Psaumes et Chansons de la Réforme
After a recording hiatus of nearly two years, the Ensemble Clement Janequin returns in style, and with something a little different
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Composer or Director: Eustache Du Caurroy, Claude Le Jeune, Louis Bourgeois, Paschal de L'Estocart, Clément Janequin, Benedictus Appenzeller, Orlande de Lassus, Claudin de Sermisy, Nicolas Vallet, Claude Goudimel, Pierre Certon
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 7/2000
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 79
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: HMC90 1672
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Psalms, Movement: Psalm 33 |
Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer |
| Psalms, Movement: Psalm 137 |
Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer |
| Du fond de ma pensée (Psalm 130) |
Benedictus Appenzeller, Composer
Benedictus Appenzeller, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Onse Vader ins Hemelryck |
Nicolas Vallet, Composer
Eric Bellocq, Lute Nicolas Vallet, Composer |
| Psalms, Movement: Psalm 40 |
Claude Goudimel, Composer
Claude Goudimel, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Psalms, Movement: Psalm 10 (Dont vient cela) |
Clément Janequin, Composer
Clément Janequin, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Psalms, Movement: Psalm 11 (Veu que du tout) |
Clément Janequin, Composer
Clément Janequin, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Psalms, Movement: Psalm 13 (Jusques à quand) |
Clément Janequin, Composer
Clément Janequin, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Psalms, Movement: Psalm 23 (Mon Dieu me paist) |
Clément Janequin, Composer
Clément Janequin, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| O bienheureux celuy (Psalm 32) |
Pierre Certon, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Pierre Certon, Composer |
| Psalm 19 Las, en ta fureur aigue |
Louis Bourgeois, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Louis Bourgeois, Composer |
| Quand mon mari s'en va dehors |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Orlande de Lassus, Composer |
| J'ayme mon Dieu |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Orlande de Lassus, Composer |
| Fuyons des vices le jeu |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Orlande de Lassus, Composer |
| Tant que vivray en eage florissant |
Claudin de Sermisy, Composer
Claudin de Sermisy, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Dix-huitième fantaisie sur Que n'ay-je des ailes |
Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer
Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer Jean-Marc Aymes, Organ |
| Du fons de ma pensée (Psalm 130) |
Claude Le Jeune, Composer
Claude Le Jeune, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| O Dieu, je n'ay Dieu fors que toy (Psalm 63) |
Claude Le Jeune, Composer
Claude Le Jeune, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Hélas mon Dieu |
Claude Le Jeune, Composer
Claude Le Jeune, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Vingtième Fantaisie sur le Psalm 26 |
Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer
Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer Jean-Marc Aymes, Organ |
| A tons bras droit (Psalm 110, Verse 5) |
Nicolas Vallet, Composer
Eric Bellocq, Lute Nicolas Vallet, Composer |
| Dix-septième Fantaisie |
Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer
Eric Bellocq, Lute Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer Jean-Marc Aymes, Organ |
| Octonaires de la vanité et inconstance du monde, Movement: Ambition, volupté |
Claude Le Jeune, Composer
Claude Le Jeune, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Octonaires de la vanité et inconstance du monde, Movement: Orfevre taille moy une boule |
Claude Le Jeune, Composer
Claude Le Jeune, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Octonaires de la vanité et inconstance du monde, Movement: Ce Mond'est un pèlerinage |
Claude Le Jeune, Composer
Claude Le Jeune, Composer Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin |
| Octonaires de la vanité du Monde, Movement: Je vis un jour |
Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer |
| Octonaires de la vanité du Monde, Movement: Celuy qui pense pouvoir |
Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer |
| Octonaires de la vanité du Monde, Movement: Où est la mort? |
Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer
Dominique Visse, Alto Ensemble Clément Janequin Paschal de L'Estocart, Composer |
Author: Fabrice Fitch
The French Reformation yielded a large, distinguished and (most of all) varied body of music to suit the new requirements of the Protestant faith, ranging from simple, chorale-like Psalm settings (in Clement Marot’s beautiful translations into the vernacular) to more complex polyphony setting moralising texts. It also takes in well-known secular songs whose texts have been suitably adapted to suit a sacred purpose. (The juxtaposition of the old and new versions is particularly amusing, since the ensemble has already recorded most of those chosen here using original texts: so, for instance, Lassus’s Quant mon mari vient de dehors becomes Quant mon mari s’en va dehors, and the unhappily married young woman is transformed into a devoted and devout housewife.)
It is good that an ensemble of this calibre takes up the cause of this music, so much of it very fine, but which is all too often identified solely with its provenance. The Janequins sing with a fervour and seriousness that may surprise those who associate them with their more theatrical or scurrilous repertories; and it goes without saying that enacting the text remains a central concern. As so often on the group’s most recent recordings, the contribution of the instrumentalists (though more understated than on their previous, Gramophone Award-winning disc of Spanish secular music – Harmonia Mundi, 4/98) is telling and effective, their solo interventions cleansing the ear with welcome regularity.
That brings me to another striking aspect of this disc, the effectiveness of its programming: clearly sectionalised yet varied, generous yet well balanced, it seldom allows the attention to flag (though a couple of the settings of the humourless, heavy-handed Octonaires de la vanite du monde seem to lack the impetus so richly in evidence elsewhere). One gets the impression that only lack of space prevented Visse from mining the repertory further still: at 79 minutes, this is indeed a generous offering, and not to be missed. My one quibble concerns the translations of the texts, so important as an aid to understanding but which often seem here to miss the point entirely (Fuyons des vices le jeu, for example, has nothing to do with gambling). This is one area where Harmonia Mundi would do well to raise its standards.'
It is good that an ensemble of this calibre takes up the cause of this music, so much of it very fine, but which is all too often identified solely with its provenance. The Janequins sing with a fervour and seriousness that may surprise those who associate them with their more theatrical or scurrilous repertories; and it goes without saying that enacting the text remains a central concern. As so often on the group’s most recent recordings, the contribution of the instrumentalists (though more understated than on their previous, Gramophone Award-winning disc of Spanish secular music – Harmonia Mundi, 4/98) is telling and effective, their solo interventions cleansing the ear with welcome regularity.
That brings me to another striking aspect of this disc, the effectiveness of its programming: clearly sectionalised yet varied, generous yet well balanced, it seldom allows the attention to flag (though a couple of the settings of the humourless, heavy-handed Octonaires de la vanite du monde seem to lack the impetus so richly in evidence elsewhere). One gets the impression that only lack of space prevented Visse from mining the repertory further still: at 79 minutes, this is indeed a generous offering, and not to be missed. My one quibble concerns the translations of the texts, so important as an aid to understanding but which often seem here to miss the point entirely (Fuyons des vices le jeu, for example, has nothing to do with gambling). This is one area where Harmonia Mundi would do well to raise its standards.'
Psaumes et Chansons de la Réforme
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