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Missa pro defunctis, I. Introit 04:04
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2.
Missa pro defunctis, II. Kyrie 05:52
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3.
Missa pro defunctis, III. Sequence 04:55
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4.
Missa pro defunctis, IV. Pie Jesus 01:15
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5.
Missa pro defunctis, V. Sanctus 03:14
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Missa pro defunctis, VI. Agnus Dei 03:01
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Missa pro defunctis, VII. Communion 02:07
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8.
Missa pro defunctis, VIII. Respons 10:33
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9.
Lamentations, Lectio I 04:57
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10.
Lamentations, Lectio II 05:23
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11.
Lamentations, Lectio III 05:36
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12.
Salve regina misericordiae 08:12
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This programme focuses on the Missa pro defunctis by the composer Charles d'Argentil. Recorded for the first time here, it is one of only a dozen musical settings of the liturgy of the dead written before 1550 to have survived to this day. Little-known today, Charles d'Argentil, who worked in the prestigious Papal Chapel in Rome, was nevertheless a key figure in the French Renaissance, as well as in the establishment of musical settings of the Requiem for papal ceremonies. His setting sits alongside the three Lamentations du samedi saint by Claudin de Sermisy, composer to the French royal chapel under François I, as well as Jehan Barra's Salve Regina.
The Gilles Binchois ensemble here sheds light on an all-too-often overlooked part of musical history, through the generation that directly followed Josquin des Prés. The art of these three composers, who share a richly sonorous style, a good balance between imitation and homophonic declamation and formal clarity, bears witness to the high level of mastery attained by that productive and talented generation of French composers.

Au centre de ce programme, la Missa pro defunctis du compositeur Charles d’Argentil. Enregistrée pour la première fois, elle fait partie du petit nombre de messes pour les morts antérieures à 1550 conservées. Aujourd’hui méconnu, Charles d’Argentil, passé par la prestigieuse chapelle pontificale à Rome, était pourtant une figure centrale de la Renaissance française, et l’un des artisans de l’établissement des Requiem en musique. Sa mise en musique côtoie les trois Lamentations du samedi saint de Claudin de Sermisy, compositeur à la chapelle royale de France sous François Ier, ainsi que le lumineux Salve Regina de Jehan Barra.
L’ensemble Gilles Binchois met ici la lumière sur un pan trop souvent occulté de l’histoire de la musique, à travers la génération qui suit directement Josquin des Prés. L’art de ces trois compositeurs, mêlant plénitude sonore, équilibre entre imitations et déclamations homophones, et clarté formelle, témoigne de la très haute maîtrise alors atteinte par cette foisonnante et talentueuse génération de compositeurs français.

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released April 26, 2024

ENSEMBLE GILLES BINCHOIS

Dominique Vellard, conductor
Guilhem Terrail, countertenor
David Sagastume, countertenor
Vincent Lièvre-Picard, tenor
Ivo Haun de Oliveira, tenor
Matthieu Romanens, tenor
Dominique Vellard, tenor
Emmanuel Vistorky, bass
Cyril Costanzo, bass

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