Alla Francesca Discography
Alla Francesca was founded in 1989, by members of
Ensemble Gilles Binchois. The central
members of Alla Francesca are Brigitte Lesne (voice, harp), Emmanuel
Bonnardot (voice, fiddle) and Pierre Hamon (winds), and each of
the three continues to perform with Ensemble Gilles Binchois as
well as their own projects. Lesne directs the female vocal ensemble
Discantus, Bonnardot directs the vocal ensemble Obsidienne, while
Hamon works as a recorder soloist in a broad range of repertory.
As of 2002, Alla Francesca is directed by Hamon alone.
Alla Francesca focuses on the music of the thirteenth, fourteenth,
and fifteenth centuries, and works closely with the Center for
Medieval Music in Paris. To date, it has recorded exclusively for
the Opus 111 label.
Quoting the group's liner note biography: Their repertoire
ranges from the art of the troubadours at the end of the eleventh
century to the sumptuous polyphonic works of the fifteenth. They
perform by turns as soloists and accompanists, recreating all the
diversity of this music and offering lively new readings of the
different manuscript sources. In the framework of the Centre de
Musique Médiévale de Paris, and through their teaching
activities there, the members of the ensemble examine these sources
in the light of research carried out by musicologists and
themselves.
Contact information:
47 rue Bobillot
75013 Paris France
Tel.: 33 (0) 1 45 80 74 49
Fax: 33 (0) 1 45 81 15 14
Email:
allafrancesca@wanadoo.fr
Recordings, listed chronologically by recording date:
- Francesco Landini and Italian Ars Nova
- Alla Francesca
Opus 111 60-9206
- Ciconia: Motets, Virelais, Ballate, Madrigals
- Alla Francesca & Alta
Opus 111 30-101
- Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
- w/ Cantigas de Santa Maria
Alla Francesca
Opus 111 30-131
- Gautier de Coincy
- Les Miracles de Nostre-Dame
Alla Francesca
Opus 111 30-146
- Richard Coeur de Lion
- Troubadours et trouvères
Alla Francesca
Opus 111 30-170
- Beauté parfaite
- L'Automne du Moyen Age - Chansons des XIVe et XVe siècles
Alla Francesca
Opus 111 30-173
- Armes, Amours
- Alla Francesca / Alta
Opus 111 30-221
- D'amours loial servant
- Chansons d'amour françaises et italiennes des XIVe et
XVe siècles
Gérard Lesne / Alla Francesca
Virgin Veritas 45357
- Le Roman de la Rose
- Alla Francesca
Opus 111 30-303
- Cantigas de Santa Maria
- Alla Francesca
Opus 111 30-308
- Sur la terre comme au ciel
- Un jardin au Moyen-Âge
Discantus - Brigitte Lesne / Alla Francesca - Pierre Hamon
Jade 198 796
- Istanpitta
- Musiques de fête à la cour des Visconti en Italie
à la fin du XIVe siècle
Pierre Hamon / Carlo Rizzo / Alla Francesca
Opus 111 30-325
- Tristan et Yseut
- Mélodies celtiques, France 13e siècle
Alla Francesca - Brigitte Lesne & Pierre Hamon
Zig-Zag Territoires 051002
- Mediterranea
- Alla francesca
Zig-Zag Territoires 090402
- Thibaut de Champagne
- Le Chansonnier du Roi
Alla Francesca - Brigitte Lesne
Aeon 1221
- Trobar & Joglar
- Alla Francesca
Agogique 017
- Juifs et Trouvères
- Chansons juives du XIIIè siècle en ancien
français et hébreu
Alla Francesca
Buda Musique 860261
- Variations amoureuses
- French love Songs from the 13th Century
Alla Francesca - Brigitte Lesne
Paraty 220 190
Early solo recordings by the principal performers....
- Lucente Stella
- Moyen Age - XXe siècle
Pierre Hamon
Opus 111 30-122
- Ave Eva
- Chansons de femmes, XIIe et XIIIe siècles
Brigitte Lesne
Opus 111 30-134
- Machaut: Ay mi!
- Lais et virelais
Emmanuel Bonnardot
Opus 111 30-171
For discographies of Discantus
and Obsidienne, see the respective
recording links which indicate this information.
And another closely related release:
- Le Chansonnier de Bayeux
- French Songs from the Early Renaissance
Brigitte Lesne & Pierre Boragno
Paraty 221 290
To Early Music FAQ
Todd M. McComb