Ensemble Correspondances
France's Ensemble Correspondances and its director, Sébastien Daucé, have created acclaimed recordings and performances that explore the sumptuous French choral repertory of the 17th and 18th centuries. Much of its music is newly unearthed, and the group's appeal lies partly in how it presents fully realized performances of music of which its audiences had previously been completely unaware.
Daucé, the founder and artistic director (a student of Françoise Lengellé and Yves Rechsteiner), met other members of the group when all were studying at the National Conservatory of Lyon, France. The students joined forces in 2009 as Ensemble Correspondances, using their access to libraries to uncover works that, in many cases, had not yet been published and, to quote the group, were "just waiting to be revived by young and passionate musicians."
The ensemble wasted little time in issuing its first album, O Maria, which was devoted to the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Issued by the Belgian label Zig Zag Territoires, the album garnered favorable debut distinctions from such publications as Diapason and Fonoforum. Its sophomore release, L'Archange et le Lys, explored the sacred music of the almost unknown ancien régime composer Antoine Boësset and won similarly positive notices. The group toured Colombia in 2012, and the following year it was signed to Harmonia Mundi; its debut for that label, a recording of Charpentier's Litanies de la Vierge, propelled it to a series of European festival appearances in 2014 and to a second album, Etienne Moulinié: The Meslanges pour la Chapelle d'un Prince. It recorded the Leçons de Ténebres of Michel-Richard de Lalande with soprano Sophie Kärthäuser in 2015; this too was widely hailed as an important act of rediscovery.
Ensemble Correspondances gained French government support in 2016 and released the album O Mysterium, covering motets written by Henry du Mont for Louis XIV. It also issued a holiday album, Pastorale de Noël, featuring Christmas music of Charpentier beyond the usual, well-known examples. The year 2017 saw Ensemble Correspondances make its Asian (Hong Kong) and North American debuts, and its 2018 concert schedule included appearances at churches and halls in Lyon, Arles, Versailles, Katowice, and London.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Michel-Richard de Lalande: Grands Motets, Dies irae, Miserere, Veni creator
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by harmonia mundi on 4 Feb 2022
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Charpentier: Messe à quatre chœurs - Carnets de voyage d'Italie
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 30 Oct 2020
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Charpentier : Histoires sacrées
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Sacred Oratorios - Released by harmonia mundi on 12 Apr 2019
Gramophone: Recording of the Month24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Perpetual Night: 17th Century Airs and Songs
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé, Lucile Richardot
Secular Vocal Music - Released by harmonia mundi on 6 Apr 2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ballet Royal de la Nuit
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 26 Oct 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Locke: Psyche
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Opera - Released by harmonia mundi on 23 Sep 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Les Plaisirs du Louvre. Airs pour la Chambre de Louis XIII
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 20 Mar 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Le Concert royal de la Nuit
Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 3 Sep 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Charpentier: Litanies de la Vierge, Motets pour la maison de Guise
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 26 Aug 2012
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Charpentier : O Maria ! Psaumes et Motets
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Classical - Released by Zig-Zag Territoires on 1 Jun 2010
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La descente d'Orphée aux enfers
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Opera - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 Aug 2017
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Antoine Boesset : Messe & motets (L'Archange & le Lys)
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Classical - Released by Zig-Zag Territoires on 29 Sep 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Septem Verba & Membra Jesu Nostri
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Cantatas (sacred) - Released by harmonia mundi on 26 Mar 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Henry du Mont: O mysterium
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by harmonia mundi on 29 Apr 2016
4F de TéléramaChoc de Classica5 de Diapason24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Charpentier: Pastorale de Noël – Grandes Antiennes O de l’Avent
Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 29 Oct 2016
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo