My Fayre Lady: Tudor Songs and Chant

Editorial Reviews
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At first you may expect this program to be sung by women, but with the first notes of the Sarum chant "Quam pulcra es," sung by the warmly resonant male voices of the ensemble Lionheart, you realize that men's voices are the appropriate means of expression for these reverent, adoring, ancient yet universal tributes to women in general, and to the one loved or worshiped in particular. This could be a lover--real or desired--or, in the spiritual realm, the Virgin Mary, to whom countless hymns, chants, and larger musical works were dedicated. This is an exceptional program of chants from the Sarum rite, more complex choral compositions from the Eton Choirbook, and rarely heard selections from manuscript collections known as Henry VIII's Book, the Fayrfax Manuscript, and the Ritson Manuscript. If you're an early music enthusiast, or if you want a fine introduction to early English vocal music, don't pass this by. --David Vernier

Tracks:

THE BELOVED: Quam pulcra es - Sarum Chant
THE BELOVED: Quam pulcra es
THE BELOVED: Ibo michi ad montem mirre - Sarum Chant
THE BELOVED: Who Shall Have My Fayre Ladye ? - Anon
THE BELOVED: Salve regina misericordie - Sarum Chant
The Unfathomable: Adew mes amours
The Unfathomable: A Robyn, Gentyl Robyn
The Unfathomable: Iff I Had Wytt' For To Endyght - Anon
The Maternal: Quid petis o fili?
The Desired: Tota pulcra es - Sarum Chant
The Desired: Up Y Arose - Anon
The Desired: And I war a maydyn - Anon
The Desired: Blow Thi Horne Hunter
The Triumphant: Anima mea liquefacta est - Sarum Chant
The Triumphant:: O regina mundi clara
The Triumphant: Beata Dei genitrix - Sarum Chant

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At first you may expect this program to be sung by women, but with the first notes of the Sarum chant "Quam pulcra es," sung by the warmly resonant male voices of the ensemble Lionheart, you realize that men's voices are the appropriate means of expression for these reverent, adoring, ancient yet universal tributes to women in general, and to the one loved or worshiped in particular. This could be a lover--real or desired--or, in the spiritual realm, the Virgin Mary, to whom countless hymns, chants, and larger musical works were dedicated. This is an exceptional program of chants from the Sarum rite, more complex choral compositions from the Eton Choirbook, and rarely heard selections from manuscript collections known as Henry VIII's Book, the Fayrfax Manuscript, and the Ritson Manuscript. If you're an early music enthusiast, or if you want a fine introduction to early English vocal music, don't pass this by. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

My Fayre Ladye.......2001-08-31

Both haunting and beautiful, the singers of Lionheart transport you to another time when courtly love and Marian worship were the norm. Their pure vocal tones seem to emphasize the purity of the lyrics. My favorite piece is Up Y Arose sung in both English and Latin. I fervently recommend the purchase of this cd. Sed fugit interea, fugit inreparabile tempus!

Timothy Riley.......2000-02-19

Quite simply the finest recording of this material in recent memory. The performance of 'Blow thy horne hunter' has become the benchmark to which all others will be compared. Jeffery Johnson's solos are hauntingly beautiful. It is clear that the men of Linoheart have a passion for this material. This recording, like their more recent album, Paris 1200, reveals the group's extraordiany vocal talents as well as their scholarly mastery of the music of the middle ages. If you can't hear them live, you must have this disc. If you've heard them live, you already own it.

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