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CDH55207
(Originally issued on CDA66283)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)


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Recording details: September 1987
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: April 2006
Total duration: 59 minutes 28 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'Surely one of the most memorable and touching recitals of the decade' (The Independent)

'Like so much that has been good, innovative and dangerous in recent recordings of early music, this comes from Hyperion' (BBC Record Review)

'A fantastic record. Buy it' (Early Music News)

Bella Domna
The medieval woman: Lover, Poet, Patroness & Saint
Sinfonye
LISTEN TO ALL EXTRACTS
Cantigas de amigo  Martin Codax (fl1230-1230)
1
No 1: Ondas do mar de vigo  [3'37]
2
No 2: Mandad' ei comigo  [2'36]
3
No 3: Mia jrmana fremosa, treides comigo  [2'57]
4
No 4: Aj deus, se sab'ora meu amigo  [6'01]
5
No 5: Quantas sabedes amar amigo  [6'11]
Cantigas de amigo  Martin Codax (fl1230-1230) & Andrew Lawrence-King (b?)
6
No 6: Eno sagrado en vigo  [2'37]
Cantigas de amigo  Martin Codax (fl1230-1230)
7
No 7: Aj ondas que eu vin veer  [1'34]
8
Domna, pos vos ay chausida  [2'43]  Anonymous - Medieval
9
Estampie Royal 'No 3'  [2'46]  Anonymous - Medieval
10
Onques n'amai tant que jou fui amee  [6'06]  Richart de Fournival (1201-1260)
11
Onques n'amai tant que jou fui amee - instrumental version  [1'37]  Richart de Fournival (1201-1260)
12
Estampie Royal 'No 6'  [2'59]  Anonymous - Medieval
13
Estampie Royal 'No 4'  [2'28]  Anonymous - Medieval
14
A chantar m'er de so qu'ieu non volria  [5'24]  La Comtesse de Die (fl1190?-1190)
15
Danse Royale 'No 2'  [3'16]  Anonymous - traditional
16
Lasse, pour quoi refusai  [6'36]  Anonymous - traditional