Esther Lamandier Explained

Esther Lamandier is a French soprano and harpist known for explorations in early chant and monodic music.^{[1] [2]} She is known to frequently accompany herself on the harp, vielle or portative organ (for example in her cd 'Cantigas de Santa Maria').

Lamandier was born in 1946 in Saint-Raphaël, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France;^[3] her father's family is Jewish, from Piatra Neamț in Romania. She is a specialist in both Assyrian and Sephardic Jewish song, and the Hebrew biblical chant transcriptions of Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura.

Discography

• Decameron - Ballate monodiques de l'Ars Nova Florentine Astrée (LP, 1980); producer Michel Bernstein
• Alfonso El Sabio Cantigas De Santa Maria Astrée (record label) (LP, 1981)
• Romances - Chansons et Complaintes Séfarades Aliénor AL10 (LP, 1982) Romances Séfarades (2002)
• Chansons de toile au temps du Roman de la rose (LP, 1983) AL11
• Romances II - Berceuses Et Complaintes Séfarades Et Chants Araméens (LP, 1984)
• Compilation: Romances - Romances séfarades et Chants Araméens (CD, Compilation 1985) AL 1012
• Domna (CD, 1987) AL1019
• Chansons Andalouses Et Tangos (LP 1983, CD 1988) AL 1025
• Chants Chrétiens Araméens - Aramean Christian chant (1989, CD 1999)
• Music of the Bible Revealed (1993)
• Psaumes de David (1999)
• Le Livre D'Isaie - Hebrew biblical chant (2006)

External links

• Artist biography (French)

Notes and References

1. Fanfare ed. Joel Flegler - 1989
2. Gramophone - 1987
3. Web site: Esther Lamandier discography - RYM/Sonemic.