Track Listing

1. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Dame, de qui toute ma joie vient - ballade
2. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Foy porter - virelai
3. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Dame, je sui cilz-Fins cuers doulz - motet
4. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Tuit mi penser - virelai
5. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Dame, mon cuer en vous remaint - rondelet
6. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Dame, a qui - virelai
7. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Biaute qui toutes autres pere - ballade
8. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Je vivroie liement - virelai
9. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Rose, liz, printemps, verdure - rondeau
10. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Dame, a vous sans retollir - virelai
11. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Amours me fait desirer - ballade
12. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Douce dame jolie - virelai
13. The Mirror Of Narcissus: Inviolata genitrix-Felix virgo-Ad te suspiramus - motet

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #73243 in Music
• Released on: 2003-04-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

From Amazon.com
The second Gothic Voices recording was something of a milestone: the first recording of 14-century music performed by voices alone. The absence of instruments permits very precise tuning (no small matter in this repertory) and doesn't obscure Machaut's poetry (which was admired by no less than Geoffrey Chaucer). Belying its scholarly-but-dull reputation, Gothic Voices sings with plenty of energy and rhythmic snap; the monophonic songs, performed by a single unaccompanied voice, come off particularly well. The best example of this disc's achievement is the famous "Douce dame jolie," which has been done as everything from a catchy little ditty to a fife-and-drum march: Margaret Philpot performs it as what it is--the forlorn plea of a spurned lover. --Matthew Westphal