Christopher Page
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Abbess Hildegard of Bingen - A feather on the breath of God
RecommendedEmma Kirkby (soprano)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page
Gothic Voices chose to perform the hymns and sequences with great simplicity, alternating a single voice with unison voices over drones. Bingen's spellbinding melodies are clear and meditative,... —
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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The Service of Venus and Mars
RecommendedMusic for the Knights of the Garter, 1340-1440
Andrew Lawrence-King (medieval harp)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page
It’s a treasure —
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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A Song for Francesca
RecommendedMusic in Italy, 1330–1430
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page
Another treasure-trove for those who want to explore the neglected beauties of late medieval music —
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Hildegard of Bingen: A Feather On the Breath of God
Gothic Voices, Emma Kirkby (soprano), Christopher Page
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The Mirror of Narcissus
EMILY VAN EVERA soprano, MARGARET PHILPOT contralto, ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP, ANDREW KING tenors, COLIN SCOTT MASON, PETER McCRAE baritones, with EMMA KIRKBY soprano
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page
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Masters of the Rolls
Music by English composers of the fourteenth century
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page
There is remarkable beauty in these varied pieces, beauty that is brought out in the superb singing of this ensemble. This is an example of a totally perfect release —
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The Earliest Songbook in England
Cambridge University Library MS Ff. I. 17 (1)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page
The performances are exquisite—neat, clean, with penetrating tone —
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Music for The Lion-Hearted King
Music to mark the 800th anniversary of the Coronation of King Richard I of England in Westminster Abbey, 3 September 1189
Margaret Philpot, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Mark Ainsley, Leigh Nixon, then Margaret Philpot
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director)
Wonderful accounts of amazing music. Hear the exquisitely salty dissonances of 'Latex silice', and for the young John Mark Ainsley singing 'Li nouviauz tanz' with sinuous delicacy. —
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A simply superb CD … a recording which you might use to snare those as yet unconverted and resistant to the beauties of the Gothic —
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The Garden of Zephirus
Courtly songs of the early fifteenth century
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director)
I believe this is the finest record of medieval polyphonic song yet produced. —
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