Ensemble Clément Janequin

The Ensemble Clément Janequin has been a pathbreaking group in the interpretation of French Renaissance music since its founding. 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), a virtuoso countertenor from France launched a sonic revolution of his own. That singer, Dominique Visse, founded the Ensemble Clément Janequin in 1978, and over the more than 40 years of the group's career, it has often almost owned the performance of Renaissance French music and has inspired many younger groups. As of the early 2020s, Visse remains the group's leader and conductor. The Ensemble Clément Janequin, joined by the Ensemble Organum and conductor Paul Hillier, issued Josquin Desprez: The Renaissance Master in 2021.