The album title "Amour fou" (Crazy Love) and its subtitle "Love Songs Through the Ages" reflect the album's theme of exploring various facets of love across different historical periods.
Performer Biography
Ellen Torrie, a guest soprano on this album, is also a songwriter, composer, and curator, known for their crystalline tone and storytelling gifts.
Interpretation
Ensemble Mirabilia, co-founded by Myriam Leblanc and Grégoire Jeay, primarily performs baroque music on period instruments but also arranges older or more recent works for their ensemble.
Cultural Impact
The album features a 13th-century anonymous song, "Bele Doëtte," from a collection of "chansons de toile," likely sung by women while doing needlework.
Performer Biography
Ellen Torrie, a queer non-binary artist, focuses their artistic life on healing and human connection, influenced by their previous studies in music therapy.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded from October 2 to 5, 2023, at the Centre le Camillois in Saint-Camille, Quebec.
Performer Biography
Soprano Myriam Leblanc, who founded Ensemble Mirabilia, has been praised as one of the most beautiful voices to emerge from Quebec in the last decade.
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