HYSTERÆ
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LILI BOULANGER / BARBARA STROZZI / PAULINE LANGLOIS DE SWARTE / MANON COUSIN CIPRIANI / EVA UGALDE / ÉLODIE PONT / HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
HYSTERÆ
Les Itinérantes
[ Pentatone / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 13 November 2026
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Les Itinérantes, the acclaimed female vocal trio, make their PENTATONE debut with HYSTERÆ, an imaginative and deeply personal exploration of the many faces of the Feminine. Mothers, queens, witches, workers, saints, fairies and enchantresses appear in a rich tapestry of stories, archetypes and emotions that have shaped cultures across the world and throughout history. Through melodies from diverse musical traditions, original compositions and rarely heard works by women composers and writers, the album gives voice to figures who have been revered, feared, idealised, silenced and misunderstood.
Renowned for their captivating a cappella performances and repertoire spanning fifty languages, Manon Cousin Cipriani, Pauline Langlois de Swarte and Élodie Pont create a sound world where borders, eras and genres dissolve. HYSTERÆ becomes both an intimate journey and a universal celebration, embracing the contradictions that define the human experience - tenderness and rage, fragility and strength, creation and destruction. Blending early music, world traditions, sacred song and contemporary composition, Les Itinérantes invite listeners on a powerful voyage of self‑discovery, liberation and imagination.
Tracks:
16TH‑CENTURY FRENCH FOLK SONG
La Blanche Biche (Arr. Manon Cousin Cipriani) - 4:39
NA CARENZA, ALAIS & YSELDA (Traditional attribution, 12th century)
Na Carenza al bel cors avinen (13th‑century Occitan song; Arr. Élodie Pont) - 4:00
LILI BOULANGER (1893-1918)
Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie (Arr. Pauline Langlois de Swarte; Lyrics: Francis Jammes) - 2:25
TRADITIONAL IRISH SONG / DAVID DOWNES (b.1975) / CAITRÍONA NÍ DHUBHGHAILL (b.1975) / BARRY MCCREA (b.1974)
Téir Abhaile Riú (Adaptation by Pauline Langlois de Swarte) - 3:42
TRADITIONAL NORWEGIAN SONG
Heiemo óg Nykkjen (Arr. Pauline Langlois de Swarte) - 6:22
BARBARA STROZZI (1619-1677)
Cieli, Stelle, Deitadi (Arr. Élodie Pont; Lyrics: Sig. Cavalier (Giuseppe) Artale) - 4:27
PAULINE LANGLOIS DE SWARTE (b.1994)
Pirtzi, Firtzi - 4:02
MANON COUSIN CIPRIANI (b.1988)
Lorelei (Based on the poem by Heinrich Heine) - 2:33
TRADITIONAL IRISH SONG
Óró, Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile (Arr. Pauline Langlois de Swarte & Élodie Pont) - 3:48
EVA UGALDE (b.1973)
Mari (Arr. Pauline Langlois de Swarte; Lyrics: Josu Zubia) - 4:43
ÉLODIE PONT (b.1990)
Ashe Oshun (Lucumí prayer to Oshun) - 5:22
SAINT NECTARIOS OF AEGINA (1846-1920)
Agni Parthene (Arr. Manon Cousin Cipriani) - 3:09
ARON SALTIEL / JOSHUA HOROWITZ
Durme, durme mi linda Donzella (Arr. Manon Cousin Cipriani) - 3:59
ÉLODIE PONT
La Tisseuse (Lyrics: Manon Cousin Cipriani) - 3:54
MANON COUSIN CIPRIANI
Aya Meria - 3:49
PAULINE LANGLOIS DE SWARTE
Dream Land (Poem by Christina Rossetti) - 3:24
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN (1098-1179) / GHALIA BENALI (b.1968) (improvisation)
O Virtus Sapientiae / وحيدة على شواطئ الأطلسي (Poem by Abbas Amara)
