Hi all I did some Googling and found the recording I told about - well actually a 2-CD version of the old 3-LP recording. The page I found is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002SSB/102-5627750-3067359?v=glance#product-details and the recording is The Art of Courtly Love by David Munrow & co. (LP 1973, CD 1996) The liner notes are not there, but now everybody can check her/his record collection, read the liner notes if found, and repeat it here... ;-) It that page there are some reviews, though. Here are some clips: "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." "The Old French texts are printed in full with English translations, so it is possible to follow every nuance." "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 sleeve note, written by Munrow himself, provides wonderful explanations of the hallmarks of each composer's style. " Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
