Binchois, Gilles De Bins

Ars subtilior: Dawn of the Renaissance
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  • The Ars subtileor rules.
 Ars subtilior: Dawn of the Renaissance

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ASIN: B000ARHNDU
Release Date: 2005-12-13

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Ars subtileor rules........2006-11-21

Even though the title is a slight misnomer as more than half of the tracks are post-ars subtileor, this is an absolutely marvellous CD. Starting with Philipoctus de Caserta (ca.1370) and ending with Antoine Busnoys (d.1492), this CD surveys some of the best polyphonic secular and sacred music of the post-Ars nova Middle Ages.
The pieces are superbly performed by some of the very best early musicians of our day including the Orlando Consort, Ensemble organum and the Hilliard Ensemble. I highly recommend this CD for pleasure or instruction.
Dr. Joseph Baldassarre
Professor of Music History
Boise State University
The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London
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  • Superb Early Music. Buy It.
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  • Outdated but Still Rivetingly Interesting
  • If 6 were available, this would get them!
  • One of the finest early music performances ever recorded
 The Art of Courtly Love - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London

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ASIN: B000002SSB
Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

  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)

Tracks:

  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)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Superb Early Music. Buy It........2005-12-13

'The Art of Courtly Love' is a two CD set, condensed from a three LP album performed by The Early Music Consort of London. I know less than I would like about early music, considering how much I enjoy it, but one very important thing I do know is that the director of this recording, David Munrow was, until his untimely death, the big man in early music.

One of the many things I especially like about this collection is that by showcasing a lot of vocal music, the tinny quality of a lot of early music is moved to the background. Antother thing I like is the fact that one can plainly distinguish secular from liturgical music by listening carefully to these selections. The biggest differences I see are the appearance of percussion instruments and male / female duets.

One reviewer commented on the quality of the notes. I agree they are good, but only about average for an old music offering by a major label.

Highly recommended to all who like early music.

5 out of 5 stars A Fiver from one of the Archangels of early music performance.......2005-06-26

I bought this when the album was first released. Even though scholarship has advanced, and it can be argued that Munrow's interpretations are dated, what has been lost over the years is the joy in performing this music. Many modern performances are ponderous and much, much too serious. But David Munrow found this music as a wonderous discovery. Through albums such as this one, he released into the open air music that had been locked away, languishing in the libraries for years, trotted out occasionally for a scholarly study, and then tucked back on the shelves. Munrow's enthusiasm for this music is evident in this collection, and his performances make them walk - no, dance - in the open air once more. This album is beautifully performed. I hope the notes in the CD are as good as the ones in my original release.

In 1974, I had the great pleasure of meeting David Munrow and the other members of the Early Music Consort, and was blown away with that enthusiasm and unselfishness, their willingness to discuss their work - I remember Munrow trading recorder performance tips with a friend of mine - and Munrow's truly amazing store of energy. He radiated! : -)

5 out of 5 stars Outdated but Still Rivetingly Interesting.......2005-05-01

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.

5 out of 5 stars If 6 were available, this would get them!.......2002-02-16

Lovely, beautiful, amazing, charming, and vital. I'll not replicate the previous reviewer, though my favorites differ from his, but I bought this on LP 25 years ago and it changed my life. These are exhilarating performances, that move you effortlessly through time and space into a world both far away and very, very close. So much great music, wonderfully performed. Take a chance--it might change your life as well!

5 out of 5 stars One of the finest early music performances ever recorded.......2001-09-03

And an intriguing work of scholarship besides. This was originally released back in the early 1970's by the late David Munrow as a three album box set.

The first part of this recording is basically dedicated to Machaut and his contemporaries. The chanson -Amours me fait desirer- remains striking to this day, with its unusual leap in its first measures. -Amis tout dous- is a lovely miniature, and so also is the monophonic -Quant je sui mis au retour-. But the high point of this part of the record is -Quant j'ay l'espart-, a duet between countertenor and bass cornetto (a serpent?), understated and heartbreaking.

The second part is weirdness from the Avignon court of the Popes, the time when rhythmic notation got more sophisticated, and composers grew more experimental. The unusual chromaticism of -Fumeux fume- is given a great performance here. The -Tre fontane- estampie is given a reading here that is truly frenzied. -Plasanche, ou tost- is a lovely song. You also get rhythmic oddities like -Le greygnour bien-.

