8CD + Book
Jérôme Lejeune continues his History of Music series with this boxed set devoted to the Renaissance. The next volume in the series after Flemish Polyphony (RIC 102), this set explores the music of the 16th century from Josquin Desprez to Roland de Lassus. After all of the various turnings that music took during the Middle Ages, the music of the Renaissance seems to be a first step towards a common European musical style.
Josquin Desprez’s example was followed by every composer in every part of Europe and in every musical genre, including the Mass setting, the motet and all of the various new types of solo song. Instrumental music was also to develop considerably from the beginning of the 16th century onwards. The musical excerpts that we have chosen include works by the most important composers of France, Italy, Germany, England, Spain and the Netherlands active during the 16th century. This boxed set is released in collaboration with the Château d’Écouen (Musée national de la Renaissance) in connection with the exhibition devoted to Renaissance music that will open there in September 2013.
Artists
Rolf Lislevand (vihuela), Vincent Bouchot (baritone), Frédéric Martin (lira da braccio), Helena Afonso, Cristina Miatello & Marinella Pennichi (sopranos), Sergio Vartolo (harpsichord), Philippe Canguilhelm, Elsa Franck & Alain Sobczak (shawms), Liuwe Tamminga (organ), Hannelore Devaere (harp), Vincent Dumestre & Philippe Malfeyt (lutes), Philippe Pierlot (bass viol), Joris Verdin (organ), Christina Pluhar (harp), Matthias Spaeter (archlute), Jean Ferrard (organ), Imke David (bass viol), Bernard Foccroulle (organ), Siebe Henstra (harpsichord), Jan Van Outryve (lute), Carles Mas (galoubet), Frédéric Martin (violin), Pascale Boquet (lute), Angélique Mauillon (harp)
Vox Luminis, Ensemble Leones, Cappella Pratensis, Ensemble Clément Janequin, Syntagma Amici, Ensemble Daedalus, Capilla Flamenca, Doulce Mémoire, Romanesque, Odhecaton, Ensemble vocal européen
de la Chapelle royale, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, La Fenice, Le Concert Spirituel, Cantus Cölln, Le Miroir de Musique, La Caccia, Ludus Modalis, Huelgas-Ensemble, Ensemble Mare Nostrum, Cappella Amsterdam, Jérôme Lejeune, Lionel Meunier:, Marc Lewon:, Rebecca Stewart:, Dominique Visse, Rebecca Stewart, Lionel Meunier, Roberto Festa, Dirk Snellings, Denis Raisin Dadre, Philippe Malfeyt, Paolo da Col, Philippe Herreweghe, Jean Tubéry, Hervé Niquet, Konrad Junghänel, Bruno Boterf, Paul Van Nevel, Daniel Reuss
