L'Art des Troubadours Provençaux des XIIème et XIIIème siècles - Flor Enversa (CD)

L'Art des Troubadours Provençaux in 12^th and 13^th centuries - Flor Enversa (CD)

Trobadors in Provence from the 12th and 13th centuries

The 5th album of the group Flor Enversa, around Provencal troubadours, with a place of honor to tensons (dialogue songs) so emblematic of the life of the courses, songs that leave room for a lot of play and humor around the theme love!

 
Take a trip to Provence at the time of the troubadours and trobairitz (female troubadours) who lived there and dedicated much time to «tensons» (singing vocal duets), which were very popular in the courts.

With Thierry Cornillon, Domitille Vigneron and David Zubeldia for this disc.

Doble CD with booklet with all texts and translations.

Note that the digital version (MP3 files to download) is also available here.

Auto-production by Flor Enversa.

The band:

Flor Enversa performs a work of archeology and violin making, reconstitution of the instruments compared to the sources of the time, and revives these songs with the sounds that carried them.

From the duet to the larger ensembles, Flor Enversa (the inverse flower, according to a song by Raimbaut d'Orange) is a passion shared around the songs of troubadours. They sing the courtly lyric of the troubadours, and take their audience 800 years back, in Occitania of the Middle Ages, in these courts of the south of France inhabited by cortesia and fin'amor.

The troubadours compose poetry and music in langue d'oc, and offer in their songs a new art of living guided by love. They praise youth, beauty, generosity, courage, education and intelligence, sincerity and nobility of heart, which embellish the desired lady, the troubadour himself and his song.

Thierry Cornillon: chant, flûte, tambour, rote, harpe, flûte, cloche, frestel)
Domitille Vigneron: chant, vièles à archet
David Zubeldia: chant, flûte double, citole, flûte et tambour, flûte à 6 trous, luth roman, cornemuse

Titles:

CD 1:

1. Aura dosa (instrumental improvisation)
2. Peire Vidal: Ab l'alen tir vas me l'aire
3. Albertet de Sisteron: Mos coratge s'es cambiats
4. Comtessa de Dia: Ab joi et ab joven m'apais (contrafactum from Ventadorn, Ara non vei luzir solelh)
5. Raimbaut d'Aurenga / Comtessa de Dia: Amic en gran cossirier (contrafactum from Ventadorn, Ben m'an perdut lai envers)
6. Raimbaut de Vaqueiras: Eissament ai guerrejat amb amor (instrumental)
7. Albertet de Sisteron: En mon cor ai tal amor encobida
8. Peire Vidal: Be'm pac d'ivern e d'estiu
9. Vida d'Elias de Barjols
10. Elias de Barjols / Jaufre Reforsat de Trets: En Jaufrezet si dieu joi vos aduga (contrafactum from Riquier)
11. Folquet de Marselha: Mout i fetz grand pechat amors (instrumental)

CD 2:

1. Raimbaut d'Aurenga: Ar resplan la flor enversa
2. Raimbaut de Vaqueiras: M'el son que plus m'agensa
3. Clara d'Anduza: En greu d'esmai et en greu pessamen (contrafactum from Raimon Jordan, Vas vos soplei)
4. Cadenet / Gui de Cavalhon: Cadenet, pro domna e gaia (contrafactum from Riquier, Pos astres no m'es donatz)
5. Guilhem de Montanhagol: A Lunel lutz una luna luzent
   Blacasset: Amics Guilhem lauzan etz maldizens - Blacasset (contrafactum from Aimeric de Pegulhan, Atressi 'm pren com fai al jogador)
6. Bertran del Poget: Bona domna d'una re que.us deman (contrafactum from Folquet de Marselha, A quant gent vens)
7. Val creissent (instrumental improvisation)
8. Bonifaci de Castellana: Si tot no m'es fort gaya la sazos (contrafactum from Aimeric de Pegulhan, Cel que s'irais ni guerreja amb Amor)
9. Blacatz / Pistoleta: Senher Blacatz pos d'amor (contrafacturm from Pistoleta, Ar agues ieu mil marcs de fin argent)
10. Raimon Feraud: A Vellaron

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