Ensemble Clément Janequin
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Biography
The Ensemble Clément Janequin is a French early music ensemble founded in 1978 and specializing in the chansons of the Renaissance and early Baroque.
The founder, and leader, is the countertenor Dominique Visse. The group has recorded almost exclusively for the Harmonia Mundi label of the late Bernard Coutaz since its inception. An early line up of the Ensemble in 1985, for the Meslanges recording, included Josep Cabré (Baritone), Philippe Cantor (Baritone), Michel Laplénie (Tenor), Gérard Lesne (Haute Contre), Agnès Mellon (Soprano), Antoine Sicot (Bass) and direction Dominique Visse. Cabré, Laplénie, and Lesne all subsequently founded their own ensembles, as well as Bruno Boterf (tenor) who was a member of the Ensemble from 1987 to 2007 before founding his own vocal ensemble, Ludus Modalis. The ensemble has recorded very little modern music but in 2009 recorded a selection of 19th-century and modern compositions extending the tradition of the renaissance genre of Les Cris de Paris entitled L'écrit du Cri. This collection featured Jean-Georges Kastner (1810â1867), Alfred Roland (fl. 1840), Alfred Lebeau (1835â1906), Louis-Ãdouard Deransart (d.1905), Vincent Scotto (1876â1952) and several living French and Belgian composers; Claude Ledoux, Bruno Ducol (b. 1949), Vincent Bouchot (b. 1966), Régis Campo (b. 1968).
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- Meslanges, Livre 2 - Chansons à six: No. 1, Je boys à toy mon compagnon (Preceded by a Recitation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais - Ep. 1, "La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua") by Les Sacqueboutiers
- Hau hau hau le boys, à 4 (Preceded by a Recitation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais - Ep. 3, "Comment Gargantua nasquit en façon bien étrange") by Les Sacqueboutiers
- La nuict froide et sombre, LV 578, Ã 4 (Preceded by a Recitation of "La nuit froide et sombre" by Joachim du Bellay)
- Grosse garce noire et tendre (Preceded by a Recitation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais - Ep. 5, "Comment Grandgousier connut l'esprit merveilleux de Gargantua") by Les Sacqueboutiers
- Lucescit jam o socii, LV 759, Ã 4 (Preceded by a Recitation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais - Ep. 6, "Les propos des bien yvres") by Les Sacqueboutiers
- Je vis, je meurs (Preceded by a Recitation of "Je vis, je meurs" by Louise Labé) by Les Sacqueboutiers
- La chasse, Ã 4 "Gentilz veneurs allez en queste au buysson ... Sur tous soulas, plaisir et lyesse" (Second Part Preceded by a Recitation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais - Ep. 7, "Comment Gargantua et se... by Les Sacqueboutiers
- Le content est riche en ce monde, à 4 (Preceded by a Recitation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais - Ep. 9, "Comment Gargantua, récompensa les victeurs après la bataille")
- Nous sommes de l'ordre de Saint Babouin, à 4 (Preceded by a Recitation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais - Ep. 10, "Comment estoient réglez les Thélémites") by Les Sacqueboutiers
- La guerre, à 4, "La bataille de Marignan": "Escoutez tous gentils gaulois" (Preceded by a Recitation of "Adieu aux Dames de la cour" by Clément Marot) by Les Sacqueboutiers
- La guerre, Ã 4, "La bataille de Marignan": "Fan fan. Frere le le lan fan fan" (Preceded by a Recitation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais - Ep. 8, "Comment un moine de seuille saulva le cloz de l'abbaye") by Les Sacqueboutiers
