Discography
Gerard Lesne
Il Seminario Musicale Discography
from Fondation Royaumont website
Il Seminario recordings released after the Fondation Royaumont website was last updated:

Nicolas Clerambault - Motets pour Saint Sulpice
Virgin Veritas 5 45415 2 (rec. February 1999)
ATB: Gerard Lesne, Mark Padmore, Josep-Miquel Ramon i Monzo

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Trois Histoires Sacrees
(Mors Saulis - H403; Sacrificium Abrahae - H402; Dialogus inter angelum et pastores - H406)
Astree Naive E8821 (rec. October 2000)
S: Marie-Louise Duthoit, Jael Azzaretti
A: Gerard Lesne, Benjamin Clee
T: Jean-Francois Novelli, Nicolas Bauchau
B: Ronan Nedelec, Raimonds Spogis

Alessandro Scarlatti - Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme
Virgin Veritas 5 45452 2 (rec. 1999)
Sedecia - Gerard Lesne
Anna - Virginie Pochon
Ismaele Philippe Jaroussky
Nabucco - Peter Harvey
Nadabbe - Mark Padmore
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probably incomplete
Recordings with groups other than Il Seminario Musicale:

Polyphonie Aquitaine (XII cent.)
Ens. Organum / Marcel Peres
Harmonia Mundi HMX 901134 (rec. November 1983)
A.2T.2B: Gerard Lesne, Dominique Vellard, Josep Benet, Josep Cabre, Philippe Balloy

Henri Du Mont - Motets

Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot
Ricercar 029004 (rec. 1984)
Henri Ledroit, Gerard Lesne

Ecole de Notre Dame - Messe du Jour de Noel

Ensemble Organum / Marcel Peres
Harmonia Mundi HMX 1901148 (rec. July 1984)
AT.2B: Gerard Lesne, Josep Benet, Josep Cabre, Philippe Balloy

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Meditations pour le Careme
Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
Harmonia Mundi HMA 1905151 (rec. April 1985)
S: Agnes Mellon, Monique Zanetti
A: Dominique Visse, Gerard Lesne
T: Michel Laplenie, Ian Honeyman
B: Philippe Cantor, Francois Fauche
Antoine Sicot

Claudio Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione di Poppea
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire
CBS M3K 39728 (rec. 1985)

Georg Philip Telemann - Quatre Cantates Spirituelles
Academie Royale de Musique de Paris / Jean-Claude Veilhan
Adda 581051 (rec. 1985 ?)

Claude Le Jeune - Meslanges
Ens. Clement Janequin / Dominique Visse
Harmonia Mundi 901182; reissue HMX 2908055; reissue Musique d'Abord 1901182 (reissue 1995; rec. May 1985)
S.2A.T.3B: Agnes Mellon, Dominique Visse, Gerard Lesne, Michel Laplenie, Philippe Cantor, Josep Cabre, Antoine Sicot

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic
Accord 220662 (rec. 1986 ?)

Antonio Vivaldi - L'Incoronazione di Dario
Ens. Baroque de Nice / Gilbert Bezzina
Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901235.37 (rec. 1986)
Dario & Le Fantome de Ciro - John Elwes
Statira - Gerard Lesne
Argene - Henri Ledroit
Niceno & L'Oracle d'Apollo - Michel Verschaeve
Alinda & Arpago - Isabelle Poulenard
Oronte - Agnes Mellon
Flora - Dominique Visse

Codex Chantilly - Airs de Cour du XIVe siecle
Ens. Organum / Marcel Peres
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901252 (rec. September 1986)
AT.2B: Gerard Lesne, Josep Benet, Josep Cabre, Francois Fauche

Johannes Ockeghem - Missa Prolationum
Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic
Accord 149167 (rec. ?)

Josquin Desprez - Mizza Pange Lingua
Ens. Organum / Marcel Peres; Ens. Clement Janequin / Dominique Visse
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901239 (rec. 1986)
A: Dominique Visse, Gerard Lesne
T: Michel Laplenie, Josep Benet
B: Philippe Cantor, Josep Cabre, Antoine Sicot, Francois Fauche

Luigi Rossi - Oratorio per la Settimana Santa
Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
Musique d'Abord 1901297 (reissue 1994; rec. ?)


