O Vilanella - Céline Scheen & L'Achéron

Forget ‘O sole mio’ and throw it over a classy bow this Valentine's Day with a bouquet of renaissance villanelle Naples is the cradle of the villanella: the Italian folk-inspired song, which managed to find its way from street to salon in no time. L'Achéron and Céline Scheen got hearts in their eyes at these bijous by Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Monteverdi, and consorts: songs that borrow from various genres and styles, and oscillate between chaste finesse and uncensored directness. A concert like a bar of chocolate with chili flakes.