Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. The site is also available in several languages.
Please use the dropdown buttons to set your preferred options, or use the checkbox to accept the defaults.
The Orlando Consort» More |
The three-voice ballade Donnez, signeurs is not a love song but an appeal to the noble class. As a former almoner in the service of John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, Machaut had himself received several substantial gifts from great lords: he knew the good impression to be made through generosity. In this song he calls for (unnamed) lords to be generous: better to give out your riches with a sweeping gesture than to be robbed of them. The song’s melody develops in broad melismatic figures on the most important words, in alternation with swift declamation of the remaining text.
from notes by Jacques Boogaart © 2023
La ballade à trois voix Donnez, signeurs n’est pas une chanson d’amour mais un appel à la noblesse. Ancien aumônier au service de Jean de Luxembourg, roi de Bohême, Machaut avait lui-même reçu plusieurs dons substantiels de grands seigneurs: il savait que la générosité faisait bonne impression. Dans cette chanson, il demande aux seigneurs (dont le nom n’est pas divulgué) d’être généreux: il vaut mieux distribuer vos richesses avec un geste large que vous les faire voler. La mélodie de cette chanson se développe en larges figures mélismatiques sur les mots les plus importants, en alternance avec une rapide déclamation du texte restant.
extrait des notes rédigées par Jacques Boogaart © 2023
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris
aus dem Begleittext von Jacques Boogaart © 2023
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
Machaut: The fount of grace The ‘fount of grace’ of the title is the Virgin Mary, to whom Machaut appeals for mercy during an unusually turbulent period in France’s history.» More |