Musique sacree en Nouvelle-France: Masses, Motets, Pieces d’orgue | Atma Classique ACD22764

Musique sacree en Nouvelle-France: Masses, Motets, Pieces d’orgue

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Label: Atma Classique

Cat No: ACD22764

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 22nd September 2017

Contents

Artists

Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal
Rejean Poirier (organ)

Conductor

Christopher Jackson

Works

Cousteaux, Artus aux

Messe Grata sum harmonia

Fremart, Henri

Missa Ad placitum (excerpts)

Lebegue, Nicolas

Regina coeli
Salve regina

Nivers, Guillaume Gabriel

Introit

Artists

Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal
Rejean Poirier (organ)

Conductor

Christopher Jackson

About

This album was first released in 1995 under the title Le Chant de la Jérusalem des terres froides on the French label K617 and is now re-released under the title Musique sacrée en Nouvelle-France on the ATMA label. It illustrates musical life during the French colonization of the Americas, when sacred music accompanied many daily activities.
 
The late Christopher Jackson (1948-2015) conducted the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal for this recording, made in the church of Saint-Didier in Villiers-le-Bel, France. The programme also includes works by Lebègue and extracts from the Livre d’orgue de Montréal, with Réjean Poirier playing the church’s historic organ.

Tracklisting:
1-9. Chants religieux manuscrits de la mission abenaquise de Saint-François-de-Sales (Odanak)
10. Kyrie de la Messe du 4e ton (Livre d'orgue de Montréal) / Kyrie de la Messe du 1er ton (Henry Du Mont)
11-15. Messe Grata sum harmonia à 5 voix (Artus Aux-Cousteaux)
16. Prose de la Sainte Famille en plain-chant musical
17. Introit à saint Joseph en plain-chant musical (Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers)
18-19. Deux petits motets pour soprano et orgue (Nicolas Lebègue)
20-22. Messe Ad placitum à 4 voix (Henri Frémart)
23-28. Pieces du Livre d'orgue de Montréal

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