du Mont

Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques - François Couperin, Henry du Mont: Motets (2004)

Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques - François Couperin, Henry du Mont: Motets (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 600 Mb | Total time: 74:28+72:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 7243 5 62419 2 | Recorded: 1992, 1993

Before you play the first track of this disc, make sure you're in quiet surroundings and ready to listen closely. You'll hear a pure yet sensuous soprano voice slip gently out of the silence and sing a melody that manages to be haunting and virtuosic at the same time–only to be followed by a similar voice doing the same thing. The two voices coil around each other (with some gleaming suspensions) for a full minute before instruments join them. And that's just the beginning of this marvelous disc of motets by François Couperin, a composer better known for his keyboard and chamber music. Most of these pieces were written to accompany the Elevation of the Host (the most solemn moment of the Roman Catholic liturgy), so you won't hear much exuberance.
Ensemble Pierre Robert, Frederic Desenclos - Du Mont: Motets pour la messe du roy (2002)

Ensemble Pierre Robert, Frederic Desenclos - Du Mont: Motets pour la messe du roy (2002)
XLD | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:00:20| 313 MB
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: Alpha | Catalog: ALPHA 021

The gorgeous early music releases of France's Alpha label, each illustrated with a relevant painting along with discussion of both the music and the artwork, offer a splendid introduction to the culture of the ancien régime. The discussions get down to the kind of depth that academics traffic in, yet the performances are by and large sensuous ones entrusted to some of France's best historical-instrument ensembles.
Stephan van Dyck, Musica Favola - Henry Du Mont: Loüez par des chansons nouvelles (2010)

Stephan van Dyck, Musica Favola - Henry Du Mont: Loüez par des chansons nouvelles (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 328 Mb | Total time: 63:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Musique en Wallonie | MEW1056 | Recorded: 2010

Henry du Mont was only French by adoption, originally coming from Liège. He was a prolific mid-17th century composer and wrote over three hundred compositions, mainly religious. His first collection of motets was published in 1652. His favourite vocal combination was the duo and half of the pieces in this collection are these. He exploits other combinations too, such as a top line, bass and upper violin part.
Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal - Ite ad Joseph (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal - Ite ad Joseph (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 64:46 minutes | 1,07 GB
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Leaf Music, Official Digital Download

The Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal present ITE AD JOSEPH (Go to Joseph), a record of sacred works illuminated by the passion of young singers. This is the first album by the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal under the leadership of Music Director Andrew Gray, who has been in the position since 2016. Produced by Martha de Francisco, a world-renowned authority in the field of sound recording, the album brings together 23 songs dedicated to St. Joseph, some of them well-known, but also many new ones, discovered thanks to suggestions from various places of worship around the world.
Henri Ledroit, Ricercar Consort - Henry Du Mont: Motets à voix seule (1984)

Henri Ledroit, Ricercar Consort - Henry Du Mont: Motets à voix seule (1984)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 251 Mb | Total time: 53:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC 029004 | Recorded: 1984

Après avoir été organiste de l’église Saint-Paul à Paris, le Liégeois Henry Du Mont devient maître de chapelle de Louis XIV. Dès la publication de son premier recueil de motets en 1652, les Cantica Sacra, il s’impose comme l’un des créateurs du motet français et compose les premiers motets à voix seule, genre qui se développera durant les générations suivantes. Cet enregistrement est complété par quelques motets de Léonard Hodemont, maître de chapelle de la cathédrale Saint-Lambert de Liège.
Ensemble Pierre Robert, Frederic Desenclos - Du Mont: Grands motets pour la Chapelle de Louis XIV au Louvre (2005)

Ensemble Pierre Robert, Frederic Desenclos - Du Mont: Grands motets pour la Chapelle de Louis XIV au Louvre (2005)
XLD | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:12:20 | 420 MB
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: Alpha | Catalog: ALPHA 069

Henri Dumont is an important figure in the French Baroque scene in that he was one of the pioneers in the development of the "grands motets" that saw such fruit in the works of Lully, Delaland, Campra, Charpentier, Rameau and others. From what I've heard of his music, it tends to be a bit more subdued and sombre that a lot of the festive and almost manic works from some of the others mentioned. This disc has four motets, one of which; Dialogus de anima, has been recorded before. I have the versions by Herreweghe and Rousset.
Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, Gilbert Patenaude - Pax Caelestis: Choral Sacred Music (2009) [Digital Download 24/88]

Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, Gilbert Patenaude - Pax Caelestis: Choral Sacred Music (2009)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 52:22 minutes | 884 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

St. Augustine wrote: "If we sing together, we sing for the heart". What a nice way to introduce the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal and their music director Gilbert Patenaude. On this album, they perform the most beautiful works of the sacred music repertoire, among them: Franck's Panis angelicus, Busto's Ave Maria and oeuvres by Saint-Saëns, Verdi and Brahms. An album which will bring inner peace, a celestial peace.

Patrick Sbalchiero, "Histoire du Mont-Saint-Michel"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Sept. 28, 2020
Patrick Sbalchiero, "Histoire du Mont-Saint-Michel"

Patrick Sbalchiero, "Histoire du Mont-Saint-Michel"
2015 | ISBN: 226205021X | Français | EPUB | 280 pages | 3.2 MB

Incomparable monument de culture, de spiritualité, d'art et de civilisation, le Mont-Saint-Michel attire plus de 3 millions de visiteurs par an.
À la fois espace sacré et curiosité touristique, lieu de pèlerinage et ancienne place militaire, domaine de prière et d'érudition, la « Merveille de l'Occident », objet d'une dévotion incomparable, a pourtant subi les vicissitudes de l'histoire. Sa renaissance commence à partir de 1872, lorsque les Monuments historiques entreprennent une vaste restauration du chef-d'oeuvre. …
Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages & les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles - Musiques sacrées à Versailles (2012)

Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages & les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles - Musiques sacrées à Versailles (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 958 Mb | Total time: 67:50+68:54+69:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: K617 | K617234/3 | Recorded: 1993-2010

Les Pages and les Chantres celebrate 20 years of the teaching and musical direction of Olivier Schneebeli. He has brought together children's and adult voices in new ways to celebrate the traditions of the Royal Chapel of Versailles, a vital component in the French repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. This exceptional box invites the listener on a journey through the masterpieces of sacred composers from the reign of Henry IV and highlights the birth of the musical genre emblematic of the Chapel Royal: the grand motet.
Ensemble Correspondances & Sébastien Daucé - Henry du Mont: O Mysterium (Motets & élévations) (2016)

Ensemble Correspondances & Sébastien Daucé - Henry du Mont: O Mysterium (Motets & élévations)
Classical | FLAC (tracks)+cue, log, booklet | 71:10 min | 369 MB
Label: Harmonia Mundi | Tracks: 12 | Rls.date: 2016

For 20 years (from 1663 to 1683) Henry Du Mont directed the music of the Sun King’s chapel. For the daily Mass there he built up a new repertory consisting of motets for full chorus and more intimate pieces for solo voices. The former aimed to transpose to the context of ‘ordinary’ the format of the large-scale works conceived for extraordinary ceremonies. Sébastien Daucé presents an innovative approach to these grands motets, that at once links specific musical features with historical data, for each of which he adopts a specific instrumental scoring.