Le chant des oyseaulx

by Cl茅ment Janequin / Ensemble Cl茅ment Janequin

Le chant des oyseaulx cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • Country: France
  • Length: 44:39
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A meticulous historical recreation of 16th-century secular polyphony, celebrating the intricate, often highly playful vocal interplay of the French Renaissance. The recording highlights the composer's famed use of vocal onomatopoeia to mimic bird calls and bustling street life with astonishing precision.

Genres

Descriptors: choral, a-cappella, vocal, polyphonic, French language

Tracklist

  1. Le Chant Des Oyseaulx (5:20)
  2. Toutes Les Nuictz (2:00)
  3. J'atens Le Temps (1:45)
  4. Il Estoit Une Fillette (1:10)
  5. Las On Peult Juger (4:12)
  6. Ung Jour Colin (0:50)
  7. O Doulx Regard, O Parler (2:57)
  8. Le Chant De L'alouette (2:36)
  9. Quand Contrmont Verras (1:35)
  10. Hellas Mon Dieu Ton Ire (2:32)
  11. Ma Peine N'est Pas Grande (2:38)
  12. O Mal D'aymer (2:38)
  13. Herbes Et Fleurs (1:31)
  14. L'aveugl茅 Dieu (2:36)
  15. A Ce Joly Moys De May (1:20)
  16. Assouvy Suis (1:56)
  17. Quelqu'un Me Disoit L'aultre Jour (2:20)
  18. M'y Levay Ung Matin (1:10)
  19. M'Amye A Eu De Dieu (1:38)
  20. Le Chant Du Rossignol (1:55)

Credits

  • Cl茅ment Janequin - primary artist, composed by
  • Ensemble Cl茅ment Janequin - primary artist, ensemble
  • Philippe Cantor - baritone vocals
  • Antoine Sicot - bass vocals
  • Dominique Visse - countertenor vocals
  • Roelant Savery - illustration
  • Claude Deb么ves - lute
  • Michel Lapl茅nie - tenor vocals

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