Ensemble Romances Sans Paroles

Ensemble Romances Sans Paroles, Chœurs de la Musique de Léonie, Marie-Noëlle Maerten & Corinne Barrère – Julien Joubert: Ceuillez votre jeunesse… Ronsard (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 20:05 minutes | 200 MB | Genre: Classical
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How to read Ronsard today? Simply aloud or in singing it, like back then. Because, for Ronsard, nothing is more obvious than to unite music and poetry: “I also want you to encourage you to pronounce your verses loudly in your room, when you do them, or sooner sing them, whatever voice can have. » Ronsard, Abbrégé de l’Art poétique françois, 1565 As soon as the collection of Loves was published, it was fashionable for a composer to set these poems to music. To quote the most famous: Goudimel, Certon, and of course Janequin. But long after death of the poet, many composers have continued to do so: Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Poulenc… It is because Ronsard’s texts have no no age; Pick the roses of life today is a principle immortal. Julien Joubert reads poetry every day, aloud and even the most often while singing. It was therefore only natural that he lean on the work by Ronsard.

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