℗ 2023 Nonesuch Records Inc.
| Released | March 24, 2023 |
| Duration | 45m 07s |
| Record Label | Nonesuch |
| Genre | Jazz |
Mélusine
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent ?
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
5:26 | |||
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1.2
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La route enchantée
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
5:57 | |||
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1.3
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Il m'a vue nue
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
2:47 | |||
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1.4
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Dites moi que je suis belle
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
2:41 | |||
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1.5
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Doudou
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
5:34 | |||
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1.6
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Petite musique terrienne
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
2:20 | |||
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1.7
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Aida
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
1:03 | |||
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1.8
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Mélusine
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
3:13 | |||
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1.9
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Wedo
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
0:58 | |||
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1.10
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D'un feu secret
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
3:44 | |||
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1.11
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Le temps est assassin
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
3:49 | |||
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1.12
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Fenestra
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
5:18 | |||
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1.13
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Domna N'Almucs
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
0:44 | |||
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1.14
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Dame Iseut
Cécile McLorin Salvant |
1:33 |
Grammy Award Nomination, 2024 – Best Jazz Vocal Album
Mélusine
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Grammy Award Nomination, 2024 – Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Fenestra
Godwin Louis, arranger (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
Mélusine features a mix of five originals and interpretations of nine songs, dating as far back as the twelfth century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyol.
The new album’s songs tell the story of the European folkloric legend of Mélusine, a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday as a result of a childhood curse by her mother. Mélusine later agrees to marry Raymondin on the condition that he never see her on Saturdays. He agrees but is ultimately convinced by his brother to break his promise, piercing his wife’s door with his sword and finding her naked in the bath, half snake, half woman. When she catches him spying on her, she turns into a dragon and flies out the window, only to reappear every time one of her descendants is on their deathbed.
“I think what I try to do is more akin to revealing secrets than telling stories,” Salvant says. “Revealing secrets is also the snake’s role in the Garden [of Eden]. The snake brings secrets, knowledge, pain, and mayhem.”
“The story of Mélusine is also the story of the destructive power of the gaze. Raymondin’s sword pierces a hole into her iron door. His gaze does too. The gaze is transformative and combustible. She sees that he is secretly seeing her. Her secret is revealed. This double gaze turns her into a dragon. She can now breathe fire.”
- Cécile McLorin Salvant
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
Track 9 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Track 9 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.56 -1.36 to -0.50 | -13.36 -18.39 to -11.59 | -10.80 -15.20 to -9.60 | 8 6 to 12 | |
| 1 | Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent ? | -0.50 | -13.53 | -11.0 | 7 |
| 2 | La route enchantée | -0.50 | -12.92 | -10.1 | 7 |
| 3 | Il m'a vue nue | -0.50 | -12.06 | -10.0 | 7 |
| 4 | Dites moi que je suis belle | -0.50 | -13.88 | -11.1 | 9 |
| 5 | Doudou | -0.50 | -12.84 | -10.7 | 8 |
| 6 | Petite musique terrienne | -0.50 | -13.03 | -10.0 | 6 |
| 7 | Aida | -0.50 | -13.55 | -11.0 | 7 |
| 8 | Mélusine | -0.50 | -14.08 | -10.6 | 8 |
| 9 | Wedo | -0.50 | -12.58 | -10.9 | 8 |
| 10 | D'un feu secret | -0.50 | -12.78 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 11 | Le temps est assassin | -0.50 | -13.89 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 12 | Fenestra | -0.50 | -11.96 | -10.0 | 6 |
| 13 | Domna N'Almucs | -1.36 | -18.39 | -15.2 | 12 |
| 14 | Dame Iseut | -0.50 | -11.59 | -9.6 | 7 |