The third album nears Renaissance music, and focuses on Dufay and Binchois. Loud instruments like sackbuts and shawms are featured on pieces like -Donnes l'assault-, which seems risky, but sometimes works. The usually quiet pieces on the -La Spagna- ground are here given a marching-band performance on loud winds. The real high points here, though, are the motet -O tres piteulx-, Binchois absolutely gorgeous -Amoureux suy-, and the setting of Petrarch's -Vergine bella-.

This is a definitive early music performance that should never be allowed to go out of print. My only complaint with the CD edition is that it lacks some of the more extensive notes that came with the phonograph record booklet.
Joye: Les plaintes de Gilles de Bins dit Binchois
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    Armes, Amours: Songs of the 14th & 15th Centuries - Alla Francesca & Alta
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      		Armes, Amours: Songs of the 14th & 15th Centuries - Alla Francesca & Alta
      Robert Morton , Magister Grimace , Franciscus Andrieu , Conrad Paumann , Anonymous , Gilles Joye , Johannes Ghiselin , Gilles de Bins dit Binchois , Antoine Busnois , Alla Francesca , and Alta
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      ASIN: B00000AE0W
      Release Date: 1998-08-11

      Tracks:

      1. Il Sera/L'ome Arme - Alta
      2. Ho, Ho, Ho - Raphael Boulay
      3. A L'arme, A L'arme - Alta
      4. Armes, Amours/O Flour Des Flours
      5. Mit Ganczem Willen
      6. N'aray Je Jamais Mieulx
      7. Man, Assay - Alta
      8. J'ay Pris Amours
      9. J'ay Pris Amours - Alla Francesca
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      12. Helas, Olivier Basselin - Emmanuel Bonnardot
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      18. Il Sera/L'ome Arme - Alta
      Vous ou la Mort
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        		Vous ou la Mort

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        ASIN: B000027LE2
        Release Date: 1996-01-01

        Tracks:

        1. He, Compaignons - Jan Caals/Jan Van Elsacker/Marcel Ketels/Hannelore Devaere/Rene Van Lakin/Charles Toet/Wim Becu
        2. La Belle Se Siet - Guillemette Laurens/Katelijne Van Laethem/Marcel Ketels/Philippe Malfeyt/Hannelore Devaere...
        3. Amours Merchi - Guillemette Laurens/Hannelore Devaere/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        4. Triste Plaisir Et Doubloureuse Joye - Guillemette Laurens/Marcel Ketels/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        5. De Tous Bien Plaine - Marcel Ketels/Patrick Laureys/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        6. S'elle M'amera/Patite Camusette - Marcel Ketels/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers/Charles Toet
        7. Ma Bouche Rit - Guillemette Laurens/Marcel Ketels/Philippe Malfeyt/Rene Van Laken
        8. Alla Battaglia - Willem Bremer/Norbert Kunst/Charles Toet/Wim Becu/Bart Quartier
        9. Es Wollt Ein Maegdlein - Jan Caals/Job Boswinkel/Marcel Ketels/Patrick Laureys/Norbert Kunst/Piet Stryckers
        10. Ach, Was Will Doch Mien Herz - Katelijne Van Laethem/Jan Caals/Jan Van Elsacker/Job Boswinkel/Marcel Ketels/Bart Roose...
        11. In Meinem Sinn - Erik Van Nevel/Willem Bremer/Norbert Kunst/Wim Becu
        12. Vous Me Faites Morir - Jan Caals/Marcel Ketels/Philippe Malfeyt/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        13. Elle L'a Pris - Jan Caals/Marcel Ketels/Philippe Malfeyt/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        14. Den Haghel Ende - David Sherwin/Harry Ries/Charles Toet/Wim Becu
        15. Il Viendra Le Jour Desire - Katelijne Van Laethem/Jan Caals/Jan Van Elsacker/Job Boswinkel/Marcel Ketels/Piet Stryckers...
        16. Autant En Emporte Le Vent - Katelijne Van Laethem/Jan Caals/Jan Van Elsacker/Job Boswinkel/Marcel Ketels/Bart Roose...
        17. Douler Me Bat - Guillemette Laurens/Jan Caals/Jan Van Elsacker/Erik Van Nevel/Job Boswinkel/Marcel Ketels...
        18. Plusieurs Regretz - Jan Caals/Jan Van Elsacker/Marcel Ketels/Philippe Malfeyt/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        19. Si J'avoye Marion - Jan Caals/Philippe Malfeyt/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        20. Ile Fantazies De Joskin - Marcel Ketels/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        21. Je Ne Me Pius Tenir D'aimer - Jan Caals/Marcel Ketels/Philippe Malfeyt/Erik Van Nevel/Rene Van Laken/Norbert Kunst
        22. Allegez Moy - Guillemette Laurens/Jan Caals/Jan Van Elsacker/Erik Van Nevel/Lieven Termont/Job Boswinkel...
        23. Adieu Mes Amours - Guillemette Laurens/Jan Van Elsacker/Job Boswinkel/Marcel Ketels/Rene Van Laken/Piet Stryckers
        24. A l'eure - David Sherwin/Harry Ries/Charles Toet/ Wim Becu
        25. Cueurs Desolez - Guillemette Laurens/Jan Caals/Jan Van Elsacker/Erik Van Nevel/Job Boswinkel/Marcel Ketels...
        Il Cantar Moderno
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          		Il Cantar Moderno

