Missa Ad Placitum
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CLAUDE LE JEUNE
Missa Ad Placitum
Ensemble Clement Janequin / Dominique Visse, director
[ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 February 2015
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Lejeune represents the archetype of the Renaissance musician. This colourful recording offers an ideal opportunity to take advantage of the most recent discoveries and hear these seting of works by the foremost French poets of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
A native of Valenciennes, the Huguenot Claude Le Jeune had the privilege of ending his life as 'Composer to the Chamber' of Henry IV. This royal recognition crowned the career of one of the great masters of the late French Renaissance. Although he owed a great deal to the Franco-Flemish School, nothing prevented him from developing a truly original style imbued with an astonishing theatrical sense - to the point that certain surprise-effects make him something of a premature Haydn. This quality shows itself in his Catholic works, too, as in this Mass 'ad placitum' (as it pleases), whose title is not the least of its enigmas . . .
This title was released for the first time in 1996.
"There are very few good recordings of music by Claude Le Jeune in the catalogue, so this 1997 recording is welcome back." Early Music Review, February 2015
Tracks:
Missa Ad Placitum
Magnificat, à 4, 5, 6 & 7 voix
