Coincy: Miracles of Notre-Dame

Gautier de Coincy: Miracles of Notre-Dame
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Harmonia Mundi USA 907317

Content:

    Gautier de Coincy

    Amours

  1. Cui donrai je mes amours (voice)
  2. Amours qui set bein enchanter (harp, 2 vielles, citole, lute)
  3. Hui matin a l'ajournee (8 voices, 2 vielles, citole, lute, harp, percussion)
  4. Ma Viele

  5. Douce dame (cornetto, 2 vielles, citole, lute, psaltery)
  6. Ma viele (8 voices, vielle)
  7. Efforcier m'estuet ma vois (shawm, 2 vielles, citole, lute, harp, percussion)
  8. Chançonetes

  9. Cui donrai je mes amours (voice)
  10. Quant ces floretes florir (organetto)
  11. Puisque voi la flour novele (dubious attribution; voice)
  12. D'une amour quoie et serie (organetto, 2 vielles, citole, lute)
  13. Conductus: De la sainte Leocade (2 voices)
  14. Talenz m'est pris orendroit (psaltery, 2 vielles, citole, lute)
  15. Pour Dieu traiez vous en la (bagpipes, 2 vielles, citole, lute, psaltery, percussion)
  16. Conductus

  17. Hyer matin a l'enjournee (text anonymous; 2 voices)
  18. Motet: Hyer matin / Benedicamus Domino (3 voices)
  19. Ja pour yver (10 voices, 2 vielles, citole, lute, psaltery, percussion)
  20. Royne celestre

  21. Amours dont sui espris (shawm)
  22. Royne celestre (10 voices, vielle)
  23. Conductus: S'amours dont sui espris (2 voices)
  24. Entendez tuit ensemble (9 voices, 2 vielles, citole, lute, psaltery, percussion)

Playing time: 70' 07"

Performers:
The Harp Consort
Jennie Cassidy (voice), Caitríona O'Leary (voice), Clara Sanabras (voice), Virginie Landré (voice), Stephen Harrold (voice), Ian Honeyman (voice), Julian Podger (voice), Ian Harrison (voice, bagpipes, shawm, cornetto muto), Paul Willenbrock (voice), Michael Metzler (voice, percussion), Jane Achtman (vielle), Hille Perle (vielle), Steven Player (citole), Gian Luca Lastraioli (medieval lute), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp, psaltery, organetto)
Andrew Lawrence-King, dir.

Recording site and date:
L'Abbaye de Saint-Michel-en-Thiérarche, Aisne, France [06/1999];
Rel.: 2003

Excerpts:
[6], [14]-[16] Harmonia Mundi "Century" HMX 290 8166 [CD] A History of Music, vol. 4: Trouvères & Troubadours / Minnesänger & other Courtly Arts

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 504-86 (june 2003)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 81/968-67 (july 2003)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 27/2-150 (November/December 2003)
Goldberg (#-p.):

Comments:
Information from owned CD. (Choices to perform some tracks with large choirs were made by the ensemble.)

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