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 3'42

7 - 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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