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          ASIN: B00000442U
          Release Date: 1999-01-01
          The Medieval Experience
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          • All things old...
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          		 The Medieval Experience

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          ASIN: B0000057FL
          Release Date: 1996-11-19

          Tracks:

          1. Antiphona: Hosanna
          2. Antiphona: Pueri Hebraerorum
          3. In May, When Rose Trees Are In Bloom
          4. Antiphona: Cum audisset
          5. Alle, psallite cum luya
          6. Antiphona: Coeperunt omnes
          7. Antiphona: Occurrunt turbae
          8. Antiphona: Cum angelis
          9. Antiphona: Ante sex dies
          10. If Anyone Looks At Me
          11. Hymnus: Gloria, laus et honor
          12. In The Month Of May
          13. Responsorium: Ingrediente
          14. I'm Not Afraid To Talk To My Sweetheart
          15. Introitus: Domine, ne longe facias
          16. O Most Gentle Virgin Mary
          17. Graduale: Tenuisti manum dextram
          18. Fauvel's Scheming Household
          19. Offertorium: Improperium
          20. Communio: Pater, si non potest
          21. Shamelessly I Went Around

          Tracks:

          1. Introitus: Terriblis est
          2. In The Turmoil Of The Sea
          3. Kyrie XII
          4. Gloria XII
          5. Click, Click, One Morning Robin Went Off
          6. Graduale: Locus iste
          7. Alleluia: Adorabo
          8. Offertorium: Domine Deus
          9. When I See It In The Clear Glass
          10. Santus XII
          11. Agnus Dei XII
          12. Communio: Domus mea
          13. He Who Puts His Trust
          14. Invitorium et Psalmodia: Domun Dei
          15. The Pantheon Is Destroyed
          16. Responsorium: Fundata est
          17. I Rode By The Elm Tree
          18. 5 Antiphonae
          19. Hymnus: Angularis fundamentum
          20. Antiphona ad Benedictus: Zachaee
          21. Rahcel Mourns Her Children
          22. Hymnus: Urbs Jerusalem
          23. Antiphona ad Magnificat: Sanctificavit
          24. Antiphona ad Magnificat: O quam metuendus est
          25. King Charles, Son Of John

          Tracks:

          1. Come Holy Ghost - Several Composers
          2. Blessed Mother - Several Composers
          3. The Herald Preceded The Prince - Several Composers
          4. The Greatest Good Of Mortals - Dufay
          5. Flower Of Flowers - Dufay
          6. Rejoice, Empress Of Byzantium - Dufay
          7. Loving Mother Of The Redeemer - Dufay
          8. Glory And Praise To Thee - Several Composers
          9. Lamb Of God - Several Composers
          10. Blessed Art Thou, Maria - Several Composers
          11. From Starry Olympus, Love Made Me Descend - Josquin

          Tracks:

          1. Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Kyrie - Several Composers
          2. Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Gloria - Several Composers
          3. Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Credo - Several Composers
          4. Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Sanctus - Several Composers
          5. Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Agnus Dei - Several Composers
          6. Mass For The Dead: Introitus (Grant Them Eternal Rest) - Several Composers
          7. Mass For The Dead: Kyrie (Lord Have Mercy On Us) - Several Composers
          8. Mass For The Dead: Graduale (Though I Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death) - Several Composers
          9. Mass For The Dead: Tractus (As Pants The Hart) - Several Composers
          10. Mass For The Dead: Offertorium (Deliver The Souls Of All The Faithful Departed) - Several Composers
          11. Lament On The Death Of Johannes Ockeghem - Several Composers

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars All things old..........2005-09-26

          This is a four-disc collection of wonderful pieces representative of the types of music from the Medieval times/Middle Ages. Gregorian chant has experienced a resurgence in popularity (indeed, it is almost new age), but in fact they are part of the ancient tradition of church music. Masses, folk songs, and motets round out the types of music on offer here.

