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Du Bellay: Heureux qui, comme Ulysse / Dadre, Kwal, Doulce Mémoire
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Du Bellay: Heureux qui, comme Ulysse / Dadre, Kwal, Doulce Mémoire

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Composer
Various
Artist
Doulce Memoire, Denis Raisin Dadre, Kwal
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Sep 09, 2022
Catalog #
ALPHA870
UPC
3760014198700

About

Joachim Du Bellay (1522-1560) stormed onto the Parisian literary scene with the resounding avant-garde manifesto Défense et illustration de la langue française. Ronsard and Du Bellay are the great French poets of the sixteenth century, but while the former has been set to music hundreds of times, Du Bellay inspired only about thirty compositions. Denis Raisin Dadre and his ensemble Doulce Mémoire celebrate the Angevin poet on the occasion of his 500th anniversary with works by the leading composers of the period, among them Arcadelt (who set nine chansons to his texts, including Je ne puis dissimuler a year before Du Bellay’s death), Lassus, Chardavoine and Verdonck. It was also established practice at the time to declaim poems accompanied by a musician who improvised on the lyre, an instrument and usage imported from Italy (recitare a la lira). Denis Raisin Dadre has decided to pay tribute to these sixteenth-century ‘slam poets’ by asking a modern equivalent, Kwal, to ‘slam’ some of Du Bellay's sonnets, including the famous "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse."

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 Qui prestera la parole 04:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    Qui prestera la parole
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Didier Le Blanc
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  2. 2 Heureux qui comme Ulysse 01:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    Heureux qui comme Ulysse
    Duration
    01:55
    Performer
    Kwal
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  3. 3 Du temps que j'estois amoureux 02:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Du temps que j'estois amoureux
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Jacques Arcadelt
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  4. 4 Du temps que j'estois amoureux (arr. for chamber ensemble) 01:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    Du temps que j'estois amoureux (arr. for chamber ensemble)
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Jacques Arcadelt
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  5. 5 La Nuit froide et sombre 02:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    La Nuit froide et sombre
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Orlande de Lassus
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  6. 6 O foible esprit 02:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    O foible esprit
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Orlande de Lassus
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  7. 7 On peut faindre par le cizeau 03:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    On peut faindre par le cizeau
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Didier Le Blanc
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  8. 8 Hors envyeux (arr. for chamber ensemble) 01:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    Hors envyeux (arr. for chamber ensemble)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Nicolas Gombert
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  9. 9 Si vous regardez, ma dame 01:53
    Track
    9
    Title
    Si vous regardez, ma dame
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Jacques Arcadelt
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  10. 10 Si vous regardez, ma dame - Bransles - Si vous regardez, ma dame 05:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    Si vous regardez, ma dame - Bransles - Si vous regardez, ma dame
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Corneille de Montfort, Jehan Chardavoine
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  11. 11 En ce moys delicieux I 01:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    En ce moys delicieux I
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Jacques Arcadelt
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  12. 12 En ce moys delicieux I (arr. for chamber ensemble) 01:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    En ce moys delicieux I (arr. for chamber ensemble)
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Jacques Arcadelt
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  13. 13 En ce moys delicieux II 02:10
    Track
    13
    Title
    En ce moys delicieux II
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Nicolas
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  14. 14 Seul et pensif 05:15
    Track
    14
    Title
    Seul et pensif
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Cornelis Verdonck
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  15. 15 La nuit m'est courte 02:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    La nuit m'est courte
    Duration
    02:13
    Performer
    Kwal
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  16. 16 La nuit m'est courte, et le jour trop me dure 04:57
    Track
    16
    Title
    La nuit m'est courte, et le jour trop me dure
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Jean de Castro
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  17. 17 L'homme vertueux est riche 02:37
    Track
    17
    Title
    L'homme vertueux est riche
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Cornelis Verdonck
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  18. 18 Pavane 03:13
    Track
    18
    Title
    Pavane
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  19. 19 Cet' humeur vient de mon oeil 02:34
    Track
    19
    Title
    Cet' humeur vient de mon oeil
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Anthoine de Bertrand
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  20. 20 Marcher d'un grave pas 01:59
    Track
    20
    Title
    Marcher d'un grave pas
    Duration
    01:59
    Performer
    Kwal
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  21. 21 Je te souhaite pour t'ebatre 01:53
    Track
    21
    Title
    Je te souhaite pour t'ebatre
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Jean de Castro
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  22. 22 Si le bien qui au plus grand bien 02:24
    Track
    22
    Title
    Si le bien qui au plus grand bien
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Jacques Arcadelt
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  23. 23 Qui voudra voir 02:37
    Track
    23
    Title
    Qui voudra voir
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Clément Janequin
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  24. 24 Je ne puis dissimuler 02:38
    Track
    24
    Title
    Je ne puis dissimuler
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Jacques Arcadelt
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre
  25. 25 Vieille plus vieille que le monde 03:11
    Track
    25
    Title
    Vieille plus vieille que le monde
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Jacques Arcadelt
    Ensemble
    Doulce Mémoire
    Conductor
    Denis Raisin Dadre