Joachim Du Bellay (1522-1560) stormed onto the Parisian literary scene with the resounding avant-garde manifesto DÃ©fense et illustration de la langue franÃ§aise. 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 MÃ©moire 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 'slammers' by asking a modern equivalent, Kwal, to 'slam' some of Du Bellay's sonnets, including the famous Heureux qui, comme Ulysse.

Tracklist:

Qui Prestera la Parole
Heureux Qui, Comme Ulysse
Du Temps Que J'Estois Amoureux
Du Temps Que J'Estois Amoureux
Nuit Froyde et Sombre
O Foible Esprit
On Peut Faindre par le Cizeau
Hors Envyeux
Si Vous Regardez, Ma Dame
Work(s)~Si Vous Regardez, Ma Dame / Bransles / Si Vous Regardez, Ma Dame
En Ce Moys Delicieux
En Ce Moys Delicieux
En Ce Moys Delicieux
Seul et Pensif
Nuit M'Est Courte
Nuit M'Est Courte
Homme Vertueux Est Riche
Pavane
Cet' Humeur Vient de Mon Oil
Marcher D'Un Grave Pas
Je Te Souhaite pour T'Ebatre
Si Le Bien Qui Au Plus Grand Bien
Qui Voudra Voir
Je Ne Puis Dissimuler
Vieille Plus Vieille Que le Monde

UPC: 3760014198700
Label: Alpha
Release Date: 9.9.22
Format: CD

Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse / Various - Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse / Various (CD)