Hyperion CDA66238
Recorded in St Jude's Church, Golders Green, London, on 30 September, 1 October 1986
www.hyperion-records.co.uk
The Service of Venus and Mars
Music for the Knights of the Garter, 1340-1440
Gothic Voices
Contents:
| 1. | Gratissima virginis/Vos qui admiramini/Gaude gloriosa/Contratenor (Philippe de Vitry) | [2:38] |
| 2. | Singularis laudis digna (anonymous) | [5:01] |
| 3. | De ce que fol pense (Pierre des Molins) | [1:33] |
| 4. | De ce fol pense (after Pierre des Molins) (anonymous) | [2:44] |
| 5. | Lullay, lullay (anonymous) | [4:10] |
| 6. | Gloria (Pycard) | [3:50] |
| 7. | Ther is no rose of swych virtu (anonymous) | [3:51] |
| 8. | Sanctus (Leonel Power) | [3:14] |
| 9. | Las, que me demanderoye (Franchois Lebertoul) | [2:35] |
| 10. | Le gay playsir (anonymous) | [1:18] |
| 11. | Le grant pleyser (anonymous) | [1:18] |
| 12. | Quam pulchra es (John Pyamour) | [3:24] |
| 13. | Speciosa facta es (John Dunstable) | [2:06] |
| 14. | Sanctus (Soursby) | [5:14] |
| 15. | Je vous pri que j'aye un baysier (Richard Loqueville) | [1:34] |
| 16. | The Agincourt Carol (anonymous) | [3:56] |
Performers:
Margaret Philpot, alto
Rogers Covey-Crump, John Mark Ainsley, Leigh Nixon, tenors
Peter Harvey, Colin Mason, baritones
with Andrew Lawrence-King, medieval harp
Christopher Page, director
Reviews:
'Another superlatively beautiful recording from Gothic Voices' (Hi Fi News)
'It's a treasure' (Fanfare, USA)
'The music is fascinating. Readers interested in trying medieval repertoire could hardly do better than start here' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)