BaL 13.02.16 - The music of Machaut

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

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Simon Heighes recommends recordings which best represent the music of Guillaume de Machaut. Celebrated and internationally renowned in his own time, the fourteenth-century Guillaume de Machaut, composer of secular and sacred music, is one of the great names in Western music.


A selection of available recordings:


Messe de Nostre Dame

Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier
Musica Nova, Lucien Kandel
Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber
Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge, Mary Berry
Deller Consort & Collegium Aureum, Alfred Deller (download)
Hillard Ensemble
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard

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Je ne cesse de prier
De toutes flours
Je vivroie liement
Amours me fait desirer, B19

Ensemble Alta Musica, Rainer Böhm

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Le lay de la fonteinne 'Je ne cesse de prier', L11
Un Lay de consolation

Medieval Ensemble of London, Peter & Timothy Davies (download)

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Fins cuers doulz/Dame, je sui cilz/Fins cuers doulz, M11
Biaute paree de valour/Trop plus est belle/Je ne sui mie certeins, M20
Tres bonne et belle
Se mesdisans
Dame, je vueil endurer

Gothic Voices, Christopher Page

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Donnez, signeurs
Quand je ne voy
Riches d'amour et mendians d'amie
Pas de tor en thies pais

Gothic Voices, Christopher Page

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Motets

Musica Nova
The Hilliard Ensemble

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Le Remède de fortune

Pierre Hamon, etc. (download)

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21 ballades, rondeaux, virelais, motets & textes dits

Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard

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Le Jugement du Roi

Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard

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Sacred and Secular music

Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard

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Qui es promesses
Lasse! comment oublieray
David Hoquetus/double hoquet

Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow

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Dame, mon cuer emportes, V29
Se je me pleing, B15
Dame, ne regardes pas, B9
De desconfort, B8

Jill Feldman, Kees Boeke

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Douce dame jolie, V4
Comment qu'a moy
Foy porter, V22
Je sui aussi

Waverly Consort, Michael Jaffee

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Messe de Nostre Dame
Ploures, dames, B32
Nes qu'on porroit, B33
Sans cuer, dolens, R4
Le lay de bonne esperance 'Longuement me sui', L13
Puis qu'en oubli, R18
Dix et sept, cinc, trese, R17

Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly

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Quant je sui mis au retour, V13
Comment qu'a moy
Puis qu'en oubli, R18
J'aim mieux languir
Ploures, dames, B32
Dou mal qui m'a longuement
Dix et sept, cinc, trese, R17
Dame, vostre dous viaire
Phyton, le mervilleus serpent, B38
Amours me fait desirer, B19
Se ma dame m'a guerpi
Loyauté que point ne delay,Ay mi!
Liement me deport, V27
J'aim sans penser laidure

Pierre Hamon

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Il m'est avis qu'il n'est dons de Nature, B22
Se vous n'estes pour mon guerredon nee
Amour et biaute/Quant en moy voint/Amara valde, M1
S'Amours tous amans joir/S'il estoit nulz qui pleindre/Et gaudebit cor vestrum, M6
Phyton, le mervilleus serpent, B38
Ay mi! dame de valour
Se j'aim mon loyal ami/Lasse! comment oublieray/Pour quoy me bat mes matris?, M16
Pour ce que tous mes chans fais
Helas, tant ay doleur et peinne
Sans cuer, dolens, R4
Fins cuers doulz/Dame, je sui cilz/Fins cuers doulz, M11
Rose, liz, printemps

The Orlando Consort

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Ploures, dames, B32
Dame, se vous n'avez aperceü
Ne que on porroit
Sans cuer, dolens, R4
Le lay de bonne esperance 'Longuement me sui', L13
Dis et sept, cinq
Puis qu'en oubli, R18
Quant Theseus / Ne quier veoir, B34
Se pour ce muir

The Orlando Consort

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Tant doucement
Comme puet on
De Fortune me doy pleindre, B23
Mors sui, se je ne vous voy
Se quanque amours, B21
Je ne cuit pas qu'oncques, B14
Liement me deport, V27
Je puis trop bien
Certes mon oueil
En amer a douce vie
He! Dame de valour
Une vipere
Ma fin est mon commencement, R14
De toutes flours

The Orlando Consort

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De Fortune me doy pleindre, B23
Dame, se vous m'estes lonteinne, B37
Esperance qui m'asseüre, B13
Phyton, le mervilleus serpent, B38
Se quanque amours, B21
De triste cuer / Quant vrais amans / Certes, je di, B29
Il m'est avis qu'il n'est dons de Nature, B22
Sanz cuer m'en vois/Amis, dolens/Dame, par vous, B17
David Hoquetus/double hoquet
Amours me fait desirer, B19
Quant Theseus / Ne quier veoir, B34
Je ne cuit pas qu'oncques, B14
Pour vous revoir - Sois tard tempre

