Alla Fracesca: Mediterranea, Troubadour Songs

Alla Francesca: Brigitte Lesne, vocal, Pierre Hamon, flute and Carlo Rizzo, tabors & vocal

Over the last few years, the Zig Zag label has put out some interesting recordings of early music, but none as interesting in scope as this recent release 'Mediterranea'. This recording focuses on the music folk medieval of the Mediterranean countries, and gives a great look into the cultures that border this great sea. Brigitte Lesne, who is a specialist in medieval vocal works, is joined by Pierre Hamon, Carloz Rizzi, and form the Alla Francesca trio. The intimacy of the pieces harkens back to a simpler time when music was made with groups of friends, and on smaller scales. The instrumental playing on this disc is great as many types of flutes and harps are sampled throughout. There is a ancient quality in Lesne's voice that gives it an authenticity. A wonderful recording with some great musical moments!

Ever since antiquity, the shores of the Mediterranean have assembled men and women who share a cultural heritage with multiple resonances. These pieces say something about their loves, their faith, sometimes their fears, in any case their wisdom and their appetite for life. In so doing, they allow us to glimpse their intimate existence. The combination of the voices of Brigitte Lesne, well-known to and admired by lovers of medieval music, and Carlo Rizzo, specialist in the traditional songs of the Italian peninsula, creates links and contrasts enhanced by the use of early instruments (the medieval harp, for example) and others more readily associated with the traditional repertory (such as flutes of Pierre Hamon and tabors of Carlo Rizzo) to produce a lively, colourful whole that sets the imagination vibrating. A genuine journey through eternal mediterranean space between Antiquity, Medieval periods and living traditions

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