Machaut, Guillaume de - Motets - Hilliard Ensemble (The)

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GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE

Grammy Nomination 2005
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Bestenliste 2/2004
Fono Forum, Empfehlung des Monats

This is a landmark recording and a courageous venture. It is probably the first devoted to Machaut's motets, containing no fewer than 18 of the 23 that survive. It is certainly the first to present them in the order in which Machaut himself presented them in his own manuscripts. And the performances are of a truly mandarin refinement. Here are The Hilliard Ensemble with goodness knows how many combined years of experience performing this kind of music in public; they are not just on the top of their form but also constantly showing the fruits of that experience.
(Gramophone)

The Hilliard Ensemble
David James, counter-tenor
David Gould, counter-ternor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
Steven Harrold, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone

Recorded November 2001