          The first two discs, entitled 'Monks and Troubadours', combine folk songs and chansons with Gregorian chant sequences - the first disc has chants for Palm Sunday (performed by the monks of Munsterschwarzach, Germany) together with songs performed by the Early Music Consort of London. The second disc incorporates chants that might be used at a church dedication (performed by the monks of Notre-Dame de Fontgombault Abbey, France) and songs again by the Early Music Consort. The difference is palpable. Gregorian chant varies significantly from the polyphonic songs of the troubadours.

          The third disc is of motets, composed by Dunstable, Dufay, Binchois, Obrecht, and Desprez, some (but not all) of the great names in medieval composition. This collection includes a polytexted motet by Dunstable and more standard forms in which all voices join to sing the same words. Binchois' motet 'Gloria, laus et honor' derives from a Gregorian chant found on the first disc, with words still familiar in the modern hymn 'All Glory, Laud and Honour'.

          The fourth CD inlcudes masses by Desprez and Ockeghem. Desprez is one of the greatest of the medieval composers, and his Missa L'homme arme is one of the better known; Ockeghem's mass here is one for the dead, a very common type of composition, here expertly executed. The final piece on this disc is a song written by Desprez in honour of Ockeghem, which despite not using typical mass or biblical texts, still incorporates the introit from the requiem, and as a mark of respect for the passing of Ockeghem, Desprez composed the music itself using all black notes.

          This Archiv production is a stunning collection, great for the listener and great for the student. In one set, one has a broad range of music, spanning many types and hundreds of years. The production quality is very high, the music itself wonderful, the performances beautifully carried out - not much more can be asked for from a recording.

          4 out of 5 stars Impressive.......2000-11-11

          Nice sounding recording. The tracks are authentic and are great for anyone interested in medieval history and it's music.

          4 out of 5 stars Impressive.......2000-11-11

          Nice sounding recording. The tracks are authentic and is great for anyone interested in medieval history and it's music.

          5 out of 5 stars Wonderfull!.......2000-06-23

          I heard this CD at a friends house. I compare the music to loreena McKennitts. Its wonderfull and i love it. I cant wait to purchase a copy of my own.
          Noel, Noel!: Noels Francais/French Christmas Music (1200-1600)
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • refreshingly traditional
          • Beautiful
          • This is excellent work
          • My favorite Christmas album.
          • This is an outstanding recording
          		 Noel, Noel!: Noels Francais/French Christmas Music (1200-1600)

          Manufacturer: Erato
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          1. A French Christmas
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          5. Chansons Pour Noel: Mon Beau

          ASIN: B000000SCC
          Release Date: 1991-09-13

          Tracks:

          1. I - Midnight In Bethlehem: Oyez Seigneur comment parla (The Sybil's Prophecy)
          2. I - Midnight In Bethlehem: O oriens, splendor lucis aeternae
          3. I - Midnight In Bethlehem: Kyrie 'Le jour de Noel'
          4. II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Lux Hodie - Orientis Partibus
          5. II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Quem vidistis pastores
          6. II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Magnum nomen domini
          7. II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Lux optata claruit
          8. II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Virgo gemma virginum
          9. II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Quando decet honore
          10. III - To The Virgin: Ave regina celorum
          11. III - To The Virgin: In tua memoria
          12. III - To The Virgin: Magnificat
          13. IV - Noel, Noel: Noe, Noe
          14. IV - Noel, Noel: Noe, noe, magnificus est rex pacificus
          15. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Conditor en francais
          16. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Chantons Noel, menons joyeuse vie
          17. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Bransle de Bourgogne
          18. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Or vous tremoussez, pasteurs de Judee
          19. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Et d'ou venez-vous, Madame Lucette?
          20. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Bransle de Bourgogne - Bransle double
          21. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Disons nau a pleine teste
          22. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Ronde And Saltarello
          23. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Nouvelles, nouvelles
          24. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Pres Bethleem dans une estable
          25. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Sur le mont de Sion
          26. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Dona nobis pacem (From The 'Missa sur le Point d'Avignon')
          27. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: O l'heureuse journee
          28. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Bransle de Champagne
          29. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Venez ouyr la trompette
          30. V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Bransle de Champagne (Reprise)

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars refreshingly traditional.......2006-11-10

          If you are as tired as I am of canned Christmas muzak, you will find this to be refreshing, beautiful, and uplifting for the season of Christ's birth.

