Of Arms and a Woman: Late Medieval Wind Music

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Label
First Hand Records
Release Date
March 15, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Blondel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 15, 2019
    • UPC
      5060216347769
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FHR69
    • LABEL
      First Hand Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Se la face ay pale

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: Blondel

    2. Or me veult bien Esperance mentir

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: Blondel

    3. Belle, veulliés moy retenir

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: Blondel

    4. O rosa bella, o dolze anima mia

      Composer: Johannes Bedyngham

      Ensemble: Blondel

    5. Les tres doulx ieux du viaire ma dame

      Composer: Gilles de Bins dit Binchois

      Ensemble: Blondel

    6. A Cheval, tout homme, a cheval [15th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Blondel

    7. Réveillez vous Piccars [15th century] (arr. E. Gutteridge for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Blondel

    8. Gardés le trait della fenestre [15th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Blondel

    9. Dueil angoisseus

      Composer: Gilles de Bins dit Binchois

      Ensemble: Blondel

    10. Le ray au soleyl qui dret som kar meyne

      Composer: Johannes Ciconia

      Ensemble: Blondel

    11. Tout par compas

      Composer: Baude Cordier

      Ensemble: Blondel

    12. Aymi, dame de valour (arr. E. Baines and E. Gutteridge for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Guillaume de Machaut

      Ensemble: Blondel

    13. Corps femenin

      Composer: Solage

      Ensemble: Blondel

    14. Le Souvenir de vous me tue

      Composer: Robert Morton

      Ensemble: Blondel

    15. Le Serviteur hault guerdonné

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: Blondel

    16. Le serviteur

      Composer: Johannes Bedyngham

      Ensemble: Blondel

    17. De quan qu'on peut belle et bonne estrener [14th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Blondel

    18. Anxci bon youre [15th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Blondel

    19. Adiu, adiu, dous dame

      Composer: Francesco Landini

      Ensemble: Blondel

    20. La Spagna [15th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Blondel

    21. Pues serviçio vos desplaze - Cançión contrahecha Pues serviçio vos desplaze, letra y punto [15th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Blondel

    22. Allez à la fougère [15th century] (arr. E. Gutteridge for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Blondel

    23. L'homme armé - Lome arme (falsum) [15th century] - Lom arme

      Composer: Josquin des Prez, Anonymous, Robert Morton

      Ensemble: Blondel

    24. Files a marier ne vous mariez ja

      Composer: Gilles de Bins dit Binchois

      Ensemble: Blondel


Of arms and a woman is a chronicle of love, loss, chivalry and memory built around the late medieval wind music of Dufay, Binchois, Ciconia, Landini and Machaut, performed on shawms, slide trumpet, recorders, sackbut, bagpipes and percussion. The album is inspired by the writing of Christine de Pisan, whose work touched on every aspect of courtly life, from romantic poetry to military strategy and feminist critiques of the position of women in society. It includes rousing calls to battle, arresting love songs, and the heartbreakingly beautiful Dueil angoisseux, the only contemporary musical setting of any of de Pisan's poems. Blondel performs ceremonial fanfares and intimate chansons, dances and theatre music on reconstructions of historical instruments.