Forest, Orlando Consort - The Call of the Phoenix: Rare 15th-century English Church Music
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Artist: Forest, Orlando ConsortComposer: John Benet
Composer: John Dunstable
Composer: Walter Frye
Composer: Walter Lambe
Composer: Richard Mowere
Composer: John Plummer
Composer: John Pyamour
Orchestra: John Trouluffe
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2002-11-12
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
- Stella celi (Anonymous)
- Quam pulcra es (John Pyamour)
- Tota pulcra es (? Forest)
- Gloria (John Benet)
- Salve scema (John Dunstaple)
- Credo (John Benet)
- Tota pulcra es (John Plummer)
- O pulcherrima (Anonymous)
- Sanctus
- O sanctissime presul
- Anna mater matris (John Plummer)
- Audivi vocem (Anonymous)
- Ave regina celorum (Walter Frye)
- Beata Dei genitrix (Richard Mowere)
- Ave regina celorum (Anonymous)
- Gaude virgo
- Nesciens mater (John Trouluffe)
- Stella celi (Walter Lamb)
Description of The Call of the Phoenix: Rare 15th-century English Church Music
The English 15th century was a period wracked with civil strife, so the austere, ethereally beautiful music we hear on this disc must have been balm to salve troubled souls--not so different from this disc's role as an island of grace and reflection in our own troubled era. Little survives from the period, but the Orlando Consort has chosen wisely: mass movements and motets written by names familiar (Dunstable and Lambe) and unfamiliar (Pyamour and Mowrer), along with our old friend Anonymous. What keeps this from being an exercise in musical archaeology is the vibrant freshness the Orlandos bring to the music. The four male voices blend wonderfully and trace the sinuous interwoven lines of the music with accurate intonation and rhythmic verve. All the works are on a high level. Though it may be futile to single out highlights in what amounts to an all-highlight disc, there are special delights to be found in Benet's "Gloria," Frye's "Ave regina," and Forest's "Tota pulcra es." If you like the Anonymous 4, you'll love these virtuoso male equivalents: two tenors, a baritone, and a countertenor. Full texts and translations included. --Dan DavisGeneral CDs
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