Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer - Poissance d'amours: Mystics, monks and minstrels in 13th-century Brabant (2008)

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Title: Poissance d'amours: Mystics, monks and minstrels in 13th-century Brabant
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Glossa
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:16:54
Total Size: 380 Mb
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Tracklist:

1 O Ecclesia 7:24
Composed By – Hildegard Von Bingen
2 Fuit In Bruxella Quidam Adolescens 5:09
Composed By – Goswin De Bossut
3 Gaude Mater Ecclesia 4:49
Composed By – Goswin De Bossut
4 Ay, In Welken Soe Verbaert Die Tijt 3:45
Composed By – Hadewijch Van Brabant
5 Men Mach Den Nuwen Tijt 5:31
Composed By – Hadewijch Van Brabant
6 Amors M'est U Cuer Entree 2:49
Composed By – Henri III De Brabant
7 Se Kascuns Del Monde Savoit 4:08
Composed By – Henri III De Brabant
8 Chose Tassin I 2:24
Composed By – Tassin
9 N'est Pas Saiges Ki Mi Torne A Folie 3:52
Composed By – Carasaus
10 Amours Dont Je Sui Espris/L'autrier Au Douz Mois D'avril/Chose Tassin I 1:15
Composed By – Anonymous
11 Biau Gillebert, Dites, S'il Vos Agre e 3:41
Composed By – Gillbert de Berneville, Henri III De Brabant
12 Instrumental Piece 2:09
Composed By – Anonymous
13 De Chanter Me Vient Talens/Bien Doi Boine Amor/Chose Tassin II 1:25
Composed By – Anonymous
14 L'autrier Estoie Montez 2:20
Composed By – Henri III De Brabant
15 Entre Jehan Et Philippet/Nus Hom Ne Puet Desiervir/Chose Tassin III 0:52
Composed By – Anonymous
16 Chose Tassin III 2:17
Composed By – Tassin
17 Quant Voi Le Felon Tens Finé 4:46
Composed By – Perrin D'Angicourt
18 Je Ne Cuidai Mes Chanter 2:42
Composed By – Jehan Erart
19 Propter Nimiam Caritatem Suam 3:12
20 Exaltent Nomen Domini 2:27
Composed By – Goswin De Bossut
21 Gaude Maria Filia Syon 5:39
Composed By – Goswin De Bossut
22 Het Sal Die Tijt Ons Naken Sciere 4:30
Composed By – Hadewijch Van Brabant

Performers:
Graindelavoix
Björn Schmelzer (director)

Little attention has been given on record so far to the music and writings emanating from the flourishing economic and cultural environs of 13th-century Brabant but it is from the remarkable outpouring associated with this medieval duchy – covering the areas of Brussels, Antwerp and the present day Belgian provinces of Vlaams and Walloon Brabant as well as Noord-Brabant in The Netherlands – that Björn Schmelzer and Graindelavoix have created their third recording for Glossa. In Caput (GCD P32101) and Joye (GCD P32102) Schmelzer and his Antwerp-based ensemble explored in the late medieval music of Johannes Ockeghem and Gilles Binchois undercurrents that illuminate our own times. What preoccupies Graindelavoix in early music is the bond between notation and what eludes it: the higher consciousness and savoir-faire that the performer brings to a piece (ornamentation, improvisation, gestures...). An integral part of this new project – uniting three broad groups active in Brabant, mystics, monks and minstrels – is where it was recorded: the Dominican Church in Leuven, where Schmelzer considers much of this music may have been performed. Constructed following the model of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, the church retains an acoustic unchanged by the passing of time and contributes to a new CD which provides a fascinating musical account of an important region of Europe inthe 13th century.