La traverse miraculeuse The Miraculous Crossing Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer La Nef ACD2 2588 Two Quebec music groups - one popular and traditional, one classical - dig into the sea-going past of their culture, and find common ground in songs of the 18th century. Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer (Coal-sellers from hell) specialises in research and interpretation of the repertoire of the oral tradition which is a very dull description of a very exciting group!   Traditional singers and foot-percussionists (what else can we do can we call these guys?), the members of Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer make Quebec and Acadian traditional music live and dance. Early Music band La Nef often finds their inspiration in cultures at the edges of the European mainstream - recent albums have included music from Scotland and Greece, Brittany, Wales, and Ireland.   This time their wanderings have taken them the very farthest edges of European civilization: the isolated colonies of New France in the 17th and 18th centuries, their own home. La traverse miraculeuse collects songs of the overwhelming dangers sailors and emigrants faced at sea: storms, huge seas, pirates, and English ships. Produced and recorded by Johanne and Goyette and Anne-Marie Sylvestre at the Church of Saint-Augustin de Mirabel (Québec), Canada, June 19-27, 2008.   Edited by Anne-Marie Sylvestre at ATMA’s in-house studio. LES CHARBONNIERS DE L'ENFER Michel Bordeleau, Michel Faubert, André Marchand, Jean-Claude Mirandette, Normand Miron LA NEF Sylvain Bergeron DIRECTION MUSICALE, LUTH, GUITARE BAROQUE, GUITARE ACOUSTIQUE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LUTE, BAROQUE GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR Lisa Ornstein, David Greenberg VIOLONS | FIDDLES Patrick Graham PERCUSSIONS Élise Guay FLÛTE, CHALÉMIE, CROMORNE, CORNEMUSE FLUTE, SHAWN, KRUMHORN, BAGPIPE Amanda Keesmat VIOLONCELLE | CELLO Pierre-Yves Martel CONTREBASSE, VIOLE DE GAMBE BASS, VIOLA DA GAMBA Seán Dagher CISTRE | CITTERN Meredith Hall SOPRANO [PLAGE 9 | TRACK9]   1 :: Reel à bouche [Turlutte acadienne]     2:46   2 :: Dans Paris y'a t'une brune     2:48   3 :: Les Haubans     2:44   4 :: Valse d'Emile Benoît     2:31   5 :: Le 10 d'avril     5:51   6 :: La traverse miraculeuse     3:25   7 :: Complainte du coureur des bois     4:00   8 :: Le navire de Bayonne     5:57   9 :: Le combat de La Danaé | The Battle of Quebec     8:04 10 :: Turlutte et reel     4:34 11 :: Dans les prisons de Nantes     5:29 12 :: Petite Galiote     3:25 ATMA Classique is distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading PO Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone +61 (0)3 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile +61 (0)3 9444 6879