Hyperion Records
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CDS44251/3
(Originally issued on CDA66039, 66238, 66286)
Boxed set (at a special price)

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Recording details: Various dates
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: September 2006
Total duration: 143 minutes 0 seconds

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'If you've managed to avoid buying these so far, don't miss the bargain offer' (Early Music Review)

Gothic Voices Award Winners
A feather of the breath of God – The service of Venus & Mars – A Song for Francesca
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
CD1
1
Columba aspexit  [5'18]  Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
2
Ave, generosa  [4'36]  Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Margaret Philpot (alto), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
3
O ignis spiritus  [4'48]  Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
4
O Jerusalem  [8'02]  Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
5
O Euchari  [5'43]  Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Emily van Evera (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
6
O viridissima virga  [3'13]  Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
7
O presul vere civitatis  [6'12]  Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Margaret Philpot (alto), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
8
O Ecclesia  [6'11]  Abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
CD2
1
Gratissima virginis/Vos qui admiramini/Gaude gloriosa/Contratenor  [2'38]  Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
2
Singularis laudis digna  [5'01]  Anonymous - Medieval
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
3
De ce que fol pense  [1'33]  P des Molins (fl 1450-1450)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
4
De ce que fol pense  [2'44]  Anonymous - Medieval
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
5
Lullay, lullay  [4'10]  Anonymous - Medieval
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor), Margaret Philpot (alto)
6
Gloria  [3'50]  Pycard (fl c1410-1410)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
7
Ther is no rose of swych vertu  [3'51]  Anonymous - Medieval
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
8
Sanctus  [3'14]  Leonel Power (d1445)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
9
Las, que me demanderoye  [2'35]  Franchois Lebertoul (fl 1409-1410)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
10
Le gay playsir  [1'18]  Anonymous - Medieval
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
11
Le grant pleyser  [1'18]  Anonymous - Medieval
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
12
Quam pulchra es  [3'24]  John Pyamour (d1431)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
13
Speciosa facta es  [2'06]  John Dunstable (c1390-1453)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
14
Speciosa facta es  [5'19]  Soursby (fl c1430-1460) & Anonymous - liturgical
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
15
Je vous pri que j'aye un baysier  [1'34]  Richard Loqueville (d1418)
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
16
The Agincourt Carol 'Deo gracias, Anglia, redde pro victoria!'  [3'56]  Anonymous - Medieval
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
CD3
1
Astio non morì mai  [3'02]  Andreas de Florentia (dc1415)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
2
Per la ver'onestà  [4'35]  Andreas de Florentia (dc1415)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
3
Quando i oselli canta  [2'01]  Anonymous - Medieval
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
4
Constantia  [3'04]  Anonymous - Medieval
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
5
Quando la stella  [3'15]  Johannes de Florentia (fl 1340-1350)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
6
Amor mi fa cantar a la Francesca  [2'34]  Anonymous - Medieval
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
7
Non na el so amante  [2'39]  Anonymous - Medieval
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
8
Ochi dolenti mie  [2'52]  Francesco Landini (c1325-1397)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
9
Per seguir la sperança  [3'38]  Francesco Landini (c1325-1397)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
10
O regina seculi/Reparatrix Maria  [2'28]  Anonymous - Medieval
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
11
Quel fronte signorille in paradiso  [2'36]  Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
12
Puisque je suy amoureux  [2'52]  Richard Loqueville (d1418)
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
13
Pour mesdisans ne pour leur faulx parler  [1'52]  Richard Loqueville (d1418)
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
14
Plaindre m'estuet  [4'33]  Hugo de Lantins (fl 1420-1430)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
15
Je me demande ma bienvenue  [1'52]  Jean Haucourt (fl 1390-1410)
Gothic Voices
16
Confort d'amours  [3'47]  Anonymous - Medieval
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
17
Qui ne veroit que vos deulx yeulx  [1'12]  Richard Loqueville (d1418)
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
18
Va t'ent souspir  [1'34]  Estienne Grossin (fl 1420-1420)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
Three celebrated discs, each one a Gramophone Award winner, newly presented in an attractive box with full documentation in English, French and German.

Recorded under the direction of their founder and ‘mentor’ Christopher Page, these original Gothic Voices recordings are the veritable benchmarks to which others can only aspire.