‘lt should be no surprise that this is a real winner’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘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)

‘The artistic merits of The Orlando Consort are legendary, and these four male singers deliver performances of great beauty and expressiveness … full of elegant fluency, verve, and nuanced inflection’ (American Record Guide)

‘The second anthology in The Orlando Consort’s Machaut marathon…[is] characterised by supreme text—sensitivity and beauty of tone. One marvels at their trademark exquisite balance and their ability to reveal even the most complex of Machaut’s structures with enviable agreement and ensemble’ (Early Music Today)

«Une version exceptionelle de beauté» (Harmonie)

‘Superb’ (BBC Record Review)

‘This is an exceptionally fine and important record. It makes Machaut’s music sound more consistently pleasing and acceptable to a wider public than any to date’ (Gramophone)

„A fascinating release. The whole enterprise could hardly wish for a more eloquent or dashingly persuasive exponent than Steven Osborne, who clearly believes in every note“ (Piano, Germany)

‘A marvellous and magnificent disc’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘What a bonanza this Hyperion offering is! If you fancy piano concertos you'll find plenty in these two neglected specimens to challenge and enchant you’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘A super disc’ (Gramophone)