Perceval - The Quest For The Grail Vol 1 / La Nef

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
June 29, 1995
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERGERON SYLVIAN
    • PERFORMER
      La Nef
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 29, 1995
    • UPC
      053479027122
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DOR-90271
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Dans la foret perdue (In the Lost Forest): Prologue: Les fleurs de la foret

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

    2. Dans la foret perdue (In the Lost Forest): Air des Chevaliers (Choir, Perceval)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor

    3. Dans la foret perdue (In the Lost Forest): Et quand il les vit en apert (Perceval)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor

    4. Dans la foret perdue (In the Lost Forest): Perceval revient du bois

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

    5. Dans la foret perdue (In the Lost Forest): Biaux fils (The Lady Widow, Perceval)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor, Claire Gignac

    6. Dans la foret perdue (In the Lost Forest): Ah! Lasse, comme suis mal baillie! (The Lady Widow)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Claire Gignac

    7. Dans la foret perdue (In the Lost Forest): A manger! (Perceval)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor

    8. Dans la foret perdue (In the Lost Forest): Le Depart (Choir)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

    9. Au Chateau D'Arthur (At Arthur's Castle): Ou iras-tu, vallet, dis va? (The Red Knight, Perceval)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor, Nicolas Lemieux

    10. Au Chateau D'Arthur (At Arthur's Castle): Biaux frere, bienvenu soyez (Arthur, Choir)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Rafik Samman

    11. Au Chateau D'Arthur (At Arthur's Castle): Vallet, si tu vis sans age (A Young Maid)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Catherine Herrmann

    12. Au Chateau D'Arthur (At Arthur's Castle): Mettez les bas (Perceval, The Red Knight)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor, Claire Gignac

    13. Au Chateau de Blancheflor a Beaurepaire (With Blancheflor at Belrepeire Castle): Damoiselle, je fus (Blancheflor, Perceval)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor, Rafik Samman

    14. Au Chateau de Blancheflor a Beaurepaire (With Blancheflor at Belrepeire Castle): Slow air

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Performer: Daniel Taylor

    15. Au Chateau de Blancheflor a Beaurepaire (With Blancheflor at Belrepeire Castle): Ha, gentil chevalier, merci! (Blancheflor, Percival)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor, Rafik Samman

    16. Au Chateau de Blancheflor a Beaurepaire (With Blancheflor at Belrepeire Castle): Ainsi malheureuse suis (Blancheflor)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Performer: Daniel Taylor, Rafik Samman

    17. Au Chateau de Blancheflor a Beaurepaire (With Blancheflor at Belrepeire Castle): Amie chere (Perceval, Blancheflor, Choir)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor, Rafik Samman

    18. La Bataille De Beaurepaire (The Battle of Belrepeire): A l'ajourner s'en retourna (Choir, Blancheflor, Perceval)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor, Rafik Samman

    19. La Bataille De Beaurepaire (The Battle of Belrepeire): Le jor y fut ses fers sentis (Choir)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Performer: Daniel Taylor

    20. La Bataille De Beaurepaire (The Battle of Belrepeire): The Arran boat

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Performer: Daniel Taylor

    21. La Bataille De Beaurepaire (The Battle of Belrepeire): A jig

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Performer: Daniel Taylor

    22. La Bataille De Beaurepaire (The Battle of Belrepeire): Le depart de Beaurepaire

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Performer: Daniel Taylor

    23. La Bataille De Beaurepaire (The Battle of Belrepeire): Ici a la voie se met (Choir, Perceval)

      Composer: Sylvain Bergeron

      Ensemble: La Nef

      Performer: Daniel Taylor



Anyone familiar with La Nef's other recordings knows that this group is very hard to categorize. Its repertoire tends to be focused on medieval sources and its instruments come from that same period, but the group's aim is to give its programs a kind of modern flavor by revising and reworking ancient tunes and texts, occasionally composing original material, adding elements of drama, and organizing it all together into a cohesive theatrical presentation that centers on a theme or story. In this case, we are treated to one of the earliest known stories of the quest for the Holy Grail. The text, by 12th-century writer Chrétien de Troyes, was adapted by La Nef and set to various authentic tunes (and a few newly composed ones), performed with engaging style and with a real sense of dramatic flow. You should know that this recording is only Part One of the story, in which we learn of Perceval, his early life in the forest, his abandonment of his mother in order to join King Arthur's knights, and details of several of his early exploits. The music includes many beautiful melodies--some sung by the excellent countertenor Daniel Taylor, who plays Perceval--and first rate instrumental playing, especially by Sylvain Bergeron, a master of various plucked stringed instruments, who here performs on an "early guitar". Part Two is next, in which we follow our hero to the castle of the Grail, where he meets the Fisher King, the Young Maid, the Hideous Damsel, and the Hermit. Stay tuned. --David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com