Songs of Angels

Gauthier de Coincy (Composer), Philip Pickett (Conductor), New London Consort (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: New London Consort
• Conductor: Philip Pickett
• Composer: Gauthier de Coincy
• Audio CD (October 8, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B000069B6A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,135 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Manna From Heaven!, November 2, 2002

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Warren A. Keller (buckhannon, wvUSA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs of Angels (Audio CD)

I heard 2 cuts on WNYC- NPR last week which were so divine that I had to have it! This is right where I live, regarding early music. If anyone enjoys this as much as me, could you suggest other titles that I could collect in this vein?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Angelic !!, July 16, 2006

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Kilgore Trout (WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs of Angels (Audio CD)

Inspiring. I'd never heard of this composer before, but will be looking for other recordings of his music - hopefully done as well as here!

To answer the last reviewer, who asked for music in this vein - check out a few that occur to me:
* "New World Symphonies: Baroque Music from Latin America"
* "Greenfire: A Celtic String Ensemble" (available on BMG)
* Noirin Ni Riain, who sings ancient celtic songs
* parts of Bach's "B minor Mass"
* Motets and Anthems by Wm. Byrd.
Those works aren't from the same era as Coincy, but seem "similar in feeling", IMO.

I don't have the following album yet, but it gets rave reviews on Amazon:
"Gautier de Coincy: Miracles of Notre Dame"

This group should perform some of Hildegard's works. They might be able to bring out qualities in her works, that others have missed.