Les Voix Humaines

Bach: Art of Fugue / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-05-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Bach's The Art of Fugue, the peak of Baroque contrapuntal style, is one of the most enigmatic works in music history. Though composed as a...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (03/2012)....continue...

William Lawes: Royall Consorts / Les Voix Humaines

2 CD / ATMA / 2012-03-27

Works: William Lawes: Royall Consort Suite no 5 in D major; Royall Consort Suite no 2 in D minor; Royall Consort Suite no 6 in D major; Royall Consort Suite no 7 in A minor; Royall Consort Suite no 4 in D m...
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

William Lawes is believed by many to have been the most important English composer of his time. As a musician he was certainly revered and...continue...
Recording information: Église St-Augustin de Mirabel, Québec, Canada....continue...

Purcell: Fantasias for Viols / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2009-04-28

Works: Henry Purcell: Fantasia for 3 Viols in D minor, Z 732; Fantasia for 3 Viols in F major, Z 733; Fantasia for 3 Viols in G minor, Z 734; Fantasia for 4 Viols in G minor, Z 735; Fantasia for 4 Viols in ...
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Lawes: Harp Consorts / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-08-26

Works: William Lawes: Harp Consorts; Duo for guitar & harp
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; Greenberg, David; Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

The eleven consorts by William Lawes (1602-45) for harp, bass, viola de gamba, violin and theorbo are known collectively as "The Harp Consorts". Written during...continue...

Art and Music - Rembrandt - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore; Tobias Hume: Captaine Humes Musicke; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Echo Fantasia, for organ in A minor, SwWV 275; Onder een linde groen (Unter der Linden grüne), va...
Performers: Christie, James David; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Eklund, Niklas; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Johannesen, Knut; Lane, Carys-Anne; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Marc Ullrich [Produc...
Conductors: Farnlof, Bertil; ; Summerly, Jeremy; Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona; Aradia Ensemble; Les Voix Humaines; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca; Westra Aros Pijpare

No artist has penetrated the human soul more deeply than Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669). Renowned as a young man for his portrayal of individual character...continue...

The Best Of Daniel Taylor

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-01-29

Works: Melchior Hoffmann: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, funeral cantata for voice, bells, strings & continuo (formerly BWV; Henry Purcell: Bid the virtues; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 200, "Be...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Taylor, Daniel; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
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Ensemble: Arion (Canada); Les Voix Humaines; Theatre of Early Music

Daniel Taylor is one of the most sought-after countertenors in the world today. This album represents a compilation taken from the almost twenty recordings Taylor...continue...

Jacquet de la Guerre: Le Sommeil d'Ulisse / Desrochers

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Suite in A minor (from Pièces de Clavecin, 1687); Le Sommeil d'Ulisse, cantata for voice & continuo; Sonata for violin & continuo no 1 in D minor; Samson, ...
Performers: Pierot, Alice
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Rise, O My Soul - Ward, et al / Christopher Jackson, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-03-01

Works: Orlando Gibbons: O all true faithful hearts; See, see, the word is incarnate; Fantasias (9) à 3; Glorious and powerful God, anthem for voices; John Ward: Prayer is an endless chain, anthem for...
Performers: Auclair, Martin; Brown, Nils; Magistry, Marie; Richard, Normand; Therrien, Carole
Conductors: Jackson, Christopher
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

'Rise, O my soul' features the combined forces of Le Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal and Les Voix humaines viol consort performing a selection...continue...

L'Ange Marais - Pièces à trois violes / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-06-01

Works: Marin Marais: Suite for 3 violas da gamba & continuo in D major (Pièces de viole, Book IV, Nos. 88-96); Pièces de viole, Book 2; Suite for 3 violas da gamba & continuo in G major (Piè...
Performers: Kuijken, Wieland [Cello, Viola da Gamba]
Conductors: Kuijken, Wieland
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Corette: Les Délices de la solitude / Les Voix Humaine

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-02-01

Works: Michel Corrette: Les Délices de la Solitude, 6 sonatas for cello, viol, bassoon & continuo, Op. 20; Le Phénix, concerto for 4 bass viols, cellos or bassoons & continuo in D major
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Little, Margaret; Lussier, Mathieu; Orden, Kate van
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Michel Corrette was born in Rouen on April 10, 1707. His father, Gaspard, began his education. Though holding many posts as an organist for 50...continue...

