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 approach...if I hear a finer recording of 14th-century music this year I’ll be very surprised.

In this enticing and entirely satisfying collection of substantial works by Machaut, the Orlando Consort continues its series, begun for Hyperion with Le Voir Dit, followed by The Dart of Love, and A Burning Heart. The penetration and purity of their singing convey great insight into the music of a composer whom they consider ‘close to the summit’ of the greatest composers of all time.