Henri Du Mont first made provision for the performance of a number of his compositions by women’s voices in his Cantica Sacra (1652) and thus made it possible for these works to be sung in convents. This recording includes not only the motets intended for these institutions but also one of the Messes Royales in plainsong and several organ pieces from his Meslanges composed for the Dames religieuses qui touchent l’orgue.

This recording is the second in a systematic exploration of the several collections of music by Henry du Mont that were published in Paris. The first recording in this series was devoted to the Cantica Sacra and was released in 2010 to mark the 400th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

Contents:
Pour les vêpres
1. Magnificat
2. Prélude à 2
3. Vulnerasti cor meum
Messe pour les couvents
4. Kyrie
5. Gloria
6. Symphonia à 3
7. Credo
8. Sanctus
9. O Panis angelorum
10. Benedictus
11. Agnus Dei
12. Domine salvum
Pour les fêtes de l’année
13. Prélude à 3
14. Bernardus doctor
Hymnus in festo Sancti Bernardi
15. Vide homo
Pour le Vendredi Saint
16. Laudibus cives
Hymnus de Sancto Benedicto
17. Veni creator spiritus
Pour la fête de la Pentecôte
18. Symphonia à 4
19. Litaniae Beatae Mariae Virginis