La
Reverdie is considered as one of the leading ensembles for Medieval
music today. The four women that form La Reverdie in this recording
(all of them multi-instrumentalists and vocalists) are gifted with a
particular sense for colour and expression, and their performances are
devastatingly beautiful. They use their voices and instruments with
delicacy and sensuality in wonderful love pieces such us the English
medieval songs Fuwëless in the frith and Bryd one brere, or the French
En ma forest; with great power and energy in the IXth century Breton
war-song Ar Bleizi-mor, with deep knowledge in the Italian trecento
pieces and with infectious style in the dance-like pieces, such as the
Irish Medieval jig Na coire ar na sleibhtibh. The clear and pure recording,
made in the magnificient castle of Udine in Italy, allows the listener
to enjoy every nuance of the performances. The instruments sound gloriously,
as do the voices, and the exquisite production around (including the
fabulous booklet, a veritable treatise on the subject) makes for fascinating
listening. A truly unique world of allegorical animals, magical beasts,
dragons and lions, guarding bridges, castles and maidens... The full
colours of the Middle Ages represented in what has come to be called
"the white disc of Cantus"!
La
Reverdie is considered as one of the leading ensembles for Medieval
music today. The four women that form La Reverdie in this recording
(all of them multi-instrumentalists and vocalists) are gifted with a
particular sense for colour and expression, and their performances are
devastatingly beautiful. They use their voices and instruments with
delicacy and sensuality in wonderful love pieces such us the English
medieval songs Fuwëless in the frith and Bryd one brere, or the French
En ma forest; with great power and energy in the IXth century Breton
war-song Ar Bleizi-mor, with deep knowledge in the Italian trecento
pieces and with infectious style in the dance-like pieces, such as the
Irish Medieval jig Na coire ar na sleibhtibh. The clear and pure recording,
made in the magnificient castle of Udine in Italy, allows the listener
to enjoy every nuance of the performances. The instruments sound gloriously,
as do the voices, and the exquisite production around (including the
fabulous booklet, a veritable treatise on the subject) makes for fascinating
listening. A truly unique world of allegorical animals, magical beasts,
dragons and lions, guarding bridges, castles and maidens... The full
colours of the Middle Ages represented in what has come to be called
"the white disc of Cantus"!