Claude Le Jeune: Le Printemps
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Ensemble Gilles Binchois beautifully capture the suppleness of Le Jeune’s setting [of La bel' aronde], clearly mindful of the composer’s own advice that his music should be known ‘as if by heart’....
Claude Le Jeune: Le Printemps
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
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Ensemble Gilles Binchois beautifully capture the suppleness of Le Jeune’s setting [of La bel' aronde], clearly mindful of the composer’s own advice that his music should be known ‘as if by heart’....
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For their new recording, Ensemble Gilles Binchois seize Claude Le Jeune’s Le Printemps, a collection of airs and chansons of the 16th Century. Its modernity and refinement make this piece one of the masterworks of the century.
Blending airs, ballades and chansons, Claude Le Jeune builds a colorful fresco and demonstrates the extent of his musical skills.
Ensemble Gilles Binchois echo that ability, whether the musicians sing in two, four or six parts: with this performance, we can see blooming in front of us the incredible music of Claude Le Jeune in all its splendour.
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August 2020
Ensemble Gilles Binchois beautifully capture the suppleness of Le Jeune’s setting [of La bel' aronde], clearly mindful of the composer’s own advice that his music should be known ‘as if by heart’. There’s great warmth and care in this performance, both singers and plucked strings finding a brightness and lightness that complement the fluidity of these homophonic textures.
