Corteo (CD - 2006)

Personnel: Julie Leblanc, Vincent Potel (vocals, background vocals); Marco Calliari, Paul Bisson, Monique Fauteux (vocals); Jacinthe Gauthier, Anne Marie Beaudette (soprano); Bernard Cayouette (tenor); Martin Auclair, Michel Duval (bass voice); Donald Meunier (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); Caroline Lizotte (harp); Nathalie Cora (kora); Ismail Hakki Fencioglu (oud); Pascale Gagnon, Julie Triquet, Angélique Duguay, Nathalie Bonin, Pascale Giguère, Christian Prévôt (violin); Annie Morrier, Ligia Paquin (viola); Sheila Hannigan, Carla Antoun (cello); François d'Amours (flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Guy Pelletier (flute); Mélanie Bergeron (accordion); Alexandre Côté (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Maxime St-Pierre (trumpet); Richard Gagnon (tenor trombone); Pierre Beaudry (bass trombone); Robert Ellis (tuba); Philippe Leduc (organ); Marc Denis (double bass); Tony Albino (drums); François St Jean (timpani, percussion); Patrick Graham, Yvon Plouffe (percussion); Marie-Soleil Bélanger (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: François Arbour.

Liner Note Author: Benoît Groulx.

Recording information: Sony Music Studios, NY; Studio Piccolo, Montreal, Canada; Studio Piccolo, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Studio Planet; Studio Planet, Montreal, Canada.

Arrangers: Patrick Graham; Benoît Groulx; Philippe Leduc; Yvon Plouffe.

For CORTEO, a production about a clown who has a vivid dream of his own funeral, the Cirque Du Soleil troupe offers up a typically elegant soundtrack, incorporating a wide array of European music, including klezmer ("Klezmer Moment") and tango ("Triangle Tango"). The songs here are both celebratory and melancholy, with lush arrangements that are bolstered by choral and string ensembles. minimize