The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London
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Composer: Franciscus AndrieuComposer: Anonymous
Composer: French Anonymous
Composer: Manuscrit du Roi Anonymous
Composer: Gilles de Bins dit Binchois
Composer: Borlet
Composer: Anthonello da Caserta
Composer: Guillaume Dufay
Composer: Franciscus
Composer: Magister Grimace
Composer: Jehannot de l'Escurel
Composer: Johannes de Meruco
Composer: Guillaume de Machaut
Composer: Matteo da Perugia
Composer: Pierre des Molins
Composer: Solage
Composer: Jehan Vaillant
Performer: Early Music Consort of London
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-07-16
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- A vous douce debonaire (Chansons)
- Hareu! Hareu! le feu - Helas! ou sera pris confors (motet)
- Amours me fait desirer (ballade)
- Trop plus est belle - Biaute paree - je ne sui mie certeins (motet)
- Amis tout dous vis (rondeau)
- Se ma dame m'a guerpy (virelai)
- Se je souspir (virelai)
- Dame se vous m'estes lointeinne (ballade)
- Quant je sui mis au retour (virelai)
- Mes esperis se combat (ballade)
- Ma fin est mon commencement (rondeau)
- Douce dame jolie (virelai)
- De Bon Espoir - Puis Que la douce rousee (motet)
- De toutes flours (ballade)
- Quant Theseus - Ne quier veoir (double ballade)
- Anon La Septime estampie Real (dance)
- Quant j'ay l'espart (rondeau)
- Phyton le mervilleus serpent (ballade)
- Armes amours - O flours des flours (double ballade)
- A l'arme a l'arme (virelai)
- Phiton Phiton (virelai)
- Two variants on the tenor 'Roussignoulet du bosi' Borlet: He tres doulz roussignol (virelai)
- Fumeux fume (rondeau)
- De home vray (ballade)
- Istampitta Tre fontane (dance)
- Ma douce amour (ballade)
- Tres doulz amis - Ma dame - Cent mille fois (rondeau)
- Plasanche or tost (virelai)
- Amour m'a le cuer mis (ballade)
- Tribum quem (motet)
- Helas! je voy mon cuer (ballade)
- Contre le temps (virelai)
- Andray soulet (canon)
- Le greygnour bien (ballade)
- Restoes restoes (virelai)
- Ce moys de may (rondeau)
- La belle se siet (ballade)
- Je ne fai tousjours que penser (rondeau)
- Files a marier (chanson)
- Amoreux suy et me viente toute joye (rondeau)
- Je loe Amours et ma dame mercye (ballade)
- Navre je sui d'un dart penetratif (rondeau)
- Lamentatio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (O tres piteulx - Omnes amici) (motet)
- La Spagna (Variant 1) (basse danse)
- Par droit je puis bien complaidre (rondeau)
- Donnes l'assault (rondeau)
- Vostre tres doulx regart (rondeau)
- Helas mon dueil (virelai)
- Bien puist (rondeau)
- Vergine bella (stropha)
- La Spagna (Variant 2)
Music reviews of The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London
Music Review: Entree to a marvelous sampling of Medieval music
Rating: 5 Stars
This 2 CD set provides an entree to the secular music of Medieval France. I am certainly no expert in this period's music (Nor can I claim to be an expert in any period's music! I'm an interested amateur at best), but I am impressed by this selection of works from the time of Guillaume de Machaut [and some earlier music, too] to Guillaume Dufay. The CD covers music from 1300 to 1475, so one can see any evolution in French secular music over that period of time.
The earliest piece is by Jehan de Lescurel, who died in 1304, called "A vous douce debonaire," or (in English), "To You Sweet Good-Natured One." Only three lines, accompanied by instruments of the time, producing a very different sound from what we are used to now. This provides a nice baseline against which to compare later music.
Guillaume de Machaut was one of the greatest of the composers of this era. The liner notes do a good job of outlining his work and that of other composers of the time. My main complaint: at my age, the small lettering of the text can make it hard to read the rich material provided with the CDs!
My favorite cut from the whole set is Machaut's "Douce dame jolie." There is a tenor, a chorus, a recorder, cornetts, rebecs, citole, and tabor (I'm not even sure of what that last set of instruments is about!). It is spirited and very enchanting, a catchy tune, as one might say. There is also something like a hypnotic quality to it. Even those who don't give a whit about Medieval music might find this worth a quick listen (it's only two minutes and twenty seconds long). Some of the lyrics (in English translation), to give a sense of the subject:
"Fair and gentle lady,
please believe, I beg of you,
that none but you
rule my heart."
An example of "courtly love," as per the title of this 2 CD set.
One of the examples of Guillaume Dufay's work is a spirited rondeau, "Ce moys de may." Dufay lived from 1400-1474, whereas de Machaut lived from 1300-1377, so, obviously, their music did not overlap. Dufay's piece features a countertenor, tenor, baritone, with instruments being recorder, citole, fiddle, and tambourines. Very sprightly and infectious.
The Early Music Consort of London, conducted by David Munrow, do a fine job with the instrumental work, as do the singers. All in all, an interesting and worthwhile CD if one wish to get some exposure to Medieval secular French music. And I find it a lot of fun!
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Ballets & Dances > Baroque Dance Suites
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( D ) > Dufay, Guillaume
- ( M ) > Machaut, Guillaume de
- Forms & Genres > Ballads
- Rondos
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > General
- Early Music > General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Vocal Non-Opera > Chansons
- Motets
- Partsongs
- Songs & Lieder > General
- Virelais
- Dufay, Guillaume - Works by Dufay
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