Ciconia / Dufay - In Seculum Viellatoris - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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 tag 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. Album Tracks 1. Ar Ne Kuthe Ich Sorghe Non 2. Los Mais D'amors Ai Eu Ben Toz Apres 3. Bele Ysabelot / Je Me Cuidoie / Entre Copin Et Bourjois 4. Tut L'an Mi Ten Amors de Tal Faisson 5. La Uitime Estampie Real 6. In Seculum Viellatoris 7. Belicha 8. Non Credo, Donna, Che la Dolçe Fiamma 9. Ghaetta 10. O Bella Rosa 11. O Rosa Bella 12. Tenor la Belle Se Siet Au Pied de la Tour 13. La Belle Se Siet Au Pied de la Tour 14. Esperance Mi Fait Vivre en Dotour 15. J'aime la Biauté 16. Soyés Loyal a Vo Povoir