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Compact Disc CDH55292

£6.99


Recorded in the Church of the Hospital of St Cross, Winchester, on 14–16 November 1988
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
MARTIN COMPTON
Executive Producers
CECILE KELLY
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2007
Originally issued on CDA66336

Duration: 60'13
DDD
Front illustration: The Magi before Herod from a Psalter produced in an Augustine house in northern England, c1170

Music for the Lion-hearted King

GOTHIC VOICES
MARGARET PHILPOT alto
ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP tenor
JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor
LEIGH NIXON tenor
CHRISTOPHER PAGE


Contents:

  1. Mundus vergens ANONYMOUS [2'02]
    MARGARET PHILPOT, ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, JOHN MARK AINSLEY, LEIGH NIXON
  2. Novus miles sequitur ANONYMOUS [2'18]
    ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, JOHN MARK AINSLEY, LEIGH NIXON
  3. A la douçour de la bele seson GACE BRULÉ [4'52]
    MARGARET PHILPOT
  4. Sol sub nube latuit ANONYMOUS [3'31]
    ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, JOHN MARK AINSLEY
  5. Hac in anni ianua ANONYMOUS [3'58]
    MARGARET PHILPOT, ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, LEIGH NIXON
  6. Anglia, planctus itera ANONYMOUS [5'38]
    MARGARET PHILPOT
  7. Etas auri reditur ANONYMOUS [3'48]
    ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, JOHN MARK AINSLEY
  8. Vetus abit littera ANONYMOUS [2'42]
    MARGARET PHILPOT, ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, JOHN MARK AINSLEY, LEIGH NIXON
  9. In occasu sideris ANONYMOUS [6'08]
    ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, JOHN MARK AINSLEY
  10. L’amours dont sui espris BLONDEL DE NESLE [4'07]
    MARGARET PHILPOT
  11. Purgator criminum ANONYMOUS [3'53]
    LEIGH NIXON then MARGARET PHILPOT, ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, LEIGH NIXON
  12. Li nouviauz tanz CHASTELAIN DE COUCI [5'12]
    JOHN MARK AINSLEY
  13. Pange melos lacrimosum ANONYMOUS [4'16]
    ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, LEIGH NIXON
  14. Ma joie me semont BLONDEL DE NESLE [1'58]
    ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP
  15. Ver pacis apperit ANONYMOUS [1'51]
    ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, JOHN MARK AINSLEY
  16. Latex silice ANONYMOUS [2'52]
    MARGARET PHILPOT, ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, JOHN MARK AINSLEY, LEIGH NIXON
Sleeve Notes


GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE


'This is rather special - the best record I have ever reviewed' (Gramophone)

'The singers cannot be applauded too highly for performances marked by an extraordinary insight into how this music should be tackled' (The Good CD Guide)


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