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Graindelavoix and its director, Björn Schmelzer, have been praised for their imaginative approach to interpreting early music, especially for emphasizing the qualities of individual voices, as opposed to presenting a blended ensemble sound. This recording of vocal music from the Cambrai manuscript A 410 offers a few motets credited to Gobin de Rains and Eustache le Peintre de Rains, though most of the tracks are by that ubiquitous medieval composer, Anonymous. However, the figure Schmelzer looks to for inspiration is the architect Villard de Honnecourt, whose travels across medieval Europe suggested the methods and choice of repertoire for Graindelavoix's trilogy of CDs, Ossuaires, Confréries, and this third volume, Motets. Schmelzer employs male and female voices, which are accompanied by fiddle, guiterne, and lute, and the pieces represent the mix of sacred and secular music of the Cambrai region, near the area where Villard de Honnecourt operated. Of course, little of the history is apparent to the ear, and the music is what matters most to listeners, who may or may not appreciate the finer aspects of "cathedralism" and its impact on 13th century music. Instead, the melismatic vocals and austere instrumental music convey the appropriate atmosphere and expressiveness of northern French motets, creatively interpreted to the best of the group's abilities.
© TiVo
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Aucuns vont souvent - Amor qui cor vulnerat - Kyrie eleison [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
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Pour le tens qui verdoie [Cambrai A410]
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
J'ai mis toute ma pensee lonc tens - Je n'en puis mais - Puerorum [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Par une matinee - Mellis stilla - Domino [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Niet plus que droiz [Cambrai A410]
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
O virgo pia - Lis ne glay - Amat [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Dieus ou porrai je trouver merci - Che sont amouretes - Omnes [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Descendendo dominus - Ascendendo dominus - Domino [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
O Maria virgo devitica - O Maria maris stella - Veritatem [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
J'ai mis toute ma pensee lonc tens - Je n'en puis mais - Puerorum [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Ave lux luminum - Salve virgo rubens rosa - Neuma [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Cil qui chantent de fleur [Cambrai A410]
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Plus bele que flor - Quant revient et fuelle et flor - L'autrier joer m'en alai - Flos filius eius [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Chorus innocentium - In Bethleem - In Bethleem [Cambrai A410] (Anonymous)
Graindelavoix, Ensemble - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer - Mass Text, Lyricist
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
Album review
Graindelavoix and its director, Björn Schmelzer, have been praised for their imaginative approach to interpreting early music, especially for emphasizing the qualities of individual voices, as opposed to presenting a blended ensemble sound. This recording of vocal music from the Cambrai manuscript A 410 offers a few motets credited to Gobin de Rains and Eustache le Peintre de Rains, though most of the tracks are by that ubiquitous medieval composer, Anonymous. However, the figure Schmelzer looks to for inspiration is the architect Villard de Honnecourt, whose travels across medieval Europe suggested the methods and choice of repertoire for Graindelavoix's trilogy of CDs, Ossuaires, Confréries, and this third volume, Motets. Schmelzer employs male and female voices, which are accompanied by fiddle, guiterne, and lute, and the pieces represent the mix of sacred and secular music of the Cambrai region, near the area where Villard de Honnecourt operated. Of course, little of the history is apparent to the ear, and the music is what matters most to listeners, who may or may not appreciate the finer aspects of "cathedralism" and its impact on 13th century music. Instead, the melismatic vocals and austere instrumental music convey the appropriate atmosphere and expressiveness of northern French motets, creatively interpreted to the best of the group's abilities.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:54
- Main artists: Graindelavoix - Björn Schmelzer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Glossa
- Genre: Classical
2014 Glossa 2014 Glossa
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