Feux d'Artifice-Fireworks / Montréal Baroque Festival, et al

2 CD / ATMA / 2005-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Orazio Vecchi: Le Veglie di siena; François Devienne: Les Visitandines, opera; Nino Rota: Harp Concerto in G major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantat...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Destrube, Marc; Fialkowska, Janina [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Kulan, Aline; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Loiselle, Benoit; Lussier, Mathieu; Moisan, Andre; Plourde, Jean-Luc; ...
Conductors: ; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Labadie, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Les Boréades de Montréal ; Les Violons du Roy; Les Voix Humaines; Theatre of Early Music; Toronto Consort

'Music for the Royal Fireworks' (1749) had originally been composed, as instructed by King George II, for a large complement of "martial instruments only:" nine...continue...

Sainte-Colombe: Concertos for Viols Vol 3 / Voix Humaines

2 CD / ATMA / 2005-08-01

Works: Jean de Sainte-Colombe: Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 36 in D minor ("L'attentif"); Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 37 in D minor ("L'heureux"); Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 38 in D minor ...
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

These works, never published in Sainte-Colombe's lifetimes, were only discovered at the end of the 1960s among the papers and manuscripts belonging to Alfred Cortot....continue...

Muse - Purcell, Blow, Dowland / Daniel Taylor, et al

2 CD / ATMA / 2005-07-01

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Sonata in 3 parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo no 9 in C minor, Z. 798; Oedipus, Z 583; Sonata in 4 parts for two violins, bass viol...
Performers: Taylor, Daniel
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Ensemble: Da Sonar; Les Voix Humaines

Mr. Taylor is one of the most sought-after countertenors in the world. His Glyndebourne Opera debut in Handel's 'Theodora' was met with critical praise and...continue...

Bouteiller: De Vanitate Mundi / LeBlanc, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2005-03-01

Works: Pierre Bouteiller: O felix et dilecte conviva, motet for voice, 2 stings & continuo; Tantum ergo, motet for voice, 2 strings & continuo; O salutaris hostia, motet for voice, 2 strings & continuo; O f...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Corriveau, Melisande; Dyck, Stephan Van; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan; Weimann, Alexander
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Sainte-Colombe: Concerts a deux violes esgales Vol 2

2 CD / ATMA / 2004-09-01

Works: Jean de Sainte-Colombe: Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 19 ("Le long"); Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 20 ("Le pensif"); Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 21 ("Le Villageois"); Concert for 2 equ...
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Primavera - Monteverdi, etc / Les Voix Humaines, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-04-01

Works: Claude Le Jeune: Revecy venir du printans; Luzzasco Luzzaschi: O Primavera; Claudio Monteverdi: O Primavera, gioventú de l'anno, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 3), SV 68; Chiome d'oro, Canzone...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Brault, Oliver; Colpron, Francis; Dhavernas, Vincent; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Maute, Matthias; Plouffe, Helene; Taylor, Daniel
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Sainte-Colombe: Intégrale des oeuvres pour violes Vol 1

2 CD / ATMA / 2003-06-01

Works: Jean de Sainte-Colombe: Concerto for 2 Viols no 1 "Le retrouvé"; Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 2 ("Le Changé"); Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 3 ("Le tendre"); Concert for 2 equal ...
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Marais, Lebègue, Couperin, Rameau: Folies / Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2002-07-01

Works: Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue: Les cloches; Marin Marais: Pièces de viole, Book 2; Pièces de viole, Book 3; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 3; Work(s); Le Trophé...
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Ay que si! / Le Blanc, Eilander, Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2002-05-01

Works: Manuel Machado: Dos estrellas le siguen, coplas a 4; José Marín: Mi señora Mariantaños, for voice & guitar (continuo); Ojos pues me desdeñais, for voice & guitar (continuo); ...
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan; Samman, Rafik
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Jenkins: Fantasias / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-09-01

Works: John Jenkins: The Five Bells, suite for lyra viol consort in D major; Fantasia à 4 no 5 in F major, VdGS 5; Fantasia no 17 for 3 viols, VdGS 17; Fantasia for 2 violins & continuo no 18 in F majo...
Performers: Juget, Denis; Little, Margaret; Milnes, Eric
Conductors: Milnes, Eric
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Schenck: The Nymphs of the Rhine Vol 2 / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-04-01

Works: Johannes Schenck: Sonata for 2 viola da gambas no 7 in B minor, Op. 8/7; Sonata for 2 viola da gambas no 8 in C minor, Op. 8/8; Sonata for 2 viola da gambas no 9 in E minor, Op. 8/9; Sonata for 2 vio...
Performers: Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"Johannes Schenck was from Amsterdam and was perhaps the most prolific baroque composer for the viols outside France. His music is rich and inventive... We...continue...

