A Sunday hour with early music goodies. Today, you hear vocal music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The composers you hear are from France, England, the Southern Netherlands and Spain.
Philippe de Vitry (1291 – 1361)
1 Ay amours tant me dure
2 Firmissime fidem teneamus
3 Providence la senée
Sequentia
(CD: Vitry: Motets & chansons. RCA RD 77095, 1991/2005; recordings 1988)
Walter Frye (fl 1450 – 1475)
4 Alas alas is my chief song
5 So ys emprented
Anonymous
6 Plus penser que dire
Ensemble Belladonna: Miriam Andersén, voice, harp. Rebecca Bain, voice, viol. Susanne Ansorg, viol, rebec
(CD: Melodious Melancholye. Raumklang RK 2003, 2006)
John Plummer (1410 – 1484)
7 Anna mater matris Christi
8 O pulcherrima mulierum
The Hilliard Ensemble: David James, countertenor. Rogers Cover-Crumb, tenor. Steven Harrold, tenor. Gordon Jones, baritone
(CD: Transeamus. ECM Records 4811106, 2014)
Jacques Arcadelt (1507 – 1568)
9 Il bianco e dolce cigno
10 Vostra fui e saró
11 Amor tu sai pur fare
12 Io son talvolta donna per morire
Capella Mediterránea conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
(CD: Jacques Arcadelt: Motetti, Madrigali, Chansons. Ricercar RIC 392, 2018)
Juan Vásquez (1500 – ca 1560)
13 No se que me bulle
14 Con que la lavare
15 De los alamos vengo madre
Anonymous
16 Jácaras
Nuria Rial, soprano. Orphénica Lyra conducted by José Miguel Moreno, baroque guitar
(CD: The Spanish Album. Glossa GCD P10001, 2011; recordings 1999-2004)
