Folksongs: Tour du Monde | Autre Distribution 308771

Folksongs: Tour du Monde

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Label: Autre Distribution

Cat No: 308771

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 11th April 2025

Contents

Artists

La Maitrise de Toulouse

Conductor

Mark Opstad

Artists

La Maitrise de Toulouse

Conductor

Mark Opstad

About

This eighth album by the Maîtrise de Toulouse is devoted solely to arrangements for folk music choir. The programme's journey begins in Occitania and passes through southern Europe, the Nordic and Baltic countries, and Eastern Europe, before heading to the Middle East, Africa, the Far East, and Australia. It then crosses the Pacific and then goes up South and Central America to the United States, where the folk melody The Road Home brings us back to France!

Each piece is an arrangement of a folk melody sung in its original language, no fewer than seventeen languages, which is probably unheard of on disc. Together, they constitute a programme of enormous contrasts and vivid musical colours, ranging from a simple four-part choir to a large double choir.

Founded within the Conservatoire de Toulouse by its current director, Mark Opstad, nearly 20 years ago, the Maîtrise de Toulouse received the Bettencourt Prize for choral music in 2017 at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, it has built up a discography composed of children's and young adult voices that showcases its varied repertoire, from the Renaissance to the contemporary.

Tracks:
1. Se Canta
2. Bailèro
3. Agur Jaunak
4. The Water is Wide
5. Blow the Wind Southerly
6. Divi sirmi kumelini
7. Tykus Tykus
8. Pål sine hønur
9. Dwa Serduszka
10. Schedryk
11. Entarisi Ala Benziyor
12. Hora
13. Sivela KwaZulu
14. Hela Rotan
15. Mò li hua
16. Sakura, Sakura
17. Waltzing Matilda
18. Nesta Rua
19. Las Amarillas
20. The Road Home
21. Ma Normandie

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