel - 2011-04-04T00:00:00.000000Z

50 Best Adagios - 2010-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Pergolese - Stabat Mater, Salve Regina - 2009-09-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Les musiques de Louis XIV, Vol. 1 - Du salon à l'église - 2009-07-13T00:00:00.000000Z

100 Best Adagio Voices - 2009-04-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor - 2008-11-28T00:00:00.000000Z

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