Music for the 100 Years' War
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AMOMYMOUS / DUNSTAPLE / ALANUS
Music for the 100 Years' War
The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 26 March 2017
Music of predominantly royal association spanning the reign of Henry V, the Battle of Agincourt and its aftermath, and the coronations in England and France of the boy king Henry VI. The Binchois Consort under Andrew Kirkman bring this music vividly to life, while the copiously illustrated booklet is a pleasure in itself.
"The mysterious and influential John Dunstaple (c1390-1453) is the best known of the composers here. His Missa Da gaudiorum premia and Veni Sancte Spiritus are highlights on a fascinating disc…we are lucky to have the Binchois Consort - here, two altos, four tenors - to bring this haunting, often jubilant early English repertoire to full-blooded life" The Observer, April 2017 *****
"The Orlandos sensibly espouse the music's rough edges (as in the Kyrie Cuthberte), courting roughness themselves in a good cause. Where a more mellifluous tone is required, as in the top-voice-driven Credo by Excetre, they give Matthew Venner's expressive countertenor full rein." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Early Music
"This then is a very fine release and one that is beautifully recorded and presented." MusicWeb May 2017
Tracks:
Alanus:
Sub Arturo plebs
Fons Citharizancium
In omnem terram
anon.:
Anglia tibi turbidas spera lucem post tenebras
Ianuam quam clauserat
Pastor cesus in gregis medio
Opem nobis, o Thoma...Salve, Thoma
De flore martyrum...Deus tuorum militum
Ave miles celestis curie / Ave Rex patrone patrie / Ave Rex
Gaude martyr...Collaudemus venerantes
Ecce mitto angelum
The Agincourt Carol
Kyrie … Domine miserere - Ab inimicis nostris
Dunstaple:
Preco Preheminencie
Precurscor premittitur
Inter natos mulierum
Missa Da gaudiorum premia
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Power, L:
Gloria 'Ad Thome memoriam'
