Three sisters on the seashore

Three sisters on the seashore
Songs from the thirteenth century
Sinfonye
Lunadisc LUN 333 [CD]
Glossa GCD 920704

Contents:

    Snub nose, have pity on your lover

    Anon.
  1. Motet: Volez oyer / Volez oyer / Volez oyer

    2. Look out! There she is

    Anon.
  2. Motet: Bele Aelis par matin / Haro, haro / Flos filius

    3. She's given me her lover

    Anon.
  3. Motet: En mai / ne (In May)
  4. Carole: C'est la jus (She's given me her love)
  5. Que ferai (The glance of her green eyes kills me)
  6. Motet: C'est la jus / Pro (She's given me her love)
  7. Motet: J'ai les maus / Que fera / In seculum (The pains of love)

    8. Struck down by love

    Anon.
  8. Motet: Nouvele amor (New Love)
  9. Motet: Nouvele amor / Haute amor / E! Dame jolie (Struck down by love)
  10. Chanson E! Dame jolie (Hey, beautiful lady)

    11. When I see winter coming

    Anon.
  11. Motet: La plus bele / Pacem (I send this song to you)
  12. Motet: Mainte dame / Han (Many a lady)
  13. Motet: Quant voi yver / Au douz / Hodie perlustravit
  14. Motet: Ne m'oubliez pas / Domino (Don't forget me)
  15. Motet: Quant voi yver (When I see winter)

    16. Down in the meadow

    Anon.
  16. Motet: J'ai mon cuer / Letabitur (I have abandoned my heart)
  17. Motet: Je n'ert nus / Justus (Lost without love)
  18. Motet: Bien doit joie / In Domino (The lady that he longs for)
  19. Carole: J'ai mon cuer (I have abandoned my heart)
  20. Carole: Je n'ert nus (Lost without love)
  21. Carole: Bien doit joie (The lady that he longs for)

    22. I don't want a husband

    Anon.
  22. Estampie
  23. Motet: Li savours / Li grant desirs / No vul maris
  24. Estampie
  25. Chanson: Avant hier (Cry out against stupid oafs)

    26. The jealous are thrashed

    Anon.
  26. Motet: Tuit cil / Li jalous / (propter) Veritatem (The jealous)
  27. Carole: Tuit cil (All those who are in love)

    28. To soothe my aching heart

    Anon.
  28. Motet: Por Conforter

    29. Isabel

    Anon.
  29. Bele Ysabelos (Isabel has killed me)
  30. Motet: Entre Copin / Je me cuidoie / Bele Ysabelos (I thought I'd never sing again)
  31. Motet: Un chant renvoisier / De cantatum (Ease my pain)

    32. Three sisters on the seashore

    Anon.
  32. Motet: Trois sereurs / Trois sereurs / Trois sereurs / Perlustravit

    33. Azeriez

    Stevie Wishart after Hildegard von Bingen
  33. Azeriez

Playing time: 57' 46"

Performers:
Sinfonye [Vivien Ellis (vocals), Jocelyn West (vocals), Stevie Wishart (vocals, medieval fiddle, hurdy-gurdy)]

Recording site and date:
St. Andrew's Church, Toddington, England [1995]

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.): 15-102 (fall 2001)

Comments:
Information from owned CD. I must confess that I can describe listening to that CD as a very pleasing experience; voices are superb.

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Pierre-F. Roberge