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The Earliest Songbook in England / Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-01-10

Works: Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Ad cantus leticie, conductus (12th c., English); Anonymous: In hoc ortus occidente; Regis cuius potentia; Magno gaudens gaudio; Rerum deus co...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Harold, Steve [Arranger]; Nixon, Leigh
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Gothic Voices

Probably copied around 1200, this songbook was discarded within a generation or so and used as flyleaves for another book. It was poorly written, decayed...continue...
Recording information: 12/02/1999-12/04/1999....continue...

Lancaster and Valois - French & English Music c1350-1420 / Christopher Page, Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-07-08

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Donnez, signeurs; Quant je ne voy ma dame; Riches d'amour et mendians; Pas de tor en thies païs; Anonymous: Puis qu'autrement ne puis voir; Soit tart, tempre, main ou soir;...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Greig, Donald; Nixon, Leigh; Tusa, Andrew
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: Gothic Voices

"Pianist Andrew Russo sure knows how to put on a good show!... This isn't repertoire that calls for much subtlety or delicacy, and Russo's playing...continue...

The Garden of Zephirus - Courtly Songs / Page, Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-07-10

Works: Guillaume Dufay: J'atendray tant qu'il vous playra, rondeau for 3 voices; Mon cuer me fait tous dis penser, rondeau for 4 voices; Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys, rondeau for 3 voices; Anonymous: N'a ...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Covey-Crump, Rogers; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Nixon, Leigh; Ross, Gill

"Christopher Page and the Gothic Voices' 1985 release "The Garden of Zephyrus: Courtly Songs of the Early Fifteenth Century" was the follow-up to their career-making...continue...

The Feast of St Edward, King and Confessor / O'Donnell

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-10-10

Works: Anonymous: Laudes Regiae; William Smith: Preces; Responses; William Crotch: Psalm 132, for chorus; Charles Villiers Stanford: Services in C major, Op. 115 no 1; Henry Purcell: O God, thou art my god,...
Performers: Brett, Francis; Criswell, Theodore; Empitt, Julian; Ewens, Jacob; Gerrans, Benjamin; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Martin, David; Morris, Nick; Nixon, Leigh; Pott, Alexander; Quinney, Robert; Scott...
Conductors: O'Donnell, James [Organ]
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir

This new recording from Westminster Abbey presents Matins, Eucharist and Evensong as they might be heard on the Feast of Saint Edward (October 13th). The...continue...