Chœurs
Chœurs is a joint musical album by Bertrand Cantat, Pascal Humbert, Bernard Falaise and Alexander MacSween released on Actes Sud label on 16 December 2011, although it was made available for downloads on 21 November 2011.
The 17 tracks on the album are based on the text of Sophocles translated by Robert Davreu, being the Greek chorus parts of the theatrical trilogy adaptation Le Cycle des Femmes: Trois histoires de Sophocle or just Des femmes, and the official demise of the group Noir Désir announced in November 2010. This is also the first album in which Cantat was credited directly rather than his band. Wajdi Mouawad declared he loved Cantat's vocals for a long time and had incorporated materials from Noir Désir in his earlier creation Temps in 2010, and asked Cantat to record texts for his work Ciels in 2009.
Bertrand Cantat agreed to do the recording provided his long-time friend Pascal Humbert was involved in the project to which Moawad agreed. Moawad also added two Quebec artists, the guitarist Bernard Falaise and drummer Alexander MacSween to complete the rock quartet.
The album was recorded in Studio Davout in Paris under the production of Jean-Loup Morette and in Studio Anywave in Bordeaux under the production of Nicolas Perego; mixing was by Jean-Loup Morette in Paris and the mastering by Bruno Green in Lennoxville, Quebec.
Track list
All the music is composed by the quartet Bertrand Cantat, Pascal Humbert, Bernard Falaise and Alexander MacSween on text translated from Sophocles by Robert Davreu and adapted for singing by Bertrand Cantat and Wajdi Mouawad, except for "Dithyrambe au soleil" written by Cantat and Moawad, and "Bury Me Now' by Cantat alone.Bertrand Cantat was credited as vocalist, and guitar and harmonica player, Pascal Humbert on bass and double bass, Bernard Falaise on guitar and Alexander MacSween on drums and percussions.
| Track | Part of trilogy | Song title | Length | Translation | Notes |
| 1. | Women of Trachis | "Dithyrambe au soleil" | 3:15 | Bertrand Cantat & Wajdi Mouawad | foley by Michel Maurer |
| 2. | Women of Trachis | "Déjanire" | 4:05 | Robert Davreu | vocals from Marie-Ève Perron |
| 3. | Women of Trachis | "Le Chœur joie" | 3:17 | Robert Davreu | |
| 4. | Women of Trachis | "La Puissance de Cypris" | 2:05 | Robert Davreu | |
| 5. | Women of Trachis | "Les Mouillages" | 2:59 | Robert Davreu | |
| 6. | Women of Trachis | "Révélation de l'oracle" | 3:38 | Robert Davreu | |
| 7. | Women of Trachis | "Puisse un vent violent se lever" | 4:11 | Robert Davreu | |
| 8. | Antigone | "La Victoire de Thèbes" | 5:26 | Robert Davreu | vocals from Raoul Fernandez |
| 9. | Antigone | "Rien n'est plus redoutable que l'homme" | 4:52 | Robert Davreu | |
| 10. | Antigone | "Heureux sont ceux qui du malheur" | 2:38 | Robert Davreu | |
| 11. | Antigone | "Éros" | 3:45 | Robert Davreu | |
| 12. | Antigone | "Bury Me Now" | 1:53 | Wajdi Moawad | - |
| 13. | Antigone | "Dionysos" | 3:00 | Robert Davreu | - |
| 14. | Electra | "Elle viendra l'Érinys" | 4:13 | Robert Davreu | |
| 15. | Electra | "Courir sous la pluie" | 1:43 | Robert Davreu | |
| 16. | Electra | "Le Chœur des oiseaux" | 3:23 | Robert Davreu | Vocals from Sara Llorca |
| 17. | Electra | "Les Serviteurs d'Arès" | 2:20 | Robert Davreu |