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Track(s) taken from CDH55293

C'est force, faire le vueil

composer
Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)
1vv; Virelai 16
author of text
Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor), Andrew Tusa (tenor)
Recording details: May 1991
Church of the Hospital of St Cross, Winchester, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: October 1991
Total duration: 3 minutes 27 seconds

Cover artwork: Vita de S Francesco: La Morte del Cavaliere de Celano (detail). Giotto (c1270-1337)
Basilica di Francesco, Assisi
 

Other recordings available for download

The Orlando Consort

Reviews

‘The beauty of this once-so-remote music is all immaculately tuned and articulated: what else do you expect from Gothic Voices? … I hope those who didn't collect the set first time are doing so now’ (Early Music Review)
C’est force, faire le vueil (Virelai 16) explores the range of emotions that a lover feels when he is unsure of his lady’s affections, and the physical impact this lovesickness can have; this speaker cries, sighs, burns, shakes, turns pale and trembles at the thought that his love might not be accepted.

from notes by Anne Stone & Jacques Boogaart © 2020

C’est force, faire le vueil (Virelai 16) explore l’éventail des émotions qu’un amant ressent lorsqu’il n’est pas sûr de l’affection de sa dame, et l’impact physique que ce mal d’amour peut avoir; cet intervenant pleure, soupire, brûle, est bouleversé, pâlit et tremble à la pensée que son amour pourrait ne pas être accepté.

extrait des notes rédigées par Anne Stone & Jacques Boogaart © 2020
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris

C’est force, faire le vueil (Virelai 16) stellt die Gefühle eines Liebenden dar, der nicht weiß, wie seine Dame empfindet; hinzu kommen die körperlichen Folgen des Liebesleids: Er weint, seufzt, brennt, bebt, erblasst und erzittert bei dem Gedanken, seine Liebe könnte unerhört bleiben.

aus dem Begleittext von Anne Stone & Jacques Boogaart © 2020
Deutsch: Friedrich Sprondel

Other albums featuring this work

Machaut: The lion of nobility
The Orlando Consort
Studio Master: CDA68318Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

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