Ensemble Gilles Binchois
As with so many of the best early music ensembles performing today, the musical performances of the Ensemble Gilles Binchois have been inextricably linked with profound musical scholarship and with the leadership of a single powerful personality. For the Ensemble Gilles Binchois, this personality remains its founder and director, Dominique Vellard.
Vellard and some of his close colleagues founded the Ensemble Gilles Binchois in 1978, taking clear positions from the outset that it would perform from original notation and make every effort through its performances to foster a more profound understanding of the structure and function of its music. The ensemble changes its personnel depending upon the repertory: from a handful of male voices for plainchant or early polyphony, to a few mixed singers for chansons, to adding festive instruments for splashier works. One of the most distinctive features of the group's performing style is its thoughtful consideration of, and experimentation with, the ways that indigenous oral traditions might have impacted a more "formal" singing style. Though the Ensemble Gilles Binchois began its career focusing on French music and has most frequently brought out earlier French repertory, the expansion of its personnel to include specialists from other countries has helped them branch out geographically. It regularly performs throughout Europe and has toured throughout the Americas and Asia.
The Ensemble Gilles Binchois has been rewarded with the support of a large number of French governmental institutions, including the enthusiastic support of the Musical Affairs Department of the French Ministry of Culture. It retains a relationship with the Center for Medieval Music in Paris, France, as many of the group's performers have taught or studied there. In addition, the ensemble has profited from close collaboration with some of Europe's leading musicologists: Marie-Noël Colette in Paris, and Karen Smith and Wulf Arlt in Basel.
The Ensemble Gilles Binchois has released more than 40 recordings across labels such as Cantus, Virgin Classics, Ambroisie, and Glossa. In 2019, under Vellard, it released the album Messes de Barcelone et d'Apt on the Evidence label.
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Polyphonies oubliées. Faux-bourdons (XVIe-XIXe s.)
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, La Maîtrise de Toulouse, Dominique Vellard
Sacred Vocal Music - Lançado por Aparté em 01/12/2014
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Dufay: Le Prince d'amours
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Music by vocal ensembles - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 20/08/2021
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Fons luminis: Codex Las Huelgas (Sacred Vocal Music from the 13th Century)
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 01/06/2018
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Liszt: Septem Sacramenta
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard, Chœur Altitude
Sacred Vocal Music - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 29/04/2022
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Isaac: Missa Virgo Prudentissima
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 01/04/2016
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Claude Le Jeune: Le Printemps
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Music by vocal ensembles - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 24/04/2020
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1160-1245 Pérotin et l'école de Notre Dame
Classical - Lançado por Ambroisie em 15/03/2004
A discografia ideal da QobuzQualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Messes de Barcelone et d'Apt
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 24/05/2019
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Voix du Ciel: Polyphonies médiévales et chants sacrés
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Music by vocal ensembles - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 06/12/2019
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Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame
Ensemble Gilles Binchois|Dominique Vellard
Classical - Lançado por Cantus Records em 16/10/1999
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Le chant des cathédrales
Ensemble Gilles Binchois|Dominique Vellard
Classical - Lançado por Cantus Records em 21/10/2003
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Nicolas de Grigny, Nicolas Lebègue: Écrire le temps
Nicolas Bucher, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Classical - Lançado por HORTUS em 20/03/2020
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Haydn, Vellard: The Seven Last Words
Quatuor Debussy, Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Quartets - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 09/07/2021
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Music and Poetry in St Gallen: Sequences and Tropes (9th Century) (Anonymous - Notker)
Classical - Lançado por Glossa em 01/07/2010
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Vellard: Cantica Sacra
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Music by vocal ensembles - Lançado por Evidence (LTR) em 10/03/2015
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Songs of the Renaissance: France/Spain
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 07/02/2005
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Canto gregoriano, les tons de la musique
Ensemble Gilles Binchois|Dominique Vellard
Classical - Lançado por Cantus Records em 01/01/2003
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Gilles Binchois - Chansons
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 02/02/1998
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Machaut: Le vray remède d'amour
Ensemble Gilles Binchois|Dominique Vellard
Classical - Lançado por Cantus Records em 01/10/1991
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Early French Polyphony
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 06/08/2001
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L'Amor de Lonh: Medieval Songs of Love and Loss (Traditional - Jaufre Rudel - Anonymous)
Classical - Lançado por Glossa em 20/09/2010
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