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Track(s) taken from CDA67727

Sans cuer dolens

composer
2vv; Rondeau 4
author of text
late 1360s; from Le Voir Dit; VD31

The Orlando Consort
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Recording details: July 2012
Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Loughton, Essex, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: October 2013
Total duration: 4 minutes 38 seconds

Cover artwork: The anatomy of Man and Woman (Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Ms65/1284 f14v). Pol de Limbourg (dc1416)
Musée Condé, Chantilly, France / Giraudon / Bridgeman Images
 

Reviews

Le Voir Dit is considered the masterpiece of the 14th-century French poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut. Whether or not it is a 'true' or autobiographically accurate tale, as the title implies, the nine songs embedded in Machaut’s anthology of verse and music speak plaintively and in a personal way of the pains and pleasures of love. Hauntingly and mellifluously sung by the four (but sometimes solo) voices of The Orlando Consort, this music still sounds as flavoursome as it must have done 650 years ago’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘Here is a project for which Machaut fans have been waiting for a long time … this is an important and rewarding album that any lover of medieval music will want to own’ (International Record Review)
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