Nuits Occitanes / Various - Nuits Occitanes [CD]

Under the title Occitan Nights, a few troubadour songs have been collected here. Those poet-musicians celebrated the beauty of women, praised the courage of men and evoked the parting of lovers at daybreak. The Céladon Ensemble offers us a poetic, inspired vision of these lovely melodies. Taking it's name from the hero of Honoré d'Urfé's Astrée, the Céladon ensemble explores the early music repertoire with charm and fantasy, striving to reinvent the form of it's concerts at each appearance. Led by countertenor Paulin Bündgen, Céladon seeks to avoid the beaten tracks and enjoys surveying the repertoire linked with the countertenor timbre, between mediaeval, renaissance and baroque music. The ensemble is a regular guest of festivals and concert seasons, recognized for the quality of it's interpretations and profoundly human relations with the audience