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Total running time: 60 minutes.
Dominique Visse and Ensemble Clément Janequin have recorded a selection of chansons by Josquin Desprez from one of the most important editions of his works, Tylman Susato’s Septiesme livre de Chansons published in 1545.
2021 sees the 500th anniversary of the death of Josquin Desprez, the most celebrated composer of his day. This edition bear witness to the diversity of Josquin’s chanson writing, but above all to the melancholy and sorrow so present in his works, and is clearly a tribute, as is also evident in the two Déplorations on his death, Musæ Jovis by Nicolas Gombert and O mors inevitabilis by Hieronymus Vinders.
This recording endeavours to present a Josquin legacy, a post mortem illustration of his chanson œuvre, in remembrance of his musical genius. It has also enabled Dominique Visse and the Ensemble Clément Janequin to express their profound musical passion for this major Renaissance composer who has accompanied them for more than 40 years.
