Composers Performers

Gérard Lesne

Gérard Lesne (b. 1956)

countertenor · France

Andrieu, Francois - `Armes amours/O flour des flours`, ballade

Bach, Iohann Michael - Ach, wie sehnlich wart` ich der Zeit, aria

Bach, Iohann Michael - Auf, lasst uns den Herren loben, aria

Bach, Johann Christoph - Cantata (Vocal Concerto) `Ach, dass ich Wassers g`nug hätte`

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Cantata “Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost”, BWV 114

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Cantata “Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats”, BWV 42

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Cantata “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”, BWV 80

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Cantata “Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist”, BWV 45

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Cantata “Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht”, BWV 105

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Cantata “Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde”, BWV 53

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Cantata “Widerstehe doch der Sünde”, BWV 54

Bach, Iohann Michael - Es ist ein grosser Gewinn, aria

Bach, Johann Christoph - Lamentatio `Wie bist du denn, o Gott`

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Magnificat in D major, BWV 243

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Messe A major, BWV 234

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Messe in F major, BWV 233

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Messe in G minor, BWV 235

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Missa brevis G major, BWV 236

Bernier, Nicolas - Cantata `Aminte Et Lucrine`

Blow, John - An Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista - Cantata `Siedi, amarilli mia` for Alto, Strings and Continuo

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista - Gia la stagion d`amore, cantata for viola, strings and b. c.

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista - Lasciami un sol momento, for alto and continuo

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista - Misero pastorello, cantata for viola, strings and b. c.

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista - Trio sonata d-moll

Borlet, - Ma tre dol rosignol joly

Brossard, Sebastien de - Dialogus poenitentis animae cum Deo, oratorio

Brossard, Sebastien de - Leçons des morts (Lessons for the Dead): First Lesson

Brossard, Sebastien de - Leçons des morts (Lessons for the Dead): Fourth Lesson

Brossard, Sebastien de - Leçons des morts (Lessons for the Dead): Third Lesson

Byrd, William - O Lord, within thy tabernacle, song

Caldara, Antonio - Cantata `D`improvviso amor ferisce`

Caldara, Antonio - Cantata `Medea in Corinto`

Caldara, Antonio - Cantata `Soffri, mio caro Alcino`

Caldara, Antonio - Cantata «Vicino a un rivoletto»

Caserta, Antonello da - Amour m`a le coeur

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine - David et Jonathas, opera, H.490

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine - Death of Jonathan and Saul, Oratorio, H.403

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine - Epitaph, cantata H 474, H.474

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine - Lesson of Darkness on Holy Thursday for alto, continuo, H.139

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine - Magnificat for soloists, choir, violins and continuo, H. 80

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine - Prélude for 2 instruments, continuo, H.510

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine - Tanquam ad latronem, Responsorie, H.133

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - Cantata `Pirame et Tisbé`, op. 10

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - Domine salvum, Motet C. 152

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - Domine salvum, Motet C. 157

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - Domine salvum, Motet C. 158

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - Exultet omnium, Motet C. 112

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - Magnificat anima mea, Motet C. 136

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - O deliciis affluens, Motet C. 109

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - O piissima, o sanctissima, Motet C. 13

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - Panis angelicus, Motet C. 131

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas - Salve Regina, Motet C. 114

Cordier, Baude - Belle, bonne, sage; rondo

Cordier, Baude - Rondo `Se cuer d`amant par soy humilier`

Cordier, Baude - Tout par compas suy composes; rondo

Courbois, Philippe - Cantata `L`amant timide`

Cuvelier, Johannes - Se Galaas et le puissant Artus

Dowland, John - Songs from the collection `A Pilgrimes Solace` : No. 5, Shall I strive with words to move

Dowland, John - Songs from the collection `A Pilgrimes Solace` : No. 8, Tell me, true Love

Dowland, John - Songs from the collection `A Pilgrimes Solace` : No.10, From silent night`

Dowland, John - Songs from the collection `A Pilgrimes Solace` : No.11, Lasso vita mia

Dowland, John - Songs from the collection `A Pilgrimes Solace` : No.14, Thou mighty god

Dowland, John - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres : № 4 `If my complaints`

Dowland, John - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres : № 5 `Can she excuse my wrongs`

Dowland, John - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres : №17 `Come again: sweet love doth now invite`

Dowland, John - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres : № 2 `Flow my tears`

Dowland, John - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres : №12 `Fine knacks for ladies`

Fux, Johann Joseph - Daphne, turned in Laurel, the opera (1714), K 308

Galuppi, Baldassare - Arripe alpestri ad vallem, Motet

Galuppi, Baldassare - Confitebor tibi, Domine, Motet

Goscalch, - En nul estat n`a si grant fermete, Ballad

Gossec, François Joseph - Te Deum

Guido, - `Dieux gart`

Guido, - `Or voit tout`

Handel, George Frideric - Cantata “Carco sempre di gloria” for contralto, two violins and basso continuo, HWV 87

Handel, George Frideric - Cantata “Mi palpita il cor” for contralto, transverse flute and basso continuo, HWV 132c

Handel, George Frideric - Cantata “Oh Numi eterni (La Lucrezia)” for soprano and basso continuo, HWV 145

Handel, George Frideric - Cantata “Splenda l’alba in oriente”, HWV 166

Handel, George Frideric - Opera “Poro”, HWV 28

Hasse, Johann Adolf - Pilgrims to the Holy Sepulchre, oratorio

Jommelli, Nicolo - `Lamentations of prophet Jeremiah on Wednesday of Holy Week`

Josquin Desprez, - Missa `Pange Lingua`

Lambert du Buisson, Jacques - Plainte Sur La Mort De Monsieur Lambert (1696)

