Amor de lonh

Amor de lonh - The Distant Love of Troubadours
Martin Best Consort
Nimbus NI 5544

Contents:

    Guiraut de Bornelh:
  1. Canso: Si.us quer conselh, bel Alamanda

    2. Perotin:
  2. Antiphon: Beata viscera

    3. Jaufre Rudel de Blaye:
  3. Canso: Can lo rossinhols e.l folhos

    4. Anon., 13th c.:
  4. Dance: Saltarello

    5. Anon., St Yrieux Gradual:
  5. Antiphon: O Maria Iesse Virga

    6. Bernart de Ventadorn:
  6. Canso: Ab joi mou lo vers e.l comens

    7. Anon., 13th c.:
  7. Danse Royale

    8. Anon., Cluny, ca 1100:
  8. Marian antiphon: Venit dilectus

    9. Jaufre Rudel de Blaye:
  9. Canso: Can lo rius de la fontana

    10. Anon., France, 13th c.:
  10. Dance: Ductia

    11. Anon., Italy, 13/14th c.:
  11. Dance: Saltarello

    12. Hermanus Contractus:
  12. Marian antiphon: Alma redemptoris mater

    13. Anon., St-Maur-les-Fosses, ca 1100:
  13. Marian antiphon: Paradisi porta

    14. Bernart de Ventadorn:
  14. Canso: Tant ai mo cor ple de joya

    15. Anon., Italy, 13/14th c.:
  15. Dance: Lamento di Tristan

    16. Anon., Italy, 13/14th c.:
  16. Dance: Rotta

    17. Anon., Montier-la-Celle, ca 1100:
  17. Marian antiphon: Anima mea liquefacta est

    18. Bernart de Ventadorn:
  18. Canso: Can par la flors jostal vert folh

    19. Guiraut de Bornelh:
  19. Canso: melody of Si.us quer conselh, bel Alamanda

Playing time: 65' 11"

Performers:
Martin Best Consort [Martin Best (voice, psaltery, guittarra moresca), Frances Kelly (harp), Lucie Skeaping (fideles), Roddy Skeaping (fideles), Jan Walters (harp), Nigel Eaton (symphony), David Tosh (percussion), Libby Crabtree (singer), Rachel Elliot (singer), Caris Lane (singer), Rebecca Outram (singer), Clara Sanabras (singer)]

Recording site and date:
Concert Hall of Nimbus Foundation [07/1996]

Compilation:
This CD has been released in a 6 CDs box set: Nimbus NI 1753 Music from the Age of Chivalry

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 76/904-138 (august 1988)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.)

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Pierre-F. Roberge