Les Messes retrouvées de Jehan Titelouze, Vol. 2 Ensemble Les Meslanges, François Ménissier, Thomas Van Essen & Volny Hostiou

• Jehan Titelouze (1563 - 1633): Missa Sex Vocum Simplici Corde:
• 1 Missa Sex Vocum Simplici Corde: I. Kyrie (Bonus Track) 02:37
• 2 Missa Sex Vocum Simplici Corde: II. Gloria 03:10
• 3 Missa Sex Vocum Simplici Corde: III. Credo 06:15
• 4 Missa Sex Vocum Simplici Corde: IV. Sanctus 02:04
• 5 Missa Sex Vocum Simplici Corde: V. Agnus Dei 01:37
• Jehan Titelouze:
• 6 Magnificat Quinti Toni: I. Magnificat anima mea dominum 01:29
• Jean de Bournonville (1585 - 1632):
• 7 Magnificat Quinti Toni: II. Et exultavit spiritus meus 00:46
• Jehan Titelouze:
• 8 Magnificat Quinti Toni: III. Quia respexit humilitatem 01:17
• Jean de Bournonville:
• 9 Magnificat Quinti Toni: IV. Quia fecit mihi magna 00:34
• Jehan Titelouze:
• 10 Magnificat Quinti Toni: V. Et misericordia ejus 01:31
• Jean de Bournonville:
• 11 Magnificat Quinti Toni: VI. Fecit potentiam 00:30
• Jehan Titelouze:
• 12 Magnificat Quinti Toni: VII. Deposuit potentes 01:34
• Jean de Bournonville:
• 13 Magnificat Quinti Toni: VIII. Esurientes implevit bonis 00:25
• Jehan Titelouze:
• 14 Magnificat Quinti Toni: IX. Suscepit Israël 01:49
• Jean de Bournonville:
• 15 Magnificat Quinti Toni: X. Sicut locutus est 00:39
• Jehan Titelouze:
• 16 Magnificat Quinti Toni: XI. Gloria Patri et Filio 01:11
• Jean de Bournonville:
• 17 Magnificat Quinti Toni: XII. Sicut erat in Principio 00:51
• Jehan Titelouze: Missa Quatuor Vocum Votiva:
• 18 Missa Quatuor Vocum Votiva: I. Kyrie 02:17
• 19 Missa Quatuor Vocum Votiva: II. Gloria 03:04
• 20 Missa Quatuor Vocum Votiva: III. Credo 06:37
• 21 Missa Quatuor Vocum Votiva: IV. Sanctus 03:39
• 22 Missa Quatuor Vocum Votiva: V. Agnus Dei 02:54
• Jehan Titelouze: Annue Christe:
• 23 Annue Christe: I. Annue Christe 03:32
• 24 Annue Christe: II. Salva Redemptor 01:19
• 25 Annue Christe: III. Dole captivos 02:41
• 26 Annue Christe: IV. Sit tibi Jesu 01:16
• 27 Annue Christe: V. Amen 02:25
• Total Runtime 58:03

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We knew that Titelouze, long considered the founder of the French organ school of the organ, had also left behind vocal music, which was presumed lost. The recent discovery, by Laurent Guillo, of four polyphonic masses composed by Titelouze was a special event, which today allows us to appreciate his contrapuntal genius in all of its diversity. As the only 17th century polyphonic masses from Rouen that have survived, they constitute a precious link in the knowledge of the musical life of the rich Norman capital and its Notre-Dame cathedral, whose organ was played by Titelouze for nearly a half century, from 1588 to 1633.

Ensemble Les Meslanges
François Ménissier, organ
Thomas Van Essen, musical direction
Volny Hostiou, musical direction

Les Meslanges
an ensemble of instrumental and vocal soloists created by Thomas Van Essen, driven by a passion for the diversity that early music offers. The fundamental aim of the ensemble is to put music into its historical and artistic context, through an exploration of its relationship to the art and litterature of its time. Several forms of concerts are used : « lecture concerts », reading out of texts or literary compositions forging links to the music, and the use of elements of set to draw the audience into the music by de Boesset, Le Camus, Charpentier …

One of the particularities of the ensemble is the alternation between the voices in the quire accompanied by the serpent and organ in the gallery, in the manner music was executed from the 16th to the 18th centuries : Masses, Magnificats, Te Deums… The ensemble collaborates with organists such as François Ménissier and Jean-Luc Ho in programmes featuring organ pieces and faux-bourdon plainsong with serpent. In 2013, Volny Hostiou joined the ensemble as associate director, alongside Thomas Van Essen. From it’s beginings in Normandy, the ensemble has performed thoughout France and has been invited to several prestigious music festivals : Sinfonia en Périgord, International Early Music Festival of Ribeauvillé (twice), Baroque Festival of Pontoise …

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