The Binchois Consort was founded in 1995 to perform Dufay’s
Mass for St Anthony of Padua as part of a liturgical Mass for the Saint’s feast day. Its recording of that Mass was released by Hyperion in 1996 to an enthusiastic critical reception. All its subsequent discs have received similarly stunning reviews. The second,
Music for St James the Greater by Guillaume Dufay, received numerous awards, including
Recording of the Month and
Early Music Recording of the Year in
Gramophone magazine and a
Diapason d’or. The group’s fourth disc,
Josquin Des Prez and his Contemporaries, was voted runner-up to the
Early Music Recording of the Year for 2002 by
Gramophone and its next release, of Masses and motets by Busnois, Domarto and Pullois, was shortlisted for the same award and received the coveted
G5 of
Goldberg magazine and
Five stars in
BBC Music magazine.
Their recording of a beautiful Mass, Puisque je vis, thought to be by Dufay, along with motets by Dufay, Compère and others, was named Diapason decouverte by Diapason, and received various other music industry accolades.
