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| The Spirits of England and France, Vol. 3 | 
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| Creators: Henry Wichkam, Henry Wickham, Henry Wickman, Stephen Charlesworth, Anonymous, English Anonymous, Gilles De Bins Dit Binchois, Byttering, Cardot, John Dunstable, Pierre Fontaine, Johannes Le Grant, Johannes De Lymburgia, Guillaume De Machaut, Leonel Power, Gilet Velut, Gothic Voices, Christopher Page, Christopher Wilson, Shirley Rumsey
Label: Hyperion UK
Category: Music
Buy New: $61.99
New (2) Used (3) from $45.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 596994
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 034571167831
EAN: 0034571167831
ASIN: B000002ZVU
Release Date: October 17, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Qui veut mesdire | | • | Amoreux suy | | • | Adieu mon amoreuse joye | | • | Pour une fois | | • | Ay! doloureux | | • | Un petit oyeselet | | • | Abide, I Hope | | • | Laissies ester | | • | Se liesse | | • | Descendi in ortum meum | | • | Gloria | | • | Magnificat secundi toni | | • | Beata Dei genitrix | | • | Se la belle | | • | J'ayme bien celui | | • | Il m'est avis | | • | Exultavit cor in Domino | | • | En Katrina solennia |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Somewhere along the way, the melodic and rhythmic freedom and spontaneity characteristic of much of the music of the 14th and 15th centuries were replaced by a more refined, formalized, and, thus, less sensual style. Music that once arose primarily from human emotion began more and more to appeal to or depend on the intellect. No less intellect was behind the creation of the older music; it was just directed toward different ends. The music on this disc, much of it by 15th-century singer/composer Gilles Binchois, will be a revelation to most listeners. Its phenomenal melodic invention and beauty, the unbelievably complex rhythmic structures, and the overwhelming sensuality of pieces such as "Ay! Doloureux" by Binchois or the anonymous three-part song "Abide, I Hope" will make you stop and listen especially carefully--and most likely will encourage new respect for something old that suddenly seems newer than any contemporary song. --David Vernier
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| Customer Reviews:
Haunting November 26, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is my favorite Gothic Voices recording. The program, entitled "Binchois and his contemporaries," is somewhat eclectic, combining secular and religious pieces of disparate qualities and purposes (including even a piece by Machaut, hardly a Binchois contemporary), but the singing is superb. The singing here is unaccompanied, but the program also includes four songs played on a trio of lutes. The highlight of the disc are two three-part songs by Binchois: Amoreux sui and Ay! doloureux. As far as I'm concerned, these are some of the best love songs ever written. In addition to being hauntingly melodic, these melancholy songs are also characterized by some very interesting chromatic alterations that create, in the words of Christopher Page, a "bitter-sweet" effect. The poignancy of a lost love has rarely been so well captured. Paul Agnew is spectacular as the cantus in Ay! doloureux. Another piece on this disc that deserves a separate mention is Dunstable's three-part Beata Dei genitrix, with the top line expertly sung by Rogers Covey-Crump. Related CD's: Gilles Binchois Mon Souverain Desir/Ens. Gilles Binchois, Virgin Veritas 5 45285 6; and John Dunstable Motets/The Hilliard, Virgin Veritas 5 61342 2. --gggimpy@yahoo.com
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