          5 out of 5 stars Beautiful.......2001-12-22

          I was looking for something different from all the popular American Chirstmas music that has been re-done so many times. Here is a collection that satisfied me, and will delight both Franco-phones and Anglo-phones (English speakers) Some of the pieces are very chant like, but others are lively songs with lots of energy. Especially notable are tracks # 18, Or vous trémoussez, pasteurs de Judée, # 13, Noe, Noe, and my personal favorite, # 27, O l'heureuse journée. You likely will not recognize any of the tunes, so it may take a bit for this album to sound like Christmas, but it quickly did for me. The ancient instruments employed also give the music a unique sound that is really neat. This is a CD worth purchasing

          5 out of 5 stars This is excellent work.......1999-11-19

          I am a musician and a medieval history buff, and first heard the Beauvais segments of this recording over the car radio, as I parked intending to do some Christmas shopping. I could not leave the car until the last note was sung and immediately began a search for the recording. The music is so...right, like a little time trip, haunting, triggering the imagination.

          5 out of 5 stars My favorite Christmas album........1999-09-04

          Beautifully clear voices mix with period instruments and voices of character to present a lively, touching, and thoroughly enjoyable mix of music of centuries past.

          5 out of 5 stars This is an outstanding recording.......1998-12-26

          Joel Cohen and the boston Camerata have recorded an outstanding collection of French Christmas carols.
          Ockeghem: Missa de plus en plus; 5 Motets
          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
          • Beautiful sacred music, brilliantly performed
          • Idiomatic
          		 Ockeghem: Missa de plus en plus; 5 Motets

          Manufacturer: Gaudeamus
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          1. Ockeghem: Missa L'homme Arme, Missa Sine Nomine a3
          2. Jacob Obrecht: Missa Malheur Me Bat / Laudes Christo / Johannes Martini: Magnificat Tertii Toni / Ave Maris Stella / O Beate Sebastiane / Salve Regina - The Clerks' Group
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          ASIN: B0000030OW
          Release Date: 1996-11-19

          Tracks:

          1. Salve Regina
          2. Missa 'De Plus En Plus': Kyrie
          3. Missa 'De Plus En Plus': Gloria
          4. Missa 'De Plus En Plus': Credo
          5. Missa 'De Plus En Plus': Sanctus/Benedictus
          6. Missa 'De Plus En Plus': Agnus Dei
          7. De Plus En Plus
          8. Credo 'De Village'
          9. Osculetur Me
          10. Gaude Maria

          Customer Reviews:

          4 out of 5 stars Beautiful sacred music, brilliantly performed.......2005-12-27

          Anyone intrigued by sacred vocal music of the early Renaissance - particularly the works of Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474) and Josquin Desprez (c. 1450-1521) - would do well to explore this CD. Though not as well-known today as Dufay and Josquin, Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497) represented an essential stylistic link between those two composers. He extended imitative phrases beyond the short phrases employed by Dufay, but was almost too clever in doing so: Ockeghem integrated canons so well into his polyphony that they escaped listeners' ears. Josquin's works brought imitation to the fore, thereby capturing most of the credit for the technique known as "pervasive imitation." Josquin himself acknowledged Ockeghem's importance, commemorating his predecessor in the lament "La déploration de Jehan Ockegham."

          The Clerks' Group endeavors to restore Ockeghem's reputation through their series of Ockeghem discs. This CD presents not only Ockeghem's "Missa de plus en plus," but also five motets by Ockeghem and other composers of the period. Works by Matthaeus Pipelare and Jacques Barbireau are performed, as well as "Plus en plus," the motet by Gilles Binchois (a contemporary of Dufay) on which Ockeghem based his Mass.

          Dufay pioneered the technique of basing the Mass Ordinary on a pre-existing tenor (or "cantus firmus") from a secular source (as opposed to a Church-approved plainsong chant) with his "Missa se la face ay pale." The "cantus firmus" Mass dominated mid-15th century sacred music; and thus strongly influenced Ockeghem's works. Ockeghem also masters Dufay's technique of alternating different pairs of voices with full 4-part polyphony, to achieve contrasting textures. Ockeghem's music comes across as a gentler, smoother interpretation of Dufay's style, with the downward expansion of the lowest (bassus) voice representing Ockeghem's most readily apparent innovation.

