Castle Classics Machaut, Guillaume (French c1300-1377)

G de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame – Felix virgo (High Mass in Reims Cathedral) - Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge; Marry Berry, conductor

Label - Herald

Cat. No. - HAVP312

A votive Mass honouring Mary, the Saturday Lady Mass, was to become a regular and a popular feature of medieval and later liturgy, both in Reims and elsewhere, ... and since the Feast of the Assumption (15th August) happened to fall on a Saturday in the year of Machault's death, it presented itself as a particularly suitable choice. The altar of the Rouelle having long disappeared, the altar in the east end of the building was chosen for the celebration, where the full beauty of the Cathedral's acoustics could best be appreciated
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G de Machaut: Motets - Ensemble Musica Nova

Label - Zig-Zag Territories

Cat. No. - ZZT021002

2 CD Set

Unlike the more seamlessly blended sound of the Hilliards, these singers have a more vibrant, earthier quality that conveys an equally satisfying if differently realized sense of the style and overt emotion embodied in these pieces - Classic Today 10/10

The first motets integrale of Guillaume de Machaut on a record.

The first translation of the motets into modern french and English.

This record received Diapason d’or de l’année 2003 & a Choc de l’année 2003
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G Machaut: Motets - The Hilliard Ensemble

Label - ECM

Cat. No. - 4724022

Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice Award, May 2004

Including De souspirant cuer M2; Fine Amour, qui me vint navrer M3; Puis que la douce rousée M4; Qui plus aimme M5; Lasse! je sui en aventure M7; Ha! Fortune M8; O livoris feritas M9; Helas! où sera pris confors M10; Fins cuers dous M11; Eins que ma dame d’onnour M13; Faus Samblant m’a deceü M15; Se j’aim mon loyal ami M16; Bone pastor M18; Diligenter inquiramus M19; Biauté parée de valour M20; Veni creator spiritus M21; Plange, regni respublica M22; Inviolata genitrix M23
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G Machaut: The Mirror of Narcissus - GOTHIC VOICES; CHRISTOPHER PAGE director

Label - Hyperion

Cat. No. - CDA66087

Including Dame, de qui toute ma joie; Foy porter; Dame, je sui cilz; Tuit mi penser; Dame, mon cuer; Dame, a qui; Biaute qui toutes autres pere; Je vivroie liement; Rose, liz, printemps; Amours me fait desirer; Douce dame jolie; Involata genitrix

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

‘This is an exceptionally fine and important record. It makes Machaut’s music sound more consistently pleasing and acceptable to a wider public than any to date’ (Gramophone)
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G Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame - THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE

Label - Hyperion

Cat. No. - CDA66358

Including Ma fin est mon commencement; Lay de la Fonteinne; Messe de Notre Dame

'lt should be no surprise that this is a real winner' (Fanfare, USA)

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G Machaut: La Messe de Nostre Dame. Le Voir Dit - Oxford Camerata; Jeremy Summerly, conductor

Label - Naxos

Cat. No. - 8553833

Including La Messe de Nostre Dame; Songs from Le Voir Dit

"This is the closest anyone has yet come to recording Machaut's setting as he himself might have heard it; the coupling is a sampling of songs from Le Voir Dit, another intriguingly autobiographical offering."- Ted Libbey, Early Music America, Winter 2001-02
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G Machaut, et al: Loving Torment - Marc Mauillon, tenor; Vivabiancaluna Biffi, hurdy-gurdy; Pierre Hamon, flutes, bagpipes & conductor

Label - Eloquentia

Cat. No. - EL0607

Including MACHAUT Loyauté que point ne delay; Ay mi!; ANON De cuer je soupire; Lai de la Pastourelle; de LESCUREL Comment que; pour l'éloignance

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G de Machaut; Josquin Des Pres; G Dufay: Polyphonies of the 14th & 15th centuries - Transcriptions for Organ - Louis Thiry, organ (Charles-Nicolle Hospital Chapel organ, Rouen)

Label - Hortus

Cat. No. - HOR035 (HORTUS035)

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G de Machaut; Solage: The Unknown Lover: Songs by Machaut and Solage - Gothic Voices

Label - Avie

Cat. No. - AV2089

Including SOLAGE Basile; MACHAUT Dame se vous m'estes lonteinne; SOLAGE Le mont Aön de Trace; MACHAUT Mors sui, se je ne vous voy; SOLAGE Adieu vous di; MACHAUT Se je souspir parfondement; SOLAGE En l'amoureux vergier ; MACHAUT Plus dure que un dyamant; SOLAGE Calextone, qui fut dame; MACHAUT Quant je sui mis au retour; SOLAGE Corps feminine; MACHAUT Dieus, Biaute, Douceur, Nature; SOLAGE Tres gentil cuer; SOLAGE S'aincy estoit; Helas! je voy mon cuer; Fumeux fume par fumee; Pluseurs gens; Joieux de cuer; MACHAUT Douce dame, tant com vivray

World-renowned vocal ensemble Gothic Voices celebrates 25 years with its first appearance on Avie - the first recording of the complete works of Solage, the leading composer of the ars subtilior in late 14th century France and yet one about whom virtually nothing is known - not even his first name. The CD's title, The Unknown Lover, reflects the composer's anonymity, together with the fact that all twelve of Solage's songs are love-songs. They are perfectly paired with the seven ars nova style songs by his earlier French contemporary Guillaume de Machaut, which provide a sorbet-like contrast and variety of texture to the richness and complexity of Solage's output.

Any information about Solage's life can only be surmised from the texts of his songs. Judging from the dedication of S'aincy estoit, it appears he was active in the court of Jean, Duc de Berry, during the 1380s and 90s, and from the virtuosity required by works such as Corps feminin we can safely assume that his music was mainly composed for professional musicians. The extremes of Solage's rhythmic and chromatic experimentation, as in Fumeux fume par fumee, are some of the most challenging that Gothic Voices has ever encountered, making full use of the singers' considerable experience and expertise.

25 years ago Gothic Voices secured their place in recording history with A Feather on the Breath of God, one of the best-selling early music recordings ever made which launched a veritable worldwide Hildegard von Bingen industry. 20 further recordings followed, as did numerous awards and critical acclaim. Avie is delighted to welcome them to the label with this extraordinary and virtuostic music, which consumers will hear about through features in BBC Music Magazine, Choir & Organ Magazine, and a Radio 3 Early Music Show programme devoted to the ensemble
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