Cœur – Airs de cour de la Renaissance

The Poème Harmonique first achieved success on the international scene in 2000 with the French Airs de Cour. The ensemble brought to life unknown composers such as Guédron, Moulinié and Tessier whose polyphonic gems condense into a few short minutes a complex world of drama, comedy and sensation. One of the early building blocks of French music, in their apparent simplicity and extreme delicacy they occupy a place similar to the lied in the German repertoire. Many treasures remain to be discovered and Vincent Dumestre, returning to his first love, has chosen to bring back to the fore, alongside Guédron and Bataille, forgotten composers like Fabrice Caïétain, Didier Leblanc and Girard de Beaulieu, whose work spans the Renaissance and Baroque periods. A team of vocalists and instrumentalists – four singers, a consort of viols, lutes and wind instruments – unrivalled in this repertoire will do more than justice to the sumptuous timbres demanded by this music of kings.

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Buy this record: ALPHA 213

Cast:
Claire Lefilliâtre soprano
Bruno Le Levreur countertenor
Serge Goubioud tenor
Marc Mauillon bass
Atsushi Sakaï treble gamba
Sylvia Abramowicz viola da gamba
Lucas Peres viola da gamba
Françoise Enock violone
Mélanie Flahaut flute bassoon
Angélique Mauillon harp
Vincent Dumestre theorbo & conductor

Programme:
Hélas que me faut il faire, Girard de Beaulieu
Passepieds de Bretaigne, Pierre-Francisque Carroubel
Allons vieille imperfaite, Fabrice Caïétain
Bien qu’un cruel martire, Pierre Guédron
Sus ! Mon lut d’un accord pitoyable, Didier Blanc
Les Mariniers, Didier Leblanc
Quel secours, Didier Leblanc
Tant et tant il m’ennuie, Pierre Guédron
Mais voyez mon cher esmoy, Fabrice Caïétain
Fantaisie, Lorenzini
J’ayme trop mieux souffrir la mort, Guillaume Costeley
Ô combien est heureuse, Adrian Le Roy
Belle qui m’avez blessé, Pierre Guédron