Pierre CERTON : Missa Ave Sanctissima Maria
Ensemble Vox Cantoris
Vox Cantoris ensemble,
Jean-Christophe Candau
“CD of the month” Radio Notre-Dame, February 2011
Pierre Certon (1510-1572), known principally for his courtly songs, was above all choirmaster at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. Thus he composed, c.1540, this magnificent, previously unrecorded four-voice Mass dedicated to the Virgin, a veritable masterpiece of sacred music from the French Renaissance.
The VOX CANTORIS ensemble brings this repertoire back to life by reconstructing for us a complete celebration from that era, alternating plainchant and polyphony.
1 - Motet Ave Sanctissima Maria 2'56
2 - Introït Suscepimus 6'47
3 - Kyrie 7'04
4 - Gloria 6'12
5 - Alleluia 4'49
6 - Séquence 3'427 - Credo 11'04
8 - Offertoire Diffusa est 3'41
9 - Dialogue de la Préface - Préface 3'33
10 - Sanctus 6'32
11 - Elévation O Salutaris hostia 3'32
12 - Agnus Dei 6'01
13 - Communion Responsum 1'31
14 - Ite missa est 1'17
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• “An original masterpiece of sacred music during the Renaissance. A beautiful execution." Claude Ollivier, Radio Notre-Dame, February 2011.
• “In this program inspired from the festivity of the Purification of Virgin Mary, the very slow, solemn, peculiar reading of the plain-chant, is a beautiful precious casket to Certon’s chiselled counterpoint.” David Fiala, Diapason, May 2011.
Reference
PSAL011