14th & 15th century songs

Pour l'amour
Liebeslieder des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts
Instrumentalkreis Helga Weber
Christophorus Entrée 0042

Contents:

    Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)
  1. Rondeau: Pour l'amour (3 voices, viol, recorder, bombarde)
  2. Rondeau: Je veuil chanter (2 voices, 2 viols, 3 recorders)
  3. Ballade: Ce jour le doibt (voice, flute, 2 viols)
  4. Rondeau: Ce moys de may soyons lies et joyeux (3 voices, 3 bombardes)

    5. Gilles Binchois (1400-1460)
  5. Rondeau: Amoreux suy (voice, 2 viols, recorder)
  6. Rondeau: Adieu, adieu (flute, 2 viols)
  7. Ballade: Je loe amours (voice, 2 viols, flute)

    8. Buxheimer Liederbuch (1460-1470)
  8. Die süß Nachtigall (3 recorders)

    9. Glogauer Liederbuch (c.1480)
  9. Der sonnen glanz (dulcian, 2 fiddles)
  10. Ichs sachs eins mals (voice, gemshorn, flute, recorder, viol)

    11. John Dunstable (c.1380-1453)
  11. Motet: Quam pulchra es (3 voices)

    12. Francesco Landini (c.1335-1397)
  12. Ballata: Amar sì gli alti (voice, flute, 2 viols)
  13. Ballata: Per allegrezza (voice, fiddle, recorder)
  14. Ballata: Ognor mi trovo (2 fiddles)
  15. Ballata: Ama donna, chi t'ama (2 voices)
  16. Ballata: Occhi dolenti miei (voice, fiddle)

    17. Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1377)
  17. Ballade: Biaute qui toutes (2 recorders, flute)
  18. Quant Theseus, Hercules et Jazon (2 voices, 2 recorders, 2 viols)

Performers: Almut Teichert-Hailperin (soprano, recorder), Kevin Smith (countertenor), Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Martin Nitz (tenor, recorder), Hartmut Deutsch (baritone), Hans von Busch (tenor bombarde), Helga Weber (discant bombarde, recorder), Marianne Richert (alto bombarde, recorder), Regina Hahnke (alto dulcian), Christine Simon (recorder, fiddle, viol, gemshorn), Hartwig Groth (fiddle, viol), Pere Ros (fiddle, viol), Klaus Holsten (flute)

Playing time: 55'

Excerpts (from original release):
[1], [5]-[7], [10]-[18] I.H.W. Versand Helga Weber 66.22 371 Pour l'amour Liebeslieder des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts
[2]-[4], [8]-[9] Christophorus "Musica Practica" SCGLX 73 990 Maienzeit - Gesänge und Instrumental-Stücke die 13.-15. Jahrhunderts

Recording date: May & July 1980; re-released: 1993

This is a nice selection of some of the major works of this era, plus a few more obscure German songs (tracks 8-10).

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Todd M. McComb