Conductus, Vol. 3 - Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France
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Conductus, Vol. 3 - Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France
Conductus: John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman, Rogers Covey-Crump
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 26 February 2016
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Our trio of master-medievalist tenors presents a concluding instalment of Conductus, that most intimate form of music and poetry from thirteenth-century France.
The poems that form the basis of the conductus repertory are little known and even less well understood. Unlike classical quantitative verse, there is not necessarily control over the foot, and the poetry is organized according to number of syllables in a line, rhyme and end accent (either paroxytonic or proparoxytonic). There are only a tiny handful of settings of quantitative texts in the entire repertory, and there is a good case to be made that the type of poetry that appears in the conductus repertory-called rithmus by those who wrote about it-may well have been written especially with song in mind, and this quality may at least in part have conditioned its structure
'In the third and last of their issues of 13th-century conductus arising from an AHRC research project at the University of Southampton, John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman and Rogers Covey-Crump once again endorse their awesome reputation as unchallenged singers of this repertory' (Gramophone)
'The three singers are impressive … I hope this will be popular!' (Early Music Review)
PERFORMANCE *****
RECORDING *****
'In this final volume of Hyperion's Arts and Humanities Council-sponsored project, Potter and his fellow tenors give- alone or together, and with polished control-11 examples of the apparently infinitely flexible medieval song form. When most pieces consist of only a single musical line, refinement and intimacy are the bywords of this set' (The Sunday Times)
'If you appreciate pure, fragrant yet confident singing of a repertoire which is as expressive and accessible as it has an unjustified reputation for being 'remote', then don't hesitate. A small but bright jewel' (MusicWeb International)
Tracks:
Fas et nefas
John Potter (tenor), Christopher O'Gorman (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
A globo veteri
Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
Vite perdite
John Potter (tenor), Christopher O'Gorman (tenor)
A l'entrant del tans salvage
Christopher O'Gorman (tenor)
Per dan que d'amor mi veigna
John Potter (tenor)
O qui fontem gratie
John Potter (tenor), Christopher O'Gorman (tenor)
Transgressus legem Domini
John Potter (tenor), Christopher O'Gorman (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
Sede, Syon, in pulvere
Christopher O'Gorman (tenor)
Olim sudor Herculis
John Potter (tenor)
Eclypsim passus totiens
Christopher O'Gorman (tenor)
Homo, natus ad laborem
John Potter (tenor), Christopher O'Gorman (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
