Machaut: Chansons
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Composer: Guillaume de MachautEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Music Label: Archiv Produktion
Music reviews of Machaut: Chansons
Music Review: Beautiful music from a forgotten master
Rating: 5 Stars
I'm surprised no one has reviewed this yet. This is probably my favorite recording of Machaut's music, and one of my favorite recordings of any period. The performing these songs without any instrumental accompaniment, choosing instead to allow the other singers to vocalize the supporting parts, lend the pieces a homogeneous, yet constantly shifting texture -- at the risk of using a clich?, I would liken it to a gem that changes color as you turn it around in your hand.
Machaut is vastly underrated, which is all the more a pity as his songs have to be some of the greatest ever written. With the revival of interest in music pre-Bach, knowledge of this forgotten master is growing. Perhaps, one day, history books will place him, as I do, in the pantheon of the great composers.
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