Ensemble Organum - Marcel Pérès

The Profile

Ensemble Organum is an early-music ensemble founded and directed by French musicologist Marcel Pérès, specializing in medieval and liturgical chant performance and research.

Marcel Pérès is a French musicologist and conductor and founder/director of Ensemble Organum. The ensemble focuses on early medieval chant (including Roman and Gallican repertoires) and historically informed performance practices. The recording "Chants De L'Eglise De Rome" (Harmonia Mundi, 1986) is discussed in the provided review.

The available review praises Ensemble Organum's recording of Roman church chant as a research-driven, austere performance bridging Western and Eastern chant traditions. It highlights ornamentation, continuous drone, and Greek-text elements in some pieces. The reviewer recommends listening to the 'Alleluia Pascha nostrum' sample and rates the album 4/5.