Carlo Gesualdo - Madrigaux a 5 voix
Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901268 (rec. July 1987)
2S.2A.2T.B:  Monique Zanetti, Arlette Steyer, Nathalie Stutzmann, Gerard Lesne, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Michel Laplenie, Simon Grant

Jean-Baptiste Lully - Petits Motets
Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
Harmonia Mundi HMD 941274 (rec. October 1987)
3S.ATB:  Monique Zanetti, Arlette Steyer, Marie Boyer, Gerard Lesne, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Francois Fauche

Michel Pignolet de Monteclair - Cantates
Les Arts Florissants - William Christie
Music d'Abord HMA 1901280 (rec. March 1988)
2S.ATB:  Agnes Mellon, Monique Zanetti, Gerard Lesne, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Jean-Francois Gardeil

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - David et Jonathas
Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
Music d'abord HMA 1901289.90 (rec. 1988)
Saul - Jean-Francois Gardeil
Witch - Dominique Visse
David - Gerard Lesne
Jonathas - Monique Zanetti
Joabel - Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
L'Ombre de Samuel & Achis - Bernard Deletre


Codex Faenza - Italie XVe siecle
Ens. Organum / Marcel Perez
Harmonia Mundi HMU 901354; reissued on Musique d'Abord 1901354 (reissue 1995, rec. ?)
AT.2B: Gerard Lesne, Josep Benet, Josep Cabre, Malcolm Bothwell

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Canticum ad Beatam Virginem Mariam

Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall
Astree Naive ES 9929 (rec. February 1989)
3S.ATB:  Montserrat Figueras, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Maite Arruabarrena, Gerard Lesne, John Elwes, Josep Cabre

Johann Sebastian Bach - Lutheran Masses (BWV 234 & 235)
Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe
Virgin Classics 0777 7595872 0 (rec. July 1989)
SATB:  Agnes Mellon, Gerard Lesne, Christoph Pregardien, Peter Kooy

O Lusitano - Portuguese vilancetes, cantigas & romances

Gerard Lesne with Circa 1500 / Nancy Hadden
Virgin Classics 7777 59071 2 (rec. November 1989)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Magnificat & BWV 80

La Chapelle Royale & Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe
Harmonia Mundi HMX 2951326 (rec. January 1990)
2S.ATB:  Barbara Schlick, Agnes Mellon, Gerard Lesne, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy

Johann Joseph Fux - Dafne in Lauro

Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic
Nuova Era 7345 (rec. February 1990; probably live)
Diana - Mieke van der Sluis
Dafne - Lina Akerlund
Apollo - Gerard Lesne
Amore - Sylvia Piccollo
Mercurio - Martin Klietmann

Johann Sebastian Bach - Lutheran Masses  (BWV 233 & 236)
Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe
Virgin Classics 0777 59634 2 (rec. April 1990)
SATB:  Agnes Mellon, Gerard Lesne, Christoph Pregardien, Peter Kooy

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantatas (BWV 131, 73 & 105)

Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe
Virgin Classics 0777 59237 2 8 (rec. December 1990)
SATB:  Barbara Schlick, Gerard Lesne, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantatas (BWV 21 & 42)

La Chapelle Royale & Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe
Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908093 (rec. 1990)
SAT.2B:  Barbara Schlick, Gerard Lesne, Howard Crook, Peter Harvey (BWV 21), Peter Kooy (BWV 42)

Antonio Vivaldi - L'Olimpiade
Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic
Nuova Era ? (reissued on Brilliant Classics 99562/29 & 99562/30) (rec. 1990; live)
Clistene - Andrew Walker-Schultze
Aristea - Lucia Meeuswen
Argene - Elisabeth von Magnus
Megacle - Mieke van der Sluis
Licida - Gerard Lesne
Aminta - Aris Christoffelis
Alcandro - William Oberholtzer

Alessandro Stradella - San Giovanni Battista
Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski
Erato 2292-45739-2 (rec. March-April 1991; pieced together from live performances)
St. John the Baptist - Gerard Lesne
Salome - Catherine Bott
Erodiade - Christine Batty
Consigliero - Richard Edgar-Wilson
Erode - Philippe Huttenlocher

Georg Frideric Handel - Poro
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
Opus 111 OPS 30-113/115 (rec. April 1994)
Poro - Gloria Banditelli
Cleofide - Rossana Bertini
Erissena - Bernarda Fink
Gandarte - Gerard Lesne
Alessandro - Sandro Naglia
Timagene - Roberto Abbondanza

William Byrd - With lilies white (consort songs & music for viols)
Gerard Lesne with Ens. Orlando Gibbons / Wieland Kuijken
Virgin Veritas 5 45264 2 (rec. January 1996)

D'amours loial servant - Chansons d'amour francaises et italiennes des XIVe et XVe siecles
Gerard Lesne with Alla Francesca (Brigitte Lesne, Emmanuel Bonnardot & Pierre Hamon)
Virgin Veritas 5 45357 2 (rec. February 1999)