Ensemble Celadon & Paulin Bundgen – The Love Songs of Jehan de Lescurel (2016) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

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 Céladon are backed up by richly coloured instruments.

Tracklist

1 Amour, voules vous acorder 02:56
2 A vous, douce debonnaire 02:45
3 Amours, aus vrais cuers commune 03:07
4 Amours, cent mille mercyz 02:30
5 Amours, que vous ai meffait 03:38
6 Abundance de felonie 02:30
7 Amours, trop vous doi cherir 01:04
8 Bietris est mes delis 00:59
9 Bien se lace 01:45
10 Bonne amour me rent 02:22
11 Bontes, sen, valours et pris 03:10
12 Belle et noble, a bonne estrainne 01:34
13 Bien se peust apercevoir 01:39
14 Belle, com loiaus amans 04:50
15 Bonnement m’agree 01:35
16 Comment que pour l’eloignance 04:16
17 De gracieuse dame amer 01:45
18 De la grant joie d’amours 02:45
19 Douce amour, confortez moi 05:43
20 Dame, vo regars m’ont mis en la voie 03:16
21 D’amour qui n’est bien celee 03:04
22 Dame gracieuse et belle 02:23
23 Dame, par vo dous regart 02:36
24 Douce dame, je vous pri 01:23
25 Douce desirree 01:09
26 Dame, si vous vient a gre 01:57
27 Diex, quant la verrai 01:42
28 Dis tans plus qu’il ne faudroit flours 05:00
29 Fi, mesdisan esragie 00:56
30 Guilleurs me font mout souvent 01:09
31 Gracieusette 00:47