The Service of Venus and Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter (Special Limited Edition) [Import, Limited Edition]

Anonymous (Composer), John Dunstable (Composer), Franchois Lebertoul (Composer), Richard Loqueville (Composer), Pierre des Molins (Composer), Leonel Power (Composer), John Pyamour (Composer), Pycard (Composer), Peter Harvey (Performer), Gothic Voices (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Peter Harvey, Gothic Voices
• Composer: Anonymous, John Dunstable, Franchois Lebertoul, Richard Loqueville, Pierre des Molins, et al.
• Audio CD (November 11, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B0000CDVR8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #560,461 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Music for the Knights of the Garter, 1340-1440, January 29, 2005

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This review is from: The Service of Venus and Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter (Special Limited Edition) (Audio CD)

Christopher Page directs Gothic Voices in a recording of music for the Knights of the Garter, 1340-1440.

"The music is fascinating. Readers interested in trying medieval repertoire could hardly do better than start here." (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

The works on this recording:

KING EDWARD III (1312-77), Founder of the Order of the Garter

1. Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361) Gratissima virginis/Vos qui admiramini/Gaude gloriosa/Contratenor

2. Anonymous: Singularis laudis digna

3. Pierre des Molins (fl.1190-220): De ce que fol pense

4. Anonymous: De ce fol pense (after Pierre des Molins)

JOHN OF GAUNT, DUKE OF LANCASTER (1340-99)

5. anonymous Lullay, lullay

6. Pycard (late 14th C-early 15th C) Gloria

THOMAS, DUKE OF CLARENCE (?1388-1421)

7. anonymous Ther is no rose of swych virtu

8. Leonel Power (c.1375-1445) Sanctus

KING HENRY V (1387-1422)

9. Franchois Lebertoul (fl.1409-28) Las, que me demanderoye

10. anonymous Le gay playsir

11. anonymous Le grant pleyser

12. John Pyamour (d1431) Quam pulchra es

HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER (1391-1447)

AND JOHN, DUKE OF BEDFORD (1389-1435)

13. John Dunstable (c1390-1453) Speciosa facta es

RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF WARWICK (1382-1439)

14. Soursby Sanctus

KING HENRY V (1387-1422)

15. Richard Loqueville (d1418) Je vous pri que j'aye un baysier

16. anonymous The Agincourt Carol