Love's Illusion The Montpellier Codex
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Composer or Director: Anonymous
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 12/1994
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: HMU40 7109
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Blanchete/Quant je pens/Valare, Mo168 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Dame, que je n'os noumer/Amis donc est/Lonc tans a |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Li savours de mon desir/Li grant desir/Non veul ma |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Entre Copin/Je me cuidoie/Bele Ysabelos, Mo256 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: S'on me regarde/Prennés i garde/Hé, mi enfant, |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Quant yver la bise ameine/In Seculum, Mo223 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ne m'a pas oublié/In Seculum, Mo207 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: On doit fin Amor/La biauté/In Seculum, Mo134 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ja n'amerai autre que cele/In Seculum, Mo3 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Quant je parti de m'amie/Tuo, Mo200 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Plus bele que flor/Quant revient/L'autrier joer/Fl Mo21 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Puisque bele dame m'eime/Flos Filius, Mo231 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Amours mi font souffrir/En mai/Flos Filius, Mo111 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ne sai, que je die/Iohanne, Mo185 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Se je chante/Bien doi amer/Et Sperabit, Mo311 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Or ne sai je que devenir/Puisque d'amer/Kyrieleyso |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Hé Dieus, de si haut si bas/Maubatus/Cumque, Mo9 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Celui en qui/La bele estoile/La bele, en qui/Iohan |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Qui d'amours se plaint/Lux Magna, Mo215 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Amours, dont je sui/L'autrier, au douz mois/Chose270 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Au cuer ai un mal/Ja ne m'en repentirai/Jolietemen |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Quant voi la fleur/Et Tenuerunt, Mo241 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Quant se depart/Onques ne sai amer/Docebit Omnem, |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Joliement/Quant voi la florete/Je sui joliete/Apta |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Amor potest conqueri/Ad amorem sequitur, Mo328 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ce que je tieng/Certes mout/Bone compaignie/Manere |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: J'ai si bien mon cuer assiz/Aucun m'ont/Angelus, M |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ne m'oubliez mie/Domino, Mo236 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: J'ai mis toute ma pensee/Je n'en puis/Puerorum, Mo |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
Composer or Director: Anonymous
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 12/1994
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 64
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: HMU90 7109
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Blanchete/Quant je pens/Valare, Mo168 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Dame, que je n'os noumer/Amis donc est/Lonc tans a |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Li savours de mon desir/Li grant desir/Non veul ma |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Entre Copin/Je me cuidoie/Bele Ysabelos, Mo256 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: S'on me regarde/Prennés i garde/Hé, mi enfant, |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Quant yver la bise ameine/In Seculum, Mo223 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ne m'a pas oublié/In Seculum, Mo207 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: On doit fin Amor/La biauté/In Seculum, Mo134 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ja n'amerai autre que cele/In Seculum, Mo3 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Quant je parti de m'amie/Tuo, Mo200 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Plus bele que flor/Quant revient/L'autrier joer/Fl Mo21 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Puisque bele dame m'eime/Flos Filius, Mo231 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Amours mi font souffrir/En mai/Flos Filius, Mo111 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ne sai, que je die/Iohanne, Mo185 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Se je chante/Bien doi amer/Et Sperabit, Mo311 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Or ne sai je que devenir/Puisque d'amer/Kyrieleyso |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Hé Dieus, de si haut si bas/Maubatus/Cumque, Mo9 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Celui en qui/La bele estoile/La bele, en qui/Iohan |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Qui d'amours se plaint/Lux Magna, Mo215 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Amours, dont je sui/L'autrier, au douz mois/Chose270 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Au cuer ai un mal/Ja ne m'en repentirai/Jolietemen |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Quant voi la fleur/Et Tenuerunt, Mo241 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Quant se depart/Onques ne sai amer/Docebit Omnem, |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Joliement/Quant voi la florete/Je sui joliete/Apta |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Amor potest conqueri/Ad amorem sequitur, Mo328 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ce que je tieng/Certes mout/Bone compaignie/Manere |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: J'ai si bien mon cuer assiz/Aucun m'ont/Angelus, M |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: Ne m'oubliez mie/Domino, Mo236 |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
| Montpellier Codex, Movement: J'ai mis toute ma pensee/Je n'en puis/Puerorum, Mo |
Anonymous, Composer
Anon 4 Anonymous, Composer |
Author: mberry
One could easily imagine that a programme such as this, of 29 thirteenth-century motets, all composed around the same theme of fin amours and all sung unaccompanied by an all-female vocal ensemble, might end by becoming wearisome on the ear. Anonymous 4 have proved conclusively in this recording that this need not be so, that, in any case, there is already an infinite variety of mood and style among the songs—compare, for example, No. 14 (Joliement/Quant voi la florete/Je sui joliete) with No. 18 (Ne m'oubliez mie)—and that it is possible further to vary them in performance, using no other means than the voices themselves.
The directness of the group's approach is always refreshing: their tone is unaffected, their pitch secure. The songs are presented with simplicity in a clear acoustic. There is a total absence of any improvised doodling on reconstructed medieval instruments, which is rather a relief. One gets a sense of quiet satisfaction and enjoyment from the singers themselves. I also get the feeling that the singers are trying to teach us something about the music, the mechanics of the motet and how it works, almost as if they were demonstrating to a class of music students. They sometimes go out of their way to sing a single part and then to repeat it with another part added, and then finally to give us a polished rendering of the whole motet, complete with all its parts. Occasionally they add a drone—once with a doubling at the fifth above.
The insert-notes are didactically clear and informative. Full texts of all the motets are given with excellent English and German translations.'
The directness of the group's approach is always refreshing: their tone is unaffected, their pitch secure. The songs are presented with simplicity in a clear acoustic. There is a total absence of any improvised doodling on reconstructed medieval instruments, which is rather a relief. One gets a sense of quiet satisfaction and enjoyment from the singers themselves. I also get the feeling that the singers are trying to teach us something about the music, the mechanics of the motet and how it works, almost as if they were demonstrating to a class of music students. They sometimes go out of their way to sing a single part and then to repeat it with another part added, and then finally to give us a polished rendering of the whole motet, complete with all its parts. Occasionally they add a drone—once with a doubling at the fifth above.
The insert-notes are didactically clear and informative. Full texts of all the motets are given with excellent English and German translations.'
Love's Illusion The Montpellier Codex
Love's Illusion The Montpellier Codex
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