Delectatio angeli / Bott, Beznosiuk, Levy

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Album Summary

Performers

• Catherine Bott
• Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle)
• Mark Levy (Fiddle)

Composers

• Bernart de Ventadorn (circa 1135 - circa 1190)
• Francesco Landini (circa 1325 - 1397)
• Matteo da Perugia (1380 - 1410)
• Anonymous, English
• Jehan Vaillant (circa 1330 - bef 1400)
• Johannes Ciconia (circa 1335 - 1411)
• Anonymous, Codex Las Huelgas (fl. 1300 - )
• Johannes Bedyngham (1422 - 1460)
• Etienne de Meaux (12th Century - 12th Century)
• Guillaume Dufay (circa 1400 - 1474)

Notes & Reviews:

This project was conceived by the performers to celebrate the compelling sonorities created by blending voice and Medieval fiddles, which can closely follow and even imitate the human voice when played by a master fiddler. Repertoire for this combination is not focused on any one composer, theme or geographic region and instead is a compilation of the performer's favorites. The passion and spontaneity of these performances on medieval fiddles, coupled with the artists unwavering commitment to getting the most out of these more primitive instruments is evident throughout this delightful new disc.

'In every respect this CD is an utter delight. The music is charming, the performances infectious, the recording is simply outstanding and the booklet complete with full texts and translations into modern English, is a real pleasure to read ... this disc is a source of unreserved pleasure' (International Record Review)

'The outstanding CD of the month' (Early Music Review)

'The vivid ambience of the recordings, the quality of the chosen compositions, the incisive, animated, full-toned precision of the fiddle playing and performances by Bott make for 62 minutes of pure pleasure ... These performances must rank amongst Bott's best (and that's saying something) ' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Delectable is just about the right word for this sequence of pieces sung by Catherine Bott, with and without the fiddles of Pavlo Beznosiuk and Mark Levy. ... The simplicity and spontaneity of the pared-down and often improvisatory approach enormously enhances the emotional impact of the music, and brings the listener extraordinarily close to the characters whose deepest feelings are being voiced' (Daily Telegraph)

'a sublime survey of music and textual conceits from a remote yet immediately communicative past ... soprano and string players wear their classical training lightly, catching the folk flavour of this beguiling repertoire' (Classic FM Magazine)

We had to wait five years for its release. Believe me, it was worth the wait. Hear this haunting music' (Fanfare, USA)

'Charmingly and effectively done, it is well worth hearing' (Scotland on Sunday)

'This is some of the most elegant singing I have heard and certainly some of the best fiddle playing now available ... it is an excellent single-disc anthology of medieval song' (American Record Guide)

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Works Details

Anonymous, English : Ar ne kut ich sorghe non

• Performer: Catherine Bott
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous, English : English Dance (13th century)

• Performers: Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle); Mark Levy (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Written: 12th Century

Bedyngham, Johannes : O rosa bella

• Performers: Catherine Bott; Mark Levy (Fiddle); Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Ventadorn, Bernart De : Can vei le lauzta mover

• Performers: Mark Levy (Fiddle); Catherine Bott
• Running Time: 7 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1150

Vaillant, Jehan : Par maintes foys, virelai

• Performers: Catherine Bott; Mark Levy (Fiddle); Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1360-1390

Meaux, Etienne de : Trop est mes Maris Jalos

• Performers: Catherine Bott; Mark Levy (Fiddle); Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Landini, Francesco : Giunta vaga biltà, ballata for 3 voices, S. 125

• Performers: Catherine Bott; Mark Levy (Fiddle); Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1350-1397

Ciconia, Johannes : Per Quella Strada Lactea for 2 voices

• Performers: Catherine Bott; Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral

Ciconia, Johannes : Una panthera, madrigal for 3 voices

• Performers: Mark Levy (Fiddle); Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1399

Dufay, Guillaume : L'alta belleza tua virtute valore, ballata for 3 voices

• Performers: Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle); Mark Levy (Fiddle); Catherine Bott
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Dufay, Guillaume : Helas mon dueil, a ce cop sui je mort, virelai for 3 voices

• Performers: Mark Levy (Fiddle); Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle); Catherine Bott
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Dufay, Guillaume : Vergene bella, cantilena motet for 3 voices

• Performers: Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle); Catherine Bott; Mark Levy (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Perugia, Matteo da : Le greygnour bien que nature, ballade

• Performers: Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle); Mark Levy (Fiddle); Catherine Bott
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Anonymous, Codex Las Huelgas : Work(s) :: Four Planctus (Las Huelgas ms)

• Performers: Catherine Bott; Pavlo Beznosiuk (Fiddle); Mark Levy (Fiddle)
• Running Time: 15 min. 56 sec.