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Unrequited
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Unrequited
Genres: Pop, Classical
 
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An all-vocal recording of the beautiful ballades and motets of Guillaume de Machaut, one of the most prolific poets and composers of fourtheenth-century France. Also includes pieces by P. des Molins and the posthumous hom...  more »

     
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All Artists: Liber unUsualis
Title: Unrequited
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: LU
Original Release Date: 6/12/2003
Release Date: 6/12/2003
Album Type: Single
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Ballads, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Early Music
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 634479857324

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An all-vocal recording of the beautiful ballades and motets of Guillaume de Machaut, one of the most prolific poets and composers of fourtheenth-century France. Also includes pieces by P. des Molins and the posthumous homage to Machaut by F. Andrieu.
 

CD Reviews

Stunning performance!
J. Gabrielson | Walnut Creek, Ca USA | 12/27/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I heard this group in performance where I purchased this CD. The CD is everything I had hoped it would be having just heard a spectacular concert. These artists have superb voices and flawless technique. I only wish I had bought their second CD, Flyleaves."
Unusually artful ars nova
Giordano Bruno | Wherever I am, I am. | 04/23/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Perfectly suited and well matched voices, and highly polished ars nova vocal technique! The very best CD of Machaut's chansons available, if not the only one worth hearing twice! Machaut is regarded as the last great poet to set his own poems to equally great music, but modern singers have had difficulty performing him plausibly, partly because of his rhythmic subtlety and partly because "pythagorean" tuning works better than tempered. This trio manages both problems.

A week later: I remembered an old disk, The Mirror of Narcissus sung by Gothic Voices. I dug it out and I must confess that it should have been forgotten. I don't want to withdraw my endorsement of "Unrequited" but I have to temper it. "The Mirror of Narcissus" is noticeably more exciting, especially in treatment of hockets and other rhythmic/rhetorical techniques so central to Machaut."