Landini, Francesco - Questa fanciull`, Amor, fallami pia

Lully, Jean-Baptiste - Petit motet `Ave coeli munus supernum`, LWV 77/2

Lully, Jean-Baptiste - Petit motet `Exaudi Deus`, LWV 77/5

Lully, Jean-Baptiste - Petit motet `Omnes gentes plaudite manibus`, LWV 77/10, LWV 77/10

Molins, Pierre des - De ce que foul pense souvent remaynt

Monteclair, Michel Pignolet de - Il Dispetto in Amore

Monteverdi, Claudio - Exulta filia Sion (motet), SV303

Monteverdi, Claudio - Fuge, fuge anima mea (motet), SV305

Monteverdi, Claudio - Lapidabant Stephanum (motet), SV207

Monteverdi, Claudio - Lauda Jerusalem (motet), SV202

Monteverdi, Claudio - O bone Jesu, O piissime Jesu (motet), SV313

Monteverdi, Claudio - O quam pulchra es, amica mea, motet for solo tenor, SV 317, SV317

Monteverdi, Claudio - Opera `L`incoronazione di Poppea`, SV308

Monteverdi, Claudio - Salve Regina, SV326

Monteverdi, Claudio - Spuntava il di (motet), SV255

Orff, Carl - “Carmina Burana”, scenic cantata

Padova, Bartolino da - Imperial sedendo, madrigal (14th century)

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista - Antiphon “Salve Regina” in F minor for Alto, Strings and Continuo, P. 78

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista - Sequence “Stabat Mater” in F minor for Soprano, Alto, Strings and Continuo, P. 77

Purcell, Henry - Arias

Purcell, Henry - Cantata “If ever I more riches did desire”, Z 544

Purcell, Henry - Incidental Music “Oedipus”, Z 583

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Cantata `Cleopatra, mia reina` (`Marc`Antonio e Cleopatra`), H.121

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Cantata `Clori e Mirtilla`

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Cantata `E pur vuole il cielo e amore`, H.233

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Cantata `Filen, mio caro bene` (`Filli che esprime la sua fede`), H.263

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Cantata `Leandro, anima mia` (`Ero e Leandro`), H.379

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Cantata `Questo silenzio ombroso`, H.616

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Motet Salve Regina for Alto and Strings

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Motet Salve Regina for Alto, Soprano and Strings

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Motet `De Tenebroso Lacu` for Alto and Strings

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Motet `Infirmata, vulnerata` for Alto and Strings

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Motet `Stabat Mater`

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Quae est ista, Motet

Scarlatti, Alessandro - Totus Amore Languens, Motet for Viola and Strings

Senleches, Jacob - La harpe de melodie

Stuck, Jean-Baptiste - Cantata `Les Festes Bolonnoises`

Telemann, Georg Philipp - Harmonischer Gottes-dienst, part I: Cantata No. 12 “Was ist mir doch das Rühmen nütze” for Contralto, Flute & Basso Continuo, TVWV 1:1521

Telemann, Georg Philipp - Harmonischer Gottes-dienst, part I: Cantata No. 3 “Ihr Völker, hört” for Contralto, Flute & Basso Continuo, TVWV 1:921

Telemann, Georg Philipp - Harmonischer Gottes-dienst, part I: Cantata No. 7 “Erscheine, Gott, in deinem Tempel” for Contralto, Flute & basso continuo, TVWV 1:471

Telemann, Georg Philipp - Harmonischer Gottes-dienst, part III: Cantata No. 44 “Kein Vogel kann im Weiten Fliegen” for Soprano, Flute & basso continuo, TVWV 1:994

Vivaldi, Antonio - Antiphon “Salve Regina in G minor” for contralto, two groups of strings, two oboes and basso continuo in G minor, RV 618

Vivaldi, Antonio - Antiphon “Salve Regina” for contralto, double mixed chorus, two transverse flutes, strings and basso continuo in C minor, RV 616

Vivaldi, Antonio - Cantata “Amor hai vinto” for contralto, two violins and basso continuo, RV 683

Vivaldi, Antonio - Cantata “Cessate, omai cessate” for contralto, strings and basso continuo, RV 684

Vivaldi, Antonio - Cantata “Perfidissimo cor” for contralto and basso continuo, RV 674

Vivaldi, Antonio - Cantata “Qual per ignoto calle” for contralto and basso continuo, RV 677

Vivaldi, Antonio - Introduzione “Cur sagittas, cur tela, cur faces” for contralto, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV 637

Vivaldi, Antonio - Introduzione “Filiae Maestae Jerusalem” for contralto, strings and basso continuo in C minor, RV 638

Vivaldi, Antonio - Introduzione “Non in pratis” for contralto, strings and basso continuo in C minor, RV 641

Vivaldi, Antonio - Motet “Vestro Principi divino” for contralto, strings and basso continuo in F major, RV 633

Vivaldi, Antonio - Opera “L’incoronazione di Dario”, RV 719

Vivaldi, Antonio - Opera “L’Olimpiade”, RV 725

Vivaldi, Antonio - Psalm setting “Nisi Dominus” for contralto, viola d’amore, strings and basso continuo in G minor, RV 608

Vivaldi, Antonio - Sequence “Stabat Mater” for contralto, strings and basso continuo in F minor, RV 621