Josquin: Adieu mes amours Dulces Exuviae, Romain Bockler, Bor Zuljan

• Josquin Desprez (c. 1450 - 1521)
• 1Ave Maria03:26
• 2Praeambulum I (Improvisation)00:33
• 3Mille Regretz02:29
• 4La Canción del Emperador02:35
• 5Regretz sans fin05:53
• 6La plus des plus09:22
• 7Praeambulum II (Improvisation)00:37
• 8Nimphes napées02:50
• 9Fortuna desperata03:54
• 10Praeambulum III (Improvisation)00:35
• 11Adieu mes amours02:16
• 12La Bernardina01:24
• 13En l'ombre d'ung buissonnet03:59
• 14Praeambulum IV (Improvisation)00:20
• 15Ricercar01:41
• 16In te, domine speravi02:40
• 17Praeambulum V (Improvisation)00:36
• 18Douleur me bat04:30
• 19Ile fantazies de Joskin02:10
• 20Quant de vous seul05:52
• 21Praeambulum VI (Improvisation)00:28
• 22Nymphes des bois04:39
• Total Runtime01:02:49

Info for Josquin: Adieu mes amours

A composer admired by his contemporaries, Josquin Desprez (ca 1450-1521) was a solitary artist who sublimated in his chansons the melancholy character and the elegance emblematic of the Renaissance. For their first recording, Dulces Exuviae explore the intimacy of these chansons in a fresh light: the sweet melodies are embellished by ornaments and accompanied on the lute, leaving ample room for improvisation, and thus allowing music to come out all the more alive, delicate and filled with emotion.

Dulces Exuviae:
Romain Bockler, baritone
Bor Zuljan, lute

Romain Bockler
studied at the CNSMD in Lyon, where he obtained his Master's degree with honours, then at the Studio de l'Opéra de Lyon, which he joined in 2015-16, as well as with Cécile de Boever, Rosa Dominguez, Margreet Honig and Yves Sotin.

He has distinguished himself in several international competitions: Teatro San Cassiano Prize at the Voci Olimpiche International Competition in Vicenza (Italy), finalist at the Corneille International Competition in Rouen, First Prize at the International Baroque Singing Competition in Froville, Second Distinction at the International Early Music Vocal Competition "Canticum Gaudium" in Poznan, and laureate at the ARMEL Opera Competition (Hungary).

On stage, his repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary opera. Romain Bockler performs in France at the Opera of Lyon, Bordeaux, Avignon, Dijon, Reims, Caen, as well as in Europe and throughout the world. He has collaborated with the ensembles Pygmalion (Raphaël Pichon), Le Poème Harmonique (Vincent Dumestre), Les Arts Florissant (Paolo Zanzu/William Christie), Le Concert Spirituel (Hervé Niquet), Concerto Soave (Jean-Marc Aymes), La Fenice (Jean Tubery), La Rêveuse, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu (Franck-Emmanuel Comte). In contemporary repertoires, he creates various roles in close collaboration with and under the direction of composers such as Peter Eötvös or Alexandre Desplat.

Passionate about Renaissance music and working with small ensembles, he frequently performs with specialised ensembles such as the Huelgas Ensemble (Paul Van Nevel), Diabolus in Musica (Antoine Guerber), Doulce Mémoire (Denis Raisin Dadre), Weser Renaissance Bremen (Manfred Cordes) and the Main Harmonique (Frédéric Bétous). Numerous recordings testify to his activity in this field.

Romain Bockler also holds an engineering degree and a master's degree in acoustics.

Bor Zuljan
is active in different musical genres playing many kinds of early, modern and traditional plucked-strings instruments. Called the "Revolutionary of the lute" (Le Soir), he's been specializing particularly in the music of the Renaissance, rediscovering forgotten improvisation and playing techniques, instruments and sounds. He is performing regularly as soloist and with ensembles, such as Tasto Solo, Graindelavoix, L'Achéron, Vox Luminis, Il Giardino Armonico, Le Concert Brisé, in duo with Dusan Bogdanovic, with Romain Bockler (Dulces Exuviae) as well as with his ensemble La Lyra.

From 2011, he is the artistic director of an early music festival Flores Musicae in Slovenia. His critical edition of Gorzanis' Second lute book has been published by the Slovenian Musicological Society, resulting also in an awarded CD "La barca del mio amore" with music by the same composer, featuring La Lyra and the italian singer Pino De Vittorio (Arcana - Outhere Music). His CD "Josquin - Adieu mes amours" with the duo Dulces Exuviae has appeared under the legendary early music label Ricercar (Outhere Music) to great critical acclaim.

The same label just published his first solo album "Dowland - A Fancy" which was awarded the prestigious Diapason d'Or de l'année 2020, CHOC de Classica and Gramophone's Editor's Choice. After graduating in jazz and classical programmes at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music, he continued his studies with Aniello Desiderio in Koblenz, Germany. In 2007 he started studying at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève where he then obtained a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Guitar and Lute performance (Dusan Bogdanovic), continued with a specialization in Medieval music and finished a MA in lute pedagogy.

Since 2011 he has been working as research assistant at the same school on a project on Fantasia improvisation on lute in the 16th Century, a topic he is developing for his doctoral thesis at the CESR in Tours. He teaches lute at the CPMDT de Geneva, and has given numerous conferences and master classes at institutions, such as the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, HEM de Genève and CNSMD Lyon.

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