Amour Cruel / LeBlanc, Stubbs, Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-02-01

Works: Michel Lambert: Vos mespris chaque jour; Ombre de mon amant; Jean de Sainte-Colombe: Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 58 ("Les Roulades"); Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 6 ("La Duchesse"); Concer...
Performers: LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"...[Suzette Leblanc's] performance of Le Camus' 'Je veux me plaindre' is the highlight of the disc. Stubbs begins with three statements of the ground; Leblanc...continue...

Schenck: The Nymphs of the Rhine Vol 1 / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Johannes Schenck: Le Nymphe di Rheno, sonatas (12) for 2 violas da gamba, Op. 8
Performers: Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

This is a beautiful, beautiful album! If you imagine that an hour of music performed by only two violas da Gamba could not hold your...continue...

Simpson: The Four Seasons / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2000-08-01

Works: Christopher Simpson: The Seasons, 4 fantaisie-suites for treble viol, 2 bass viols & continuo
Performers: Fentross, Mike; Poirier, Rejean
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Daniel Taylor - Portrait

1 CD / ATMA / 2000-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; H...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Brault, Oliver; Cartier, Pierre; Haynes, Bruce; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Moran, Christine; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Poirier, Rejean; Scott Me...
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"...Taylor has made several solo recodings and this appealingly assembled disc contains items from four of them. All but one of the pieces belong to...continue...

The World of Early Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-12-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Kyrie; In Paradisum Angeli; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Richard I Coeur-de-lion: Ja nuns hons pris, for consort; Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied (Kreutzfa...
Performers: Cano, Carmen; Christie, James David; Landauer, Bernhard; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Payne, Joseph; Posch, Michael; Richards, Steven; Rumsey, Shirley; Schenale, Manuela; Wilson, Christ...
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Randon, Alessio; Summerly, Jeremy; ; Holten, Bo; Wimmer, Thomas; Vartolo, Sergio; Morel, Christine; Fasolis, Diego; Bychkov, Semyon; Crees, Eric; Mallon, Kevin; Niquet, Hervé; Kr...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Aradia Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Ensemble Unicorn; Les Voix Humaines; London Baroque; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Westra Aros Pijpare

Star of the Magi / Le Blanc, Taylor, Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 1999-11-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Joseph est bien marié; Coventry Carol (2); Riu, riu, chiu!, carol (Spanish); Nowell; Tarqui...
Performers: LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Taylor, Daniel
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"As many times as I've heard the medieval carol 'There is no rose', it still works its mysterious magic--and especially so when performed as beautifully...continue...

Dowland - Tears of the Muse / Taylor, Martin, Voix Humaines

1 CD / Atma / 1998-05-01

Works: John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Can she excuse, P 42; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Second Booke of Songes; Come Again; Go from my window, P 64; Tobias Hume...
Performers: Dowland, John; Les Voix Humaines; Little, Margaret; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Napper, Susan; Taylor, Daniel; Taylor, Daniel [Vocals]
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Personnel: Daniel Taylor (alto, countertenor)....continue...

Spirite of Musicke / Suzie Le Blanc, Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 1998-03-01

Works: Giovanni Coprario: 'Tis Now Dead Night (To the Most Sacred Queen Anne), song (from Songs of Mourning); To the World, song (from Songs of Mourning); Tobias Hume: Touch Me Sweetly (from The First Part ...
Performers: LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

The Listener
Suzie Le Blanc’s voice is a thing to be treasured. I must listen to early music much more, especially when this lady sings
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Le Constant et l'Infidèle - Marais, et al / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 1995-10-01

Works: Jean de Sainte-Colombe: Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 2 ("Le Changé"); Concert for 2 equal bass viols no 53 ("L'Aureille"); Concerto for 2 Viols no 1 "Le retrouvé"; Concert for 2 equa...
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Early Music Magazine
Much recommended for outstanding playing and unusual repertoire
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