The Ensemble Jacques Moderne, directed by

Joël Suhubiette Joël Suhubiette (born in 1962) is a contemporary French choral conductor. In particular, he conducts the chamber choir Les Éléments which he founded in Toulouse and with which he received a Victoire de la musique classique in 2006 and the Ens ...

, is a choir performing mainly the Renaissance and

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

repertoire. It is located in Tours. The Ensemble was founded by

Jean-Pierre Ouvrard Jean-Pierre Ouvrard (16 February 1948 in Trémentines (Maine-et-Loire) – 13 November 1992 in Tours (Indre-et-Loire)) was a French musicologist, music educator, researcher at the François Rabelais University and choral conductor. He founded the E ...

in Tours in 1974, and has been directed by Joël Suhubiette since 1993.

Discography

Under the direction of Joël Suhubiette

François Regnard François Regnard (or Regnart; Douai, fl. 1570s) was a French Renaissance composer. He studied, sang, and later was ''maître de chapelle'' at Tournai Cathedral.Marie-Thérèse Bouquet-Boyer, Pierre Bonniffet, ''Claude le Jeune et son temps en Fran ...

, ''Motets'', Calliope, 1995 (8 ''Répertoire'', 5 '' Diapason'', 'CHOC' of '' Le Monde de la musique'') * Marco da Gagliano, ''Motets'', Calliope, 1995 (8 ''Répertoire'', 5 ''Diapasons'', 4 stars ''Monde de la Musique'') * Clément Janequin, ''La Bataille de Marignan'', Calliope, 1996 * Giovanni Bassano, ''Motets'', Calliope, 1997 (Palmarès du Prix International Antonio Vivaldi de Venise (1997), 8 ''Répertoire'', 5 ''Diapasons,'' 4 stars ''Monde de la Musique'') *

Eustache Du Caurroy François-Eustache du Caurroy (baptised February 4, 1549 – August 7, 1609) was a French composer of the late Renaissance. He was a prominent composer of both secular and sacred music at the end of the Renaissance, including '' musique mesurée'' ...

, ''Requiem'', Calliope, 2000 (9 ''Répertoire'', 4 ''Diapasons'', 4 stars Goldberg) *

François Couperin François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented ...

, ''Messe des Paroisses'', Olivier Vernet, Ligia, 2000 (6 ''Répertoire'', 5 ''Diapasons'', 4 stars ''Monde de la Musique,'' 4 stars Goldberg) * Pierre Tabart, ''Requiem'', ''Magnificat'', ''Te Deum'',

Jean Tubéry Jean Tubéry (1964 born in Toulouse) is a French player of the cornett (''cornetto'') and conductor. He is noted for being, along with his own teacher Bruce Dickey and his colleague Jean-Pierre Canihac, one of the main cornett players to resurrect ...

Virgin Veritas Virgin Veritas is an imprint of French classical music record label Virgin Classics dedicated to early music and historically informed performance. The parent was formerly owned by Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by U ...

, 2001 (7 ''Répertoire'', 5 ''Diapasons'') * Cristóbal de Morales,

Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero is the name of: *Francisco Guerrero (composer) (1528–1599), Spanish composer of the Renaissance * Francisco Guerrero (politician) (1811–1851), Alcalde of San Francisco *Francisco Guerrero Marín (1951–1997), Spanish composer ...

, ''De Beata Virgine'', Ligia, 2001 (8 ''Répertoire'', 4 ''Diapasons'', 5 Classica) * Nicolas De Grigny, ''Livre d’orgue'', Olivier Vernet, Ligia, 2003 (ffff Télérama, 9 Répertoire, 5 ''Diapasons'', 4 Stars ''Monde de la Musique'', exceptional record hifi-video) *

Giacomo Carissimi (Gian) Giacomo Carissimi (; baptized 18 April 160512 January 1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. Carissimi established the ...

, ''Jephté'', ''Jonas'', Ligia, 2003 (7 de Répertoire, 5 ''Diapasons'', 4 stars ''Monde de la Musique'') *

Jean Mouton Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – 30 October 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was famous both for his motets, which are among the most refined of the time, and for being the teacher of Adrian Willaert, one of the founders of the Ven ...

, ''Motets'', Ligia, 2003 (5 ''Diapasons'', 5 de Classica, Choc du ''Monde de la Musique'', excellent record hifi-video) *

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...

, ''Jesu, meine Freude'', Ligia, 2007 (5 ''Diapasons'') *

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, also known as Domingo or Doménico Scarlatti (26 October 1685-23 July 1757), was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the deve ...

, ''

Stabat Mater The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to Mary, which portrays her suffering as Jesus Christ's mother during his crucifixion. Its author may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III.Sabatier, Paul ''Life o ...

'' - ''Messe de Madrid'', Ligia, 2010 (Ring de ClassiqueInfo, 4 ''Diapasons'', Muse d’or de Musebaroque.fr)

Under the direction of Jean-Pierre Ouvrard

*1989: ''Chants de la révolution française'', (Book-cassette), Le Livre de Poche *1990:

, ''Motets et Missa de La Battalla Escoutez'', Musica Nova *1991:

Claude Lejeune Claude Le Jeune (1528 to 1530 – buried 26 September 1600) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was the primary representative of the musical movement known as '' musique mesurée'', and a significant composer of the "Pari ...

, ''Motets Latins'', Musica Nova *1992:

Guillaume Boni Guillaume Boni ( – ) was a French Renaissance composer. Boni was choirmaster at Saint-Étienne Cathedral from 1565 until his death after 1598.Kate Van Orden ''Music, discipline, and arms in early modern France'' 2005 p. 150. Like Anthoine de Bert ...

, ''Motets'', Musica Nova *2013:

Josquin Desprez Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez ( – 27 August 1521) was a composer of High Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he was a central figure of the ...

, ''Missa D'ung aultre amer'', ''Missa Malheur me bat'', (Book record), Posthumous

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Discography

Under the direction of Joël Suhubiette

Under the direction of Jean-Pierre Ouvrard

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