Hyperion
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A fascinating musical account of the English court from the late 14th century onwards. The Binchois Consort is on stellar form. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Early Music
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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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Combining Tallis and Gesualdo with modern/contemporary composers such as Sarah Rimkus, Gerda Blok-Wilson and the late Veljo Tormis can be tricky for an ensemble, but the Gesualdo Six and Owain... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Machaut at his most engaging and varied...this really is one bullseye after another...Rarely since the Gothic Voices has the vocalisation of the lower lines appeared so self-evidently the right... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Early Music
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The Orlandos are so experienced in this repertory that, nearly always, the choice of tempo and tone is spot-on (and tempo is perhaps the most important decision, given that absolute tempos are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Machaut: Songs from Le Voir Dit
The Orlando Consort: Matthew Venner (countertenor), Mark Dobell (tenor), Angus Smith (tenor) & Donald Greig (baritone)
[Venner and Dobell] display the most magnificent articulation of the texts alongside the understanding of the lines gained from their senior colleagues...Those who know the Orlando Consort will... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Here we get a mix of 13 songs and motets taken from across his output, sung with suavity and control…'Quant en moy/Amour' provides a lesson in quiet poise and ensemble —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Their approach is rather different from the refined blend of such pioneering groups as Gothic Voices; exploiting, instead, the contrasts in timbre and character between the four voices and varying... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Early Music
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Early Music
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This is an ingenious and moving collection of pieces framed as the interplay between light and dark, and moving across the spectrum of such experiences...The harmonic languages of these pieces... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Choral Choice
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The line-up might play safe, but it’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives... —
