Amours de Ronsard

Chansons sur des poèmes de Ronsard

Régnard / Boni / de Monte / Castro
Ensemble Clément Janequin - Dominique Visse
Harmonia Mundi 901491
Harmonia Mundi "musique d'abord" 1951491

Contents:

1. Regnard: Ni nuit ne jour
2. Boni: Rossignol mon mignon
3. Regnard: Dedans ce bois
4. Boni: Las! sans espoir
5. Castro: Je suis tellement langoureux
6. Albert de Rippe Fantaisie II (lute)
7. Regnard: Heureux ennui
8. Monte: Quand de ta levre
9. Castro: Quand je dors
10. Regnard: Contre mon gre
11. Regnard: Mon triste coeur
12. Boni: Ha, bel accueil
13. Castro: Quand tu tournes tes yeux
14. Boni: Comment au departir
15. Regnard: Las, toi qui es de moi
16. Regnard: Bois Janin a moi
17. Monte: Si trop souvent
18. Monte: Le premier jour du mois de mai
19. Castro: De peu de bien

Playing time: 59'

Recording date: September 1993

Excerpts:
[13] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 8016.20 Musique de la Renaissance Music - L'Europe Musicale au XVe et XVIe siècles

This is Ensemble Clément Janequin's second program devoted to settings of Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585). Whereas Anthoine de Bertrand (c.1540-1581) certainly wrote the most famous and voluminous settings, the present program provides an opportunity to hear some of the breadth inherent to the settings of the time. Composers represented are François Regnard, Guillaume Boni, Philippe de Monte and Jean de Castro (c.1540-c.1600). Among this group, only de Monte is a widely regarded composer of the era, although he is best-known for his Italian madrigals rather than his chansons.

A recording devoted specifically to Jean de Castro:

Jean de Castro: Polyphony in a European Perspective

Capilla Flamenca / More Maiorum / Piffaro / Trigon-Project / Wim Diepenhorst - Bart Demuyt
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