Jauffre Rudel
Troubadour de Blaye

The Legend of Jauffre Rudel, a poet of the dawn of trobar, across the centuries to spend as fascinating troubadour of \\\\\\\"amor lonh\\\\\\\" love from afar, distant love ...
... It is told that the poet, Prince of Blaye, fell in love with the Countess of Tripoli without ever having seen, he took the cross and the sea to join her and at the end of his journey during which he fell ill, he died in his arms. They will be seen in a moment ...
... All Tre Fontane joined the wandering soul of the poet and takes us with her \\\\\\\"understand the nausea in the onda\\\\\\\" in his quest for love. We sail, beating the rhythm of his songs and melodies, driven by the languorous breath of his verses, to address the banks of the East, where we perceive the moving shadow of the Countess in the sounds of Daoud Hosni ...

... Geoffrey Rudel found there, in public, much more than his legend, the full measure of his song.
Katy Bernard - extract

Maurice Moncozet : chant, rebec, nay, saz
Pascal Lefeuvre : vielle à roue, bendir
Thomas Bienabe : luth, bendir

` 1/ Quan lo rossinhols el folhos... - Jaufre Rudel 12’02”
& Nassimou Gharnata ya liloun - Bahjat Hassan
2/ Non sap chantar qui so non di - Jaufre Rudel 5’32”
3/ Pro ai del chan essenhadors... - Jaufre Rudel/Marcabru 5’54”
4/ Farai un vers de dreit nien - Guillaume IX /Marcabru 5’20”
5/ Odkor al houb - Daoud Housni 5’51”
6/ Quan lo rius de la fontana - Jaufre Rudel 7’01”
7/ Belhs m’es l’estius e’l temps floritz - Jaufre Rudel/Peirol 3’52”
8/ Malaa lehadouka Assilah - Maïssa al Aïtafi azra - Ali Adarwich & Lanquan li jorn son lonc en mai - Jaufre Rudel 14’17”
Recorded live in the citadel of Blaye June 24, 2011, in the chapel of Tresseroux June 17, 2011, in the church of St Hilaire de Villefranche August 6, 2011 and the church of Bourg Archambault August 7, 2011.

Photos: Laurence Tipper - Cover Blaye Estuary on 10/02/2011.
Mixing, post production: Serge Ciotta.
Administration: Laurence Tipper.
Production Alba Musica / CARMA Productions with the help of the Regional Council of Aquitaine.