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This little-heralded release from France's consistently inventive Alpha label offers a window onto a fascinating, little-heard repertory of the French Renaissance, itself underrepresented as a whole on recordings in comparison with Netherlandish and Italian varieties. It's a Christmas album, and its booklet takes as a point of departure a quotation from poet Barthélemy Aneau about families who would "innocently pass the time in joyous Christmas carols" on long winter evenings instead of with "lascivious songs." Some of the carols, by Claudin de Sermisy and a variety of lesser-known composers, have links to those lascivious songs; do not fail to check out Clément Janequin's Il estoyt une fillette (There was a maid, track 6) with its delightful religious adaptation of what must originally have been a pretty raunchy text. On the other hand, the program sets these semi-popular pieces against the more elevated language of the Catholic mass, represented by parts of Jacques Arcadelt's Missa Noe noe, whose motet model by Jean Mouton is also present. The troped Kyrie of this mass, recapitulating the story of Christ's birth, is intriguing, as are the topical references (check out O gras tondus, the spoken attack on corrupt monks, track 16) and the colloquial variants of French along the way. The overall effect of the program is medieval, with different moods and social layers coexisting. Dominique Visse and his Ensemble Clément Janequin, augmented by the Trio Musica Humana, match this with just slightly rough singing that puts across the flavor of the texts beautifully. This may seem a rather specialized release, but it is of interest to anyone who likes the music of the 16th century.
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Conditor alme syderum (Anonyme)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Conditor le jour de Noel (Anonyme)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Fantaisie IV sur Conditor alme syderum (Eustache Du Caurroy)
Yoann Moulin, Performer - Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Illuminare, illuminare Jerusalem - Noe, noe, noe (Jean Mouton)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Jean Mouton, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Missa Noe noe (Jacques Arcadelt)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Jacques Arcadelt, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Il estoit une fillette (Clement Janequin)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Clement Janequin, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Plaisir n'ay plus que vivre en desconfort (Anonyme)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Christian Hollander, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Dison nau a pleine teste (Claudin De Sermizy)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Claudin de Sermisy, Composer - Laurent Roux, Lyricist
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Au joly boys (Claudin De Sermizy)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Claudin de Sermisy, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Fantasie en cinq parts sur Une jeune Fillette (Eustache Du Caurroy)
Yoann Moulin, Performer - Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
O beata infantia (Loyset Pieton)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Loyset Pieton, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Fantasie en cinq parts sur Une jeune Fillette (Eustache Du Caurroy)
Yoann Moulin, Performer - Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Une jeune pucelle (Eustache Du Caurroy)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Allon, gay, gay, gay bergeres (Let Us Go, Merry Sheperdesses) (Guillaume Costeley)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Guillaume Costeley, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
L'on sonne une cloche (Claudin De Sermizy)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Claudin de Sermisy, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
O gras tondus (Anonyme)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Vous perdez temps heretiques infames (Claudin De Sermizy)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Claudin de Sermisy, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Esprits divins (Claude Goudimel)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Anonymous, Lyricist - Claude Goudimel, Composer
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Missa Noe noe (Jacques Arcadelt)
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Ensemble - Trio Musica Humana, Ensemble - Jacques Arcadelt, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
Album review
This little-heralded release from France's consistently inventive Alpha label offers a window onto a fascinating, little-heard repertory of the French Renaissance, itself underrepresented as a whole on recordings in comparison with Netherlandish and Italian varieties. It's a Christmas album, and its booklet takes as a point of departure a quotation from poet Barthélemy Aneau about families who would "innocently pass the time in joyous Christmas carols" on long winter evenings instead of with "lascivious songs." Some of the carols, by Claudin de Sermisy and a variety of lesser-known composers, have links to those lascivious songs; do not fail to check out Clément Janequin's Il estoyt une fillette (There was a maid, track 6) with its delightful religious adaptation of what must originally have been a pretty raunchy text. On the other hand, the program sets these semi-popular pieces against the more elevated language of the Catholic mass, represented by parts of Jacques Arcadelt's Missa Noe noe, whose motet model by Jean Mouton is also present. The troped Kyrie of this mass, recapitulating the story of Christ's birth, is intriguing, as are the topical references (check out O gras tondus, the spoken attack on corrupt monks, track 16) and the colloquial variants of French along the way. The overall effect of the program is medieval, with different moods and social layers coexisting. Dominique Visse and his Ensemble Clément Janequin, augmented by the Trio Musica Humana, match this with just slightly rough singing that puts across the flavor of the texts beautifully. This may seem a rather specialized release, but it is of interest to anyone who likes the music of the 16th century.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:23
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Dominique Visse Trio Musica Humana Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
2014 Alpha Productions 2013 Satirino & Alpha Productions
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