Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse

The Ensemble Clément Janequin has been a pathbreaking group in the interpretation of French Renaissance music since its founding in 1978 by countertenor Dominique Visse. The ensemble has a large catalog of often authoritative recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label. In the late '70s and early '80s, as the music world was being reshaped by the emergence of the great English a cappella ensembles (Gothic Voices, The Tallis Scholars, The Hilliard Ensemble), a virtuoso countertenor from France launched a sonic revolution of his own. That singer, Dominique Visse, founded the Ensembl...