Choral, Masses, Binchois (composer)
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Among the earlier pieces here is probably Leonel Power’s Gloria, whose acerbic clashes and angular, thrusting lines are fashioned by these singers into a compelling sonic journey. The slightly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Early Music
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Special offer. Gilles Binchois: Loyal Souvenir
Grace Newcombe, Le Miroir de Musique, Baptiste Romain
Great slews of his church music seem never to have been recorded at all, among them some of his longest and most ambitious works. So the new release by Le Miroir de Musique under Baptiste Romain... —
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The Mass is enormous, even lacking a Kyrie, but the superb Capilla Flamenca, no strangers to this repertoire or to this composer, separate the sections with a series of motets and songs in exuberant,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Early Music
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There is plenty of lovely piano-playing here, from a fleet-footed Bach Chromatic Fantasy to an architecturally conceived Isolde’s Liebestod, which is my personal highlight. The choices of repertoire... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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The Binchois Consort finally turn their attentions to the composer whose name they bear.
The contrast between Dufay and Binchois is every bit as striking in sacred music as in the secular. Binchois's... — -
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The Da Vinci Sound
Geoffrey Shaw (bass-baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Hopkinson Smith (lute), The Hilliard Ensemble (vocal ensemble), Ricercare-Ensemblefür Alte Music Zürich, Konrad Ragossnig (lute), Hanni Widmer (organ), King's Singers (vocal ensemble), Christopher Hogwood...
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Any CD from this superb Belgian ensemble is a cause for celebration, but this recording of 15th-century music associated with the golden age of book illumination is a pure joy. —
