The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London

The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London

The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London
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Composer: Jehannot de l'Escurel
Composer: Guillaume de Machaut
Composer: Pierre des Molins
Composer: Manuscrit du Roi Anonymous
Composer: Franciscus Andrieu
Composer: Magister Grimace
Composer: Franciscus
Composer: Borlet (Trebol)
Composer: Solage
Composer: Johannes de Meruco
Composer: Anonymous
Composer: Jehan Vaillant
Composer: Anthonello da Caserta
Composer: French Anonymous
Composer: Matteo da Perugia
Composer: Guillaume Dufay
Composer: Gilles de Bins dit Binchois
Performer: Early Music Consort of London
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-07-16
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. A vous douce debonaire (Chansons)
  2. Hareu! Hareu! le feu - Helas! ou sera pris confors (motet)
  3. Amours me fait desirer (ballade)
  4. Trop plus est belle - Biaute paree - je ne sui mie certeins (motet)
  5. Amis tout dous vis (rondeau)
  6. Se ma dame m'a guerpy (virelai)
  7. Se je souspir (virelai)
  8. Dame se vous m'estes lointeinne (ballade)
  9. Quant je sui mis au retour (virelai)
  10. Mes esperis se combat (ballade)
  11. Ma fin est mon commencement (rondeau)
  12. Douce dame jolie (virelai)
  13. De Bon Espoir - Puis Que la douce rousee (motet)
  14. De toutes flours (ballade)
  15. Quant Theseus - Ne quier veoir (double ballade)
  16. Anon La Septime estampie Real (dance)
  17. Quant j'ay l'espart (rondeau)
  18. Phyton le mervilleus serpent (ballade)
  19. Armes amours - O flours des flours (double ballade)
  20. A l'arme a l'arme (virelai)
  21. Phiton Phiton (virelai)
  22. Two variants on the tenor 'Roussignoulet du bosi' Borlet: He tres doulz roussignol (virelai)
  23. Fumeux fume (rondeau)
  24. De home vray (ballade)
  25. Istampitta Tre fontane (dance)
  26. Ma douce amour (ballade)
Music CD 2
  1. Tres doulz amis - Ma dame - Cent mille fois (rondeau)
  2. Plasanche or tost (virelai)
  3. Amour m'a le cuer mis (ballade)
  4. Tribum quem (motet)
  5. Helas! je voy mon cuer (ballade)
  6. Contre le temps (virelai)
  7. Andray soulet (canon)
  8. Le greygnour bien (ballade)
  9. Restoes restoes (virelai)
  10. Ce moys de may (rondeau)
  11. La belle se siet (ballade)
  12. Je ne fai tousjours que penser (rondeau)
  13. Files a marier (chanson)
  14. Amoreux suy et me viente toute joye (rondeau)
  15. Je loe Amours et ma dame mercye (ballade)
  16. Navre je sui d'un dart penetratif (rondeau)
  17. Lamentatio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (O tres piteulx - Omnes amici) (motet)
  18. La Spagna (Variant 1) (basse danse)
  19. Par droit je puis bien complaidre (rondeau)
  20. Donnes l'assault (rondeau)
  21. Vostre tres doulx regart (rondeau)
  22. Helas mon dueil (virelai)
  23. Bien puist (rondeau)
  24. Vergine bella (stropha)
  25. La Spagna (Variant 2)

Music reviews of The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London

Music Review: Outdated but Still Rivetingly Interesting
Rating: 5 Stars

This 2-CD boxed set is the digital version of a 3-LP box from 1973 and was reissued in 1996 as part of the edition with which EMI/Virgin celebrated the twentieth anniversary of David Munrow’s unfortunate demise. The recordings, made at London’s prestigious Abbey Road studios, are digitally remastered to a very high standard, so that I found myself enjoying them via headphones more than via loudspeakers, something which is pretty unusual with CDs from the old analogue days. The two discs contains no less than some 156 minutes (51 tracks) of absolutely fascinating music. The first part is devoted to Guillaume Machault’s songs, works which can be dated around 1350 to 1360. The second part of the programme is concerned with the so-called avantgarde from Avignon (including names such as Matteo da Perugia), composers who wrote for esoteric circles around 1380 to 1410. And the third part (the third LP of the original) is devoted to fifteenth-century music from the court of Burgundy, the two great composers here being Dufay and Binchois.

Of course, David Munrow’s performances, fascinating and rivetingly interesting as they are, were shaped by his own interests and research at the time, and the booklet notes point out that since then “scholarship and performance practices have moved on healthily”, which I interpret to mean that today nobody would dream of performing this music the way Munrow did: for instance, he has most of the songs accompanied by a whole plethora of ancient instruments, although today it is generally agreed that works from this period should be sung unaccompanied or with minimal instrumental support. Munrow also performs some of the songs as purely instrumental pieces, a legitimate decision perhaps. Munrow also uses the two countertenors James Bowman and Charles Brett for many of the songs, and not everyone will appreciate being bombarded with their somewhat forced androgynous falsetto for nearly three hours; personally, it was the singing of Martyn Hill, tenor, and Geoffrey Shaw, baritone, which delighted my ear during these sessions. Along with the instruments, of course: slide trumpet, cornett, shawm, crwth, fiddle, rebec, citole and so on, plus several tracks with the amazing Christopher Hogwood playing an organ that sounds, at least, very old – unfortunately, the otherwise good liner notes give no details concerning the instruments used.

The Old French texts are printed in full with English translations, so it is possible to follow every nuance. Exceptionally good value for money! – For more historically-informed performances of music of this kind, I suggest searching names such as Gothic Voices, Hilliard Ensemble or Binchois Consort.
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