Beneath the northern star
The rise of English polyphony, 1270-1430
The Orlando Consort
An elegant selection of motets and Mass sections receives utterly convincing and coolly, tastefully emotional performances in a masterclass of deceptively virtuosic singing.
Beneath the northern star
The rise of English polyphony, 1270-1430
The Orlando Consort
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An elegant selection of motets and Mass sections receives utterly convincing and coolly, tastefully emotional performances in a masterclass of deceptively virtuosic singing.
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This new album from The Orlando Consort charts the radical development of music between the late thirteenth and mid fifteenth centuries—the transition from what is at essence embellished chant to the extraordinary mathematical intricacies of experimental polyphony.
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June 2017
An elegant selection of motets and Mass sections receives utterly convincing and coolly, tastefully emotional performances in a masterclass of deceptively virtuosic singing.