Ensemble Musica Nova, Lucien Kandel

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Dix et sept, cinc, trese, R17
Dame, de qui toute ma joie vient, B42 (from Le Remède de Fortune)
David Hoquetus/double hoquet
Ha! Fortune/Qui es promesses de Fortune/Et non est qui adjuvet, M8
De ma dolour/Maugre mon cuer/Quia amore langueo, M14
Ma fin est mon commencement, R14
Tres bonne et belle
En demantant et lamentant, L18
En amer a douce vie
Pas de tor en thies pais
Lasse! je sui en aventure/J'ay tant mon cuer/Ego moriar pro te, M7
Fins cuers doulz/Dame, je sui cilz/Fins cuers doulz, M11
De touz les biens
Se j'aim mon loyal ami/Lasse! comment oublieray/Pour quoy me bat mes matris?, M16
Biaute qui toutes autres pere
Ploures, dames, B32
Dame se vous n 'avez - rondeau

Trio Subtilior, Flautas De Pico

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Fins cuers doulz/Dame, je sui cilz/Fins cuers doulz, M11
Biaute paree de valour/Trop plus est belle/Je ne sui mie certeins, M20
Se j'aim mon loyal ami/Lasse! comment oublieray/Pour quoy me bat mes matris?, M16
Plange, regni respublica/Tu qui gregem tuum ducis/Apprehende arma et scutum et exurge, M22
Veni creator spiritus/Christe, quie lux es/Tribulatio proxima est et non est qui adjuvet, M21
Inviolata genitrix/Felix virgo/Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes, M23
Ha! Fortune/Qui es promesses de Fortune/Et non est qui adjuvet, M8
Diligenter inquiramus/Martyrum gemma latria/A Christo honoratus, M19
Faus Samblant m'a deceu/Amours qui ha le pouoir/Vidi Dominum, M15

The Clerks' Group, Edward Wickham

[CallMePaul]

This should be very interesting! I have the Pérès recording of the Messe de Nostre Dame and the HIlliard Ensemble's motet collection, plus an LP of Gothic Voices. The Pérès mass recording includes the Propers for the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, so it got an airing last Tuesday. I am in the market for other recordings of Machault's music so will listen to this with great interest.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I am in the market for other recordings of Machault's music so will listen to this with great interest.

[doversoul1]

Very much looking forward to it.

[Pulcinella]

As well as the Naxos recording (Oxford Camerata, Summerly) I have this version on EMI (Taverner Consort/Choir, Parrott):

http://www.amazon.com/Machaut-Messe-Nostre-Dame/dp/B00000DNIY

It seems to have been reissued in 2005, but the copyright dates do not tally, which is a bit confusing; the EMI one says P 1984, C 1987, but this listing has C 1997 and also mentions Virgin Classics (perhaps it got reissued there first):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001KSWM84?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

I love the fact that in track 18 of this Amazon listing he seems to have become Scottish: MacHaut!

[ardcarp]

So much looking forward to this. Sang Machaut's Mass in the early 70s under Nick Sandon's direction. Not sure anyone had recorded it then, but I may be wrong. Appropriately I shall be in France on that weekend, though in Chartres, not N.D.

[MickyD]

As well as the Naxos recording (Oxford Camerata, Summerly) I have this version on EMI (Taverner Consort/Choir, Parrott):

http://www.amazon.com/Machaut-Messe-Nostre-Dame/dp/B00000DNIY

It seems to have been reissued in 2005, but the copyright dates do not tally, which is a bit confusing; the EMI one says P 1984, C 1987, but this listing has C 1997 and also mentions Virgin Classics (perhaps it got reissued there first):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001KSWM84?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

I love the fact that in track 18 of this Amazon listing he seems to have become Scottish: MacHaut!

This recording does indeed date from the 1980s...I still have the original, issued on EMI Reflexe.

[Pulcinella]

This recording does indeed date from the 1980s...I still have the original, issued on EMI Reflexe.

Yes, mine is the Reflexe issue too: another item for the Things time forgot thread, perhaps?
I think Virgin may have reissued many of the original Reflexes, though.

[MickyD]

Indeed they have, thank heavens...usually available in budget price twofers, excellent bargains.

[BBMmk2]

isn;'t it great that Radio 3 are delving into these areas of music! I really do like this composer and no doubt will have to listen on catch up!

[doversoul1]

9.30 this morning.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Good news. It isn't a twofer.

[doversoul1]

There could have been more examples of performers but as far as I am concerned, it was an informative and most enjoyable BaL.

[Black Swan]

I enjoyed the program very much. I only had the Miss de Notre Dame recording by Andrew Parrot. I have now downloaded the Mirror of Narcissus and am considering the motets.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

There could have been more examples of performers but as far as I am concerned, it was an informative and most enjoyable BaL.

Isn't it such marvellous Music (as Rob Cowan will no doubt remind us on Monday) - rich in possibilities, generous-minded, open-hearted, and so life-full!

SH's style (clipped, precise, whispered) I found a little distracting - and I think that his choices reflected this (of course): for me the perfectly-paced Gothic Voices CD gives so much "weight" (consideration, thought) that I cannot listen to the whole disc all the way through. The snippets from the Orlando Consort attracted me much more - not that this should dissuade anyone who doesn't own it from buying the Gothic Voices CD - and I've always revelled in the Ensemble Organum's provocative performance.

But an essential BaL - great Music with many tantalising samples.