Baptiste Romain, director of the ensemble Le Miroir de Musique, has just been appointed professor at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. To mark this occasion, he enriches the 'Instruments' series on the Ricercar label with a recital devoted to the medieval vielle (bowed fiddle): troubadour songs and dances and polyphonic compositions from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries illustrate the various stages in the evolution of this instrument, the ancestor of the violin. After general musical studies focusing on violin and composition at the CNR Rueil-Malmaison, Baptiste Romain chose to specialize in the musical repertoire of the Middle Ages and Renaisance by practicing the bow vielle and bagpipes. After training at the Center for Medieval Music in Paris, notably with Marco Horvat, he studied at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, with Randall Cook, Dominique Vellard and Crawford Young, while regularly practicing ensemble music with Pierre Hamon at the National Conservatory of Lyon. He received his violin soloist diploma from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2008.

Tracklist:

Arne Kuth Ich Sorge Non
Los Mals D'amors Ai Eu Ben Toz Apres
Bele Ysabelot - Je Me Cuidoie - Entre Copin Et Bourjois
Tut L'an Mi Ten Amors De Tal Faisson
La Uitime Estampie Real
In Seculum Viellatoris
Belicha
Non Credo, Donna, Che La Dolçe Fiamma
Ghaetta
O Bella Rosa, O Perla Angelichata
O Rosa Bella, O Dolce Anima Mia
Tenor La Belle Se Siet Au Pied De La Tour
La Belle Se Siet Au Pied De La Tour
Espérance Mi Fait Vivre En Doulour
J'aime La Biaute
Soyés Loyal A Vo Povoir

UPC: 5400439003880
Label: Ricercar
Release Date: 3.9.18
Format: CD

Ciconia / Dufay - In Seculum Viellatoris (CD)