Playing time: 61' 45"
Performers:
A Sei Voci [Raoul Le Chenadec (countertenor), Thierry Bréhu
(tenor), Éric Gruchet (tenor), James Gowings (baritone),
Didier Bolay (bass)], Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris [William
Anger (treble), Ambroise Audoin-Rouseau (treble), Raphaël
Audoin-Rouseau (treble), Benjamin Limonet (treble), Raphaël
Mas (treble), François-Xavier Casadavant (treble), Aïno
Lund (soprano), Marie-Pierre Wattiez (soprano), Valérie Rio
(soprano), Cyprile Meier (soprano), Mathilde Ambrois (soprano),
Andrès Rojas Urrego (alto), Cécile Pilorger (alto),
Hélène Bordes (alto) Pascal Lefebvre (tenor), Christophe
Poncet (tenor), Marc Manodritta (tenor), Nicolas Maire (tenor),
Éric Lavoipierre (bass), Robert Labrosse (bass), Emmanuel
Bouquey (bass), Emmanuel Vistorky (bass), Serge Schoonbroodt (bass)],
Les Saqueboutiers de Toulouse [Jean-Pierre Canihac (cornett), Daniel
Lassalle (sackbut), Stefan Legée (sackbut), Thierry Durant
(bass sackbut), Gisèle David (percussions)], Ensemble
Labyrinthes [Sabine Weil (alto bombarde), Pierre-Marie Chemla (alto
& tenor bombarde), Philippe Canguilhem (tenor bombarde), Alain
Sobczak (bass bombarde)], Yasuko Bouvard (organ) - Bernard
Fabre-Garrus, dir.
Recording site and date:
Église du Saint Sépulchre, Abbeville, France [09/1996]
Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 437-72 (may 1997)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 75/893-126 (october 1997)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 21/1-209 (september/october 1997)
Comments:
When you listen to this version, it becomes rapidly quite obvious
that it is totally different from the previous New
London Choir or Hilliard Ensemble.
In those you get a feeling of intimacy and spirituality, in this
version a feeling of grandeur and solemnity and the number of
performers is impressive. Which performance is the best?, as you
wish, each one is superb.
Note that the Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria recorded here is a 12-part version of Josquin's 5-part original, and is attributed to Josquin in one source.
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Pierre-F. Roberge