Label: Sub Rosa

古楽と現代音楽の美し過ぎる融合!!1971年フランス出身、ギターとピアノを中心に弦/管楽器もプレイ、ラモンテやフェルドマン、ケージの曲、またリュック・フェラーリのオマージュも演奏したりしているベテランSylvain Chauveau。15世紀と16世紀の宗教音楽と世俗音楽を歌うボーカルアンサンブル"Chant 1450"と共に作り上げたハイブリッドな古楽音源。ルネサンス期に活躍した作曲家パスカル・ド・レストカールの[Octonaires de la vanité du monde](1582年)と、ジュネーブ詩篇(1562年)をアカペラで歌い、そして幾つかの楽曲ではSylvain Chauveauによる再構築版を収録、決してアーカイヴ的な発想では無く新たな何かを生み出すという心意気が素晴らしい内容。









CD Digipack + 12 page Booklet

These recordings show a bold mix : breathtaking a cappella interpretations of the Octonaires de la Vanité du Monde by Paschal de L'Estocart (1582)and pieces from the Geneva Psalter (1562) meet the reworkings of Sylvain Chauveau. The voices of chant 1450, trained in early music, sing these pieces with lyrics about transience full of emotion and elegance.

Sylvain Chauveau processed individual pieces electronically, whereby transience remains sonically present in his always surprising versions. The reworkings do not take early music as a fixed, quasi-museum repertoire, but as a starting point for something new - everything is in flux, is reinterpreted, changes. A wonderful stream of fantastic music emerges, with ancient and contemporary music coming closer together than one might initially expect. Le Beau du monde - a modern view on early music is the second collaboration by chant 1450 and Sylvain Chauveau after Echoes of Harmony - Early Music Reworked (SR447, 2017), both released by Sub Rosa.

chant 1450 Renaisance Ensemble sings and plays the sacred and secular repertoire of the 15th and 16th century. Including musicians trained at the widely renowned college for early music Schola cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, chant 1450 appeared live in January 2005 and sang then a highly acclaimed first tour in Switzerland with La contenance angloise - sacred music of the 15th century, followed by more than 250 live performances in Germany, Italy, Czech Republic and Switzerland until today. chant 1450 was invited to major festivals like the Rheingau Festival (Germany), the Montalbâne Festival (Germany), Festival for Early Music Zurich and many more. Artistic Director and responsible for all programmes and recordings including sounddesign is Daniel Manhart, a tenor born in Switzerland.

Sylvain Chauveau has made solo records on labels such as FatCat, Sub Rosa, Flau, Sonic Pieces: minimal compositions for acoustic instruments, electronics and vocals. His music has been reviewed in The Wire, Pitchfork, Mojo, Les Inrockuptibles, Libération, BBC, The Washington Post. One of his tracks was published on the compilation
XVI Reflections on Classical Music (Decca/Universal) alongside pieces
by Philip Glass, Gavin Bryars and Ryuichi Sakamoto. He has played live in Europe, America and Asia. He is the co-director of Ensemble 0. Since 2019, he is committed to the reduction of the ecological imprint of music.