Miri it is

Miri it is
Songs & Instrumental Music from Medieval England
Dufay Collective
Chandos 9396

Contents:

    Anon., England, 13th c., Oxford Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson G.22, f.1v.
  1. Miri it is while sumer ilast

    2. Anon., England, 13th c., MS de la cit [the Volcufy Fragment] WL Add.312118
  2. Dance: Miri it is

    3. Anon., England, 13th c., Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS 59, f.113v
  3. Edi beo thu hevene-quene

    4. Anon., England, 13th c., MS de la cit [the Volcufy Fragment] WL Add.312118
  4. Estampie: Edi beo thu

    5. Anon., England, 13th c., London, Guildhall Records Office, Liber de antiquis legibus, ff.160v-161v
  5. Ar ne kutch ichsirghe non

    6. Anon., England, 13th c., London, British Library, MS Harley 978
  6. Ductia

    7. Anon., England, 13th c., Cambridge, King's College, Muniment Roll 2 W 32
  7. Brid one brere

    8. Anon., England, 14th c., London, British Library, Squarcialuppi Codex [Blackshaw 26]
  8. Estampie

    9. Anon., England, 13th c., Worcester Cathedral Chapter Library
  9. O sponsa Dei electa

    10. Anon., England, Worcester Cathedral Chapter Library
  10. Beata viscera
  11. Sanctus
  12. Alleluya psallat

    13. Anon., England, 13th c., London, British Library, MS Harley 978
  13. Ductia

    14. Anon., England, 13th c., London, British Library, MS Cotton Fragments xix, f.36
  14. Sancta Mater graciae

    15. Anon., England, London, British Library, MS Cotton Fragments xix, f.36
  15. Sancta Mater graciae

    16. Anon., England, 13th c., Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 139, 5.5v
  16. Dance

    17. Anon., England, 13th c., Cambridge: UL Add. 710 fols 126-7
  17. Omnis caro peccaverat

    18. Anon., England, 13th c., Raleygh Remnant [coll. Nigel Lewis]
  18. Omnis caro

    19. Anon., England, 13th c., London, British Library, MS Harley 978
  19. Ductia
  20. Sumer is icumen in

Playing time: 65' 35"

Performers:
The Dufay Collective [Paul Bevan (voice, recorders, psaltery), Giles Lewin (voice, vielle, bagpipes, rebec), William Lyons (voice, bagpipes, recorders, simfony), Raphael Mizraki (voice, gittern, rebec), Susanna Pell (vielle), Peter Skuce (voice, harp, organ)] & John Potter (voice).

Recording site and date:
St. Bartholomew's Church, Orford, U.K. [02/1995]

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 424-148 (march 1996)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 73/873-95 (february 1996)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 19/4- (march/april 1996)

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Pierre-F. Roberge