          The Clerks' Group performances excel, as do the production values. This is beautiful sacred music, brilliantly performed. I don't find "Missa de plus en plus" quite as impressive as Ockeghem's tour de force, "Missa Prolationum," but it's a remarkable achievement nonetheless.

          The liner notes lament that modern critics "worship and canonise (Josquin) only by virtue of (their) total neglect of (Ockeghem)." If the rest of the Clerks' Group's Ockeghem series is as impressive as "Missa de plus en plus; 5 Motets," they will have gone a long way to right this perceived wrong.

          5 out of 5 stars Idiomatic.......2000-10-09

          The Clerks' Group have earned their place in the early music hall of fame chiefly for their recordings of Ockeghem. No other group have been as consistently compelling in this repertory. Unlike the more conventional choirs, the Clerks' Group pay a lot of attention to the local flavor of polyphonic music. When it comes to performing Ockeghem, whose stylistic writing includes many local conventions, the ability to render local details accurately makes the difference between revelatory and mediocre. This disc is a special delight because of the beauty and relative accessibility of Missa De Plus en Plus, which forms the bulk of this recording. De Plus en Plus was one of Ockeghem's earlier masses. It alternates two- and four-part sections, achieving an almost hypnotic tide-like effect. The original De Plus en Plus tune is included for comparison (the tenor line from the original tune became the cantus firmus for the Mass). Of the fillers, Matthaeus Pipelare's Salve Regina is a gem. The final motet, Gaude Maria, is probably not by Ockeghem, but it is worthy to appear alongside the known Ockeghem's works. The group's singing is well-nigh flawless throughout. -- gggimpy@yahoo.com
          Johannes Ockeghem: Au travail suis; De plus en plus
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • Good Standard Renaissaince Faire.
          		 Johannes Ockeghem: Au travail suis; De plus en plus

          Manufacturer: Polygram Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000001I5H
          Release Date: 1997-02-11

          Tracks:

          1. Chanson: De plus en plus
          2. Missa De Plus en Plus: Kyrie
          3. Missa De Plus en Plus: Gloria
          4. Missa De Plus en Plus: Credo
          5. Missa De Plus en Plus: Sanctus & Benedictus
          6. Missa De Plus en Plus: Agnus Dei I, II & III
          7. Chanson: Au travail suis
          8. Missa Au travail suis: Kyrie
          9. Missa Au travail suis: Gloria
          10. Missa Au travail suis: Credo
          11. Missa Au travail suis: Sanctus & Benedictus
          12. Missa Au travail suis: Agnus Dei I, II & III

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          The Tallis Scholars' exemplary contribution to the Ockeghem 500th anniversary commemoration in 1997 includes two four-voice Masses and the three-voice secular songs on which they are based. The first item on the disc, De plus en plus (written by Ockeghem's contemporary Binchois) gets a livelier performance than 14th-century chansons typically do; the Mass (which shares only a tenor melody with the chanson) is more subdued and gets an appropriately reverent reading. Au travail suis is one of Ockeghem's most beautiful secular works; its haunting opening phrase begins each movement of the Mass. Phillips and his singers give both works clear and convincing performances. --Matthew Westphal

          Customer Reviews:

          4 out of 5 stars Good Standard Renaissaince Faire........2006-11-03

          Johannes Ockeghem's 'Au travail suis' plus material from Gilles de Bins dit Binchois and Barbingant (?) by the Tallis Scholars is a very good, well executed series of Renaissance liturgical pieces. I find, however, that it is simply not quite as interesting as the Tallis Scholars' performance of Jacob Obricht's 'Missa Maria Zart'. The latter recording gains from being a bit longer than the Ockeghem offering, and also for being the recording of a single Mass, with all the usual five parts, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus & Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. The Ockeghem recording offers two different passes with these five parts, but neither seem to stand out quite so well as the Obrecht work or the later Palestrina masses.

          I will suggest that the very nicest thing about the Ockeghem masses is that they are short, and therefore much less challanging if one is interested in using these pieces in an actual liturgy or as a part of a longer performance.

          Music Composers:

          1. Binge, Ronald
          2. Bingen, Hildegard Von
          3. Birtwistle, Harrison
          4. Bishop, Henry Rowley
          5. Bizet, Georges
          6. Blacher, Boris
          7. Bloch, Ernest
          8. Blow, John
          9. Blumenfeld, Felix Mikhailovich
          10. Boccherini, Luigi

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