The Orlando Consort once again shows its intelligence and educated approach to Renaissance-era music, while not denying the beauty of the pieces. The album is a demonstration, in varied works, of the contenance angloise, the sound that distinguished English music of the fifteenth century from that of the continent. This release pays particular attention to votive antiphons, although there are also a few mass movements included. According to the excellent notes about the works in the accompanying booklet (which also ...
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The Orlando Consort once again shows its intelligence and educated approach to Renaissance-era music, while not denying the beauty of the pieces. The album is a demonstration, in varied works, of the contenance angloise, the sound that distinguished English music of the fifteenth century from that of the continent. This release pays particular attention to votive antiphons, although there are also a few mass movements included. According to the excellent notes about the works in the accompanying booklet (which also includes lyrics), these were probably written for private chapels or choirs. The more intimate sound of the three- or four-voice works was recorded in a small parish church, so the amount of resonance is appropriate to the original use. There is no huge, hollow-sounding chamber to make the words unintelligible on this recording. The survey begins with works by contemporaries of John Dunstaple and includes a lovely example of Dunstaple's isorhythmic motets in Salve scema. The two upper...
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Add this copy of The Call of the Phoenix: Rare 15th-Century English to cart. $77.95, new condition, Sold by First Coast Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eatonton, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by HAM.
