Scattered Rhymes
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MACHAUT / O'REGAN / DUFAY / BRYARS
Scattered Rhymes
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (director), Orlando Consort
[ Harmonia Mundi / SACD ]
Release Date: Monday 23 June 2008
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"This collection has actually been programmed with considerable care...with the acoustic of the recording venue effectively becoming an additional element in the performance."
(Choral & Song Recording of the Month BBC Music June 2008)
"This collection has actually been programmed with considerable care. Machaut's glorious Messe de Notre Dame forms its centre, both in terms of its musical substance and its famously provocative rhythmic and harmonic structure....with the acoustic of the recording venue effectively becoming an additional element in the performance."
(Choral & Song Recording of the Month BBC Music June 2008)
extraordinary Messe de Nostre Dame was not only the first complete mass setting in history, but also the first whose composer can be identified, making it emblematic of the Ars Nova style of the 14th century. In this recording, the Orlando Consort performs the mass in parallel with a work by Tarik O'Regan (born in 1978) which was inspired by it. Scattered Rhymes links two texts from the same period as Machaut's mass, one by Petrarch, the other an anonymous English poem. Both of them subtly combine earthly and divine love, while the music blends polyphonic tradition and contemporary inspiration.
Tracks:
Scattered Rhymes (Tarik O'Regan)
Messe de Nostre Dame (Guillaume de Machaut)
Ave Regina celorum (Guillaume Dufay)
Super flumina (Gavin Bryars)
Douce dame jolie (Guillaume de Machaut)
Virelai: Douce dame jolie (Tarik O'Regan)
