Thanks a lot Arto! on the same site, I believe this is the actual album I heard.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000R2J/ref=pm_dp_ln_m_2/103-5178046-9712631?v=glance&s=classical&vi=samples Fascinating! B.R. G. On 6/9/05, Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
