The Love Songs of Jehan de Lescurel
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.RIC366

By Angelique Mauillon, Clara Coutouly, Ensemble Celadon (Anne Delafosse, Florent Marie, Gwenael Bihan, Ludwin Bernatene), Nolwenn Le Guern, and Paulin Bundgen. By Jehan de Lescurel. Classical. Listening CD. Published by Naxos (NX.RIC366).

Many mysteries surround the life of Jehan de Lescurel, beginning with his date of birth. Probably the son of middle-class Parisians, cleric, musician and poet, he was most likely trained at Notre-Dame. His oeuvre consists of some thirty songs written in the waning tradition of the art of the Parisian troubadours and even broaches polyphony. In them, he describes several amorous situations, sometimes depicting the emotions of the rejected suitor, sometimes those of the beautiful misunderstood lady, in a game of love and feelings that range from nostalgia to ecstasy, and not excluding humour. In this complete recording, the three voices of Celadon are backed up by richly coloured instruments.

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