Despertant instruments adormits - Awakening sleeping instruments - Troubadours Art Ensemble & Invités

Despertant instruments adormits - Awakening sleeping instruments - Troubadours Art Ensemble & Invités

Direction Gerard Zuchetto.

I am proud and honoured to be able to present this album, which serves as the culmination of two years of concerts, activities, conferences and tours of the European project ‘Awakening Sleeping Instruments’. This is a physical example of the music that has been recovered and that has served to bring to life the Portico of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll and, at the same time, promote its candidacy for the status of UNESCO world heritage site.
To be able to hear the works of the Scriptorium of Ripoll again 1,000 years later, to be able to relive music from the middle ages, hearing it afresh today, is something that fills us with joy. In addition, during this project, the recovered melodies have been performed by leading international musicians specialising in the genre, and have crossed borders to be performed in different countries, merging with medieval sounds from around the world. The project has included the collaboration of local groups in the town of Ripoll, such as the very active participation of the Coral Capella de Santa Maria, a choir established over 125 years ago that has been awarded the prestigious Creu de Sant Jordi.
Enormous thanks go to Antoni Madueño and Gerard Zuchetto for making possible this recording, which brings to life and gives voice to the instruments carved in stone in the mid-12th century Portico in Ripoll. We would like to thank them and all the others who have participated in this journey, as we hold in our hands one more piece of the great cultural heritage of our beloved town.
Jordi Munell i Garcia, Mayor of Ripoll.

Collection Votz de Trobar - Libre-CD 01.

Editions Tròba Vox.


Titles:
01 Arcem Kürdi Pesrev (Ussak Curcuna / Christos Barbas / Giuseppe Frana) 4’37
02 Mode interlude (Christos Barbas / Giuseppe Frana) 3’15
03 Yasemin (Christos Barbas / Giuseppe Frana) 7’46
04 Sitot m’ai tarzat mos chans (Gaucelm Faidit XIIe s. / TAE / Sandra Hurtado-Ròs) 7’15
05 Estat ai com om esperdut (Bernart de Ventadorn XIIe s . / TAE / Sandra Hurtado-Ròs) 5’56
06 Jhesu Crist filh de dieu viu (Guiraut Riquier XIIIe s. / TAE / Sandra Hurtado-Ròs) 2’24
07 Wae da mah (Ovadiah XIIe s. /Antoni Madueño) 6,20
08 Mi al har chorev (Ovadiah XIIe s. / TAE /Antoni Madueño) 5’13
09 Hodie Mundo (Ovadiah XIIe s. / TAE / Antoni Madueño) 6’10
10 Reis glorios (Giraut de Bornelh XIIe s. / TAE / Sandra Hurtado-Ròs / Antoni Madueño / Gérard Zuchetto) 8’06
11 Lambra (Labyrinth Cyprus / Euripides Dikaios / Giuseppe Frana / Elena Xyda) 5’18
12 Misepsen (Anonymous XVIe s. / Labyrinth Cyprus / Euripides Dikaios Giuseppe Frana / Giannis Koutis) 6’42
13 Planctus (Coral Capella Ripoll - direction Teresina Maideu) 5’41
14 Cedit frigus (Coral Capella Ripoll - direction Teresina Maideu) 3’01


The artists:
Troubadours Art Ensemble

Sandra Hurtado-Ròs - chant / singing - Antoni Madueño - chant / singing
Mick André Rochard - vièle, oud, guiterne / viola , arabic lute, guitern
Patrice Villaumé - tympanon, vielle ténor / pasaltery, hurdy gurdy tenor
Bertrand Bayle - guiterne / guitern - Christophe Montet - percussions / drums
Gerard Zuchetto, chant, clarins / singing, medieval clarinets, direction

Guests

Giuseppe Frana - oud, guiterne / medieval lute - Christos Barbas - ney
Elena Xyda - chant / singing - Giannis Koutis - chant / singing, oud
Christina Polycarpou - cretan lyra - Euripides Dikaios - tampouchiá
Coral Capella de Santa Maria de Ripoll direction Teresina Maideu
and soloists: Josep Benet, Xavi Cerezo, Lucía Samitier, Ana Cerezo, Belen Bernaus
Arturo Palomares, Mariona Llobera, Oriol Guimerà, direction Antoni Madueño

These recordings (except 11-12) were made by Trob’Art Productions during several artistic residencies and concerts: the Fontfroide Abbey from 28 September to 3 October 2020 and the Valmagne Abbey 5 August 2021.
Concerts 2020 and 2021: Fontfroide Abbey, Valmagne Abbey, Santa Maria de Ripoll, Saint-Papoul Abbey, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Collioure, Prats de Mollo, Treilles, Castle of Puivert…