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Compact Disc CDH55289

£6.99

Recorded in the Church of St-Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London, on 28 and 29 June 1984
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
MARTIN COMPTON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2007

Duration: 49'53
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Front illustration: Gathering green bushes in April from the calendar in a Book of Hours illuminated in France for the English market by the Fastolf Master, c1440

The Garden of Zephirus

Courtly songs of the early fifteenth century

GOTHIC VOICES
GILL ROSS soprano (a)
MARGARET PHILPOT contralto (b)
ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP tenor (c)
ANDREW KING tenor (d)
JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor (e)
LEIGH NIXON tenor (f)
with IMOGEN BARFORD medieval harp (g)
 CHRISTOPHER PAGE director

Contents:

  1. J’atendray tant qu’il vous playra rondeau GUILLAUME DUFAY   b c e [2'22]
  2. N’a pas long temps que trouvay Zephirus chanson ANONYMOUS   c g [1'52]
  3. Amour m’a le cuer mis en tel martire ballade stanza ANTHONELLO DA CASERTA   b c f [3'44]
  4. Ma seul amour et ma belle maistresse rondeau BRIQUET   b d [3'28]
  5. Nessun ponga sperança ballata FRANCESCO LANDINI   c d f [4'05]
  6. Mon cuer me fait tous dis penser rondeau GUILLAUME DUFAY   a b c e [6'05]
  7. Va t’en, mon cuer, avent mes yeux rondeau GACIEN REYNEAU   a c d [3'38]
  8. Fortune, faulce, parverse rondeau MATHEUS DE SANCTO JOHANNE   a b c d [4'23]
  9. Amours n’ont cure de tristresse rondeau FRANCUS DE INSULA   b c f [5'35]
  10. Qui le sien vuelt bien maintenir ballade (BARTHOLOMEUS?) BROLLO   b c f [3'28]
  11. Giunta vaga biltà ballata FRANCESCO LANDINI   b g [3'21]
  12. Je la remire, la belle rondeau ANONYMOUS   b c f [2'35]
  13. Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys rondeau GUILLAUME DUFAY   b c f [3'57]
Sleeve Notes

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'I don't know a finer record of such fascinating material. Beautifully done' (BBC Record Review)

'I believe this is the finest record of medieval polyphonic song yet produced' (Gramophone)

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