Cabezón Obras de Musica Doulce Mémoire & Denis Raisin Dadre

• Antonio de Cabezon (1500–1566)
• 1 Ultimi miei sospiri 03:53
• 2 Ultimi miei sospiri 03:01
• 3 Diferencias Sobre el Canto de La Dama le Demanda 02:40
• 4 Je prens en gre la dure mort 02:06
• 5 Je prens en gre la dure mort I 02:50
• 6 Pour un plaisir 01:35
• 7 Susanne ung jour 02:38
• 8 Susanne ung jour 03:03
• 9 Duuiensela 03:28
• 10 Dont vient cela 03:22
• 11 Doulce mémoire & Denis Raisin Dadre 03:22
• 12 Anchor che col partire 03:42
• 13 Diferencias Sobre la Gallarda Milanesa 01:50
• 14 Prenez pitié 02:12
• 15 Prenez pitié 02:49
• 16 Je prens en gre la dure mort II 02:59
• 17 Dormendo un giorno 03:32
• 18 Diferencias Sobre el Canto del Cavallero 02:47
• 19 Un gay bergier 02:13
• 20 Qui la dira la peine de mon cœur 02:01
• 21 Qui la dira la peine de mon cœur 02:47
• 22 Ardenti miei sospiri 05:13
• Total Runtime 01:04:03

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Hernando de Cabezón, the son of the renowned organist Antonio de Cabezón, published a vast anthology of his father’s compositions under the title of Obras de Musica para tecla, arpa y vihuela. For keyboard and plucked string instruments, these pieces include works in every genre of the period, both sacred and secular, and perfectly written for four, five or six parts. In accordance with a performance practice common from the time of the Renaissance onwards, the musicians of Doulce Mémoire divide the works’ polyphonic lines between the instruments of the ensemble.

They decided to choose only secular works, these being ornamented pieces based on various songs and madrigals, of which Suzanne un jour and Anchor che col partire were amongst the most popular of the Renaissance period. Each part of these works has its own individual expression; our realisation of them also benefits from even larger powers of expression and the virtuoso writing that is tailored to each separate part. The original works on which the ornamented versions are based are also recorded here, sung by Clara Coutouly with a delightful accompaniment of plucked string instruments. This release has been made possible by a collaboration with the Festival de Musique in Maguelone.

Clara Coutouly, soprano

Pascale Boquet, lute, guitar

Angélique Mauillon, harp

Elisabeth Geiger, spinet

Judith Pacquier, cornet

Elsa Frank, alt recorder, shawm, soprano bassoon
Johanne Maître, tenor recorder, tenor bassoon
Jérémie Papasergio, bass recorder, bass bassoon

Franck Poitrineau, trombone
Denis Raisin Dadre, conductor

Doulce Mémoire
represents above all the spirit of the Renaissance – a time of voyages and discovery, inventiveness and creativity. For almost twenty-five years now, this faithful, close-knit team of musicians and singers has been involved in artistic ventures of a constantly innovative nature, with the regular participation of actors and dancers. The ensemble’s productions range from the very serious Requiem for the Kings of France to the racy, bawdy and festive L’Honnête courtisane. One of the recent additions to the repertoire is a reconstruction of the Mass for the encounter of the Field of the Cloth of Gold.

Since it was founded, Doulce Mémoire has appeared at national theatres, opera houses and festivals all over France, as well as in many major cities abroad (Brussels, Rome, Riga, New York, Mexico City, Brasilia …).

Doulce Mémoire has established some fine artistic and personal relationships in the course of its travels: with the Hang Tang Yuefu Music and Dance Ensemble of Taiwan, for example, the fado singer Antonio Zambujo, the Iranian singer Taghi Akhbari, and the Turkish ney player Kudsi Ergüner.

Through its concerts and shows, Doulce Mémoire enables audiences to discover the music that could have been heard by great men of the Renaissance such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rabelais, François I and others, some of whom left their mark on the Loire valley and some of its fine Renaissance châteaux. For the past fifteen years the ensemble has been particularly active in Centre Region of France, with which it has developed a privileged relationship. Amongst other events, Doulce Mémoire organises Le Droict Chemin de Musique, an academy for young professional singers, launched in 2003 and held in the wonderful setting of the royal château at Chambord.

Doulce Mémoire records for Zig-Zag Territoires, Naïve and Ricercar, and regularly receives top ratings in the specialised music press. The ensemble has taken part in several documentaries for the cultural TV channel Arte.

Denis Raisin Dadre
After his musical studies – recorder, oboe and musicology – Denis Raisin Dadre formed the ensemble Doulce Mémoire in 1989. His keen interest in history, literature, and the arts in general, as well as music, leads him to devise programmes that are set in a historical context.

After twenty-five years of intense activity, with memorable achievements both in concert and on CD, his love for the Renaissance has never weakened. As Denis Raisin Dadre studies the material found in European libraries, transposes manuscript scores or tries out various instrumental possibilities, he questions preconceived ideas and sometimes even the vocabulary of music – and not only that of the Renaissance, for he often works with stage directors and choreographers on the creation of original types of performance.

He is regularly invited to take part in academies organised for the training of young musicians. Denis Raisin Dadre has taught, for example, at those of Gijon (Spain), Chiquitos (Bolivia), Prague (Czech Republic) and Havana (Cuba). He also teaches in the Department of Early Music at the Conservatoire in Tours, and since 2003 he has been director of the International Academy Le Droict Chemin de Musique for talented young singers.

Denis Raisin Dadre was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 1999.

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