Motets

Hilliard Ensemble, Machaut - Motets

Motets
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Artist: Hilliard Ensemble, Machaut
Brand: HILLIARD ENSEMBLE
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-03-30
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
  1. De Soupirant Cuer, M2
  2. Fine Amour, Qui Me Vint Navrer, M3
  3. Puis Que La Douce Rousee, M4
  4. Qui Plus Aimme, M5
  5. Lasse! Je Sui En Aventure, M7
  6. Ha! Fortune, M8
  7. O Livoris Feritas, M9
  8. Helas! Ou Sera Pris Confors, M10
  9. Fins Cuers Dous, M11
  10. Eins Que Ma Dame D'Onnour, M13
  11. Faus Samblant M'A Deceu, M15
  12. Se J'Aim Mon Loyal Ami, M16
  13. Bone Pastor, M18
  14. Diligenter Inquiramus, M19
  15. Biaute Paree De Valour, M20
  16. Veni Creator Spiritus, M21
  17. Plange, Regni Respublica, M22
  18. Inviolata Genitrix, M23

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Music Review: Hilliard Ensemble as Good as Ever
Rating: 5 Stars

The Hilliard Ensemble was founded by Paul Hillier thirty years ago, a small male choir specializing in vocal music of the Mediaval and Renaissance periods. Although they've strayed a bit from their original purpose in those thirty years, recording modern music more and more frequently (as well as having several compositions comissioned for them) and even releasing a billboard-charting crossover album about ten years ago (the beautiful "Officium"), in this new release they get back to their early music roots.
And, I'm happy to say, they still sound as wonderful as ever.
Guillaume Machaut was one of the most versatile composers of his time, writing polyphonic music for the church, chansons, motets, and monodic songs and virelais as well. He's one of the few composers of the time whose work survives in bulk, and one of the few whose life was even close to being documented. Because of that, he has a sort of aura about him as one of the first "professional" composers that we know of. His music is brilliant, diversified, and soul-wrenching.
His motets are highly representational, not only of his secular output in particular, but of the motet form of the high Renaissance in general. They are almost always in three parts (the duplum, triplum, and tenor) with each part having a different text; in many cases, the texts, sung simultaneously, are extremely different in character and subject, which makes them all the more fascinating.
There is a great sadness to Machaut's motets, and the Hilliard Ensemble captures this sublime melancholy perfectly. The word "ethereal" is bandied about and used far too frequently these days, but it is a fitting description for the sound of this music: if you've never heard this sort of thing, you have a real treat in store for you. Though written some six hundred years ago, these pieces are remarkably contemporary and, like all great art, have a timeless quality that speaks to us today. The texts, also, deal with emotions and problems for humans that are as easy to relate to today as they were when they were written. Fortunately, complete English translations are included in the CD booklet, I would heartily recommend that any listener read them to get the full experience of these amazing works.
To conclude, this is a terrific release, and should please anyone who enjoys beautiful music, not just the early music aficionado.
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