The Binchois Consort - Music for the 100 Years' War (2017) [FLAC]
百年战争期间的音乐
Music for the 100 Years' War
The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman (conductor)
CDA68170 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68170)
Digital booklet (PDF)
Recording details: January 2016
Ascot Priory, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by Andrew Mellor
Release date: April 2017
Total duration: 76 minutes 25 seconds
Cover artwork: The Battle of Najera, 1367 (Fr 2643 f.312v, from Froissart’s Chronicle).
French School, 15th century / Bibliothèque nationale, Paris / Bridgeman Art Library, London
Music of predominantly royal association spanning the reign of Henry V, the Battle of Agincourt and its aftermath, and the coronations in England and France of the boy king Henry VI. The Binchois Consort under Andrew Kirkman bring this music vividly to life, while the copiously illustrated booklet is a pleasure in itself.
Awards:
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
Reviews:
'We are lucky to have The Binchois Consort—here, two altos, four tenors—to bring this haunting, often jubilant early English repertoire to full-blooded life' (The Observer)» More
'A very welcome recording of works by Alanus, Dunstable, Forest and Power plus anonymous items' (Lark Reviews)» More
'This … is a very fine release and one that is beautifully recorded and presented' (MusicWeb International)
'D'esthétique et de précocupation proches, [les compositrices] laissent percevoir un métier des plus solides, une grande finesse de plume' (Diapason, France)
Tracks:
1. Anglia tibi turbidas [5'44] Anonymous - Medieval
Kingship and the Rise of Nation
2. Sub Arturo plebs / Fons citharizancium / In omnem terram [4'03] Johannes Alanus (fl late 14th century-early 15th century)
3. Ascendit Christus super celos / Alma redemptoris mater [5'00] Forest (fl 1400-1450)
4. Preco preheminencie / Precurscor premittitur / Inter natos mulierum [5'45] John Dunstaple (c1390-1453)
St Thomas Becket—Protector of England
5. Ianuam quam clauserat / Iacintus in saltibus / [Iacet granum] [1'43] Anonymous - Medieval
6. Gloria 'Ad Thome memoriam' [3'49] Leonel Power (d1445)
7. Pastor cesus in gregis medio [1'08] Anonymous - liturgical
8. Opem nobis, o Thoma / Salve, Thoma / [Pastor cesus] [0'40] Anonymous - Medieval
9. Credo 'Opem nobis, o Thoma' [4'33] Leonel Power (d1445)
St Edmund, king and martyr—Protector of England
10. De flore martyrum / Deus tuorum militum / [Ave rex gentis Anglorum] [1'45] Anonymous - Medieval
11. Ave miles / Ave rex, patrone / Ave rex gentis Anglorum [1'47] Anonymous - Medieval
12. Gaude martyr / Collaudemus venerantes / [Celestium contemplator] [4'11] Forest (fl 1400-1450)
The Coronation of Henry VI
13. Ecce mitto angelum [3'04] Anonymous - liturgical
Missa Da gaudiorum premia [18'40] John Dunstaple (c1390-1453)
14. Kyrie rex genitor [6'52]
15. Credo [5'04]
16. Sanctus [6'44]
17. Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni creator Spiritus [5'16] John Dunstaple (c1390-1453)
Conclusion
18. The Agincourt Carol Deo gracias Anglia redde pro victoria! [3'42] Anonymous - Medieval
19. Kyrie … Domine miserere – Ab inimicis nostris [5'35] Anonymous - Medieval