CLAUDE LE JEUNE (c.1530-1600)
Airs et psaumes

1 Vien belle vien
2 Fantasia quinta [Joachim van den Hove (1567-1620)]
3 Vers toy, Seigneur dous
4 Praeludium Noni Toni [Emanuel Adriaenssen (c.1554-1604)]
5 O que je peusse à mon gré
6 Courante [Joachim van den Hove]
7 Doucette, doux sucre fin
8 Praeludium 161 [Elias Mertel (c.1560-1626)]
9 Vous qu’amour tou-bon favorize – Tel se plaint d’amour
10 Passomezo [Emanuel Adriaenssen]
11 Voicy le verd et beau May
12 Preludium [Joachim van den Hove]
13 Las ! Je me pleing
14 Praeludium Tertij Toni [Emanuel Adriaenssen]
15 O doux et beaux yeux

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About this CD

Soprano Claudine Ansermet and lutenist Paolo Cherici frequently appear on recording releases which Glossa Cabinet from time to time is putting out, and drawn from the now-disbanded Symphonia label. Here, the delightful chansons of Claude Le Jeune are interspersed with preludes, dances and fantasias for solo lute by figures such as Mertel, Perrichon and Adriaenssen. Le Jeune worked at the court of Henri IV before being succeeded by Pierre Guédron, and was one of the most prolific and significant composers of the second half of the 16th century, and one of the chief exponents of “musique mesurée à l’antique”.