Beyond Composers
Donald Macleod presents another selection of anonymous music and asks: when a work’s creator is unknown, who else comes to the fore in its story? With Lisa Colton and Fay Hield.
Donald Macleod presents another selection of music of undetermined authorship and asks: when a work’s creator is unknown, who else comes to the fore in its story? With Lisa Colton and Fay Hield.
El Cant de la Sibilla: (Extracts)
Montserrat Figueras, soprano
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, directed by Jordi Savall
The Banks of the Nile
Fay Hield, singer
Green Gravel
Fay Hield, singer
The Hurricane Party
In Te Domine speravi
Le Poème Harmonique, directed by Vincent Dumestre,
Three Medieval Dances: English Dance, Estampie Real, Salterello
Dufay Collective
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Anonymous
El Cant de La Sibilla (Fanfare)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Capella Reial De Catalunya Instrmntal Ens.- ALIA VOX : AVSA-9806.
- ALIA VOX.
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Anonymous
El Cant de La Sibilla (excerpt)
Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Capella Reial De Catalunya Instrmntal Ens. Choir: Capella Reial De Catalunya Vocal Ens.- ALIA VOX : AVSA-9806.
- ALIA VOX.
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Anonymous
The Banks of the Nile
Performer: Jon Boden. Performer: Hannah James. Performer: Sam Sweeney. Performer: Keith Angel. Singer: Fay Hield. Singer: Jess Arrowsmith.- TOPIC.
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Anonymous
Green Gravel
Singer: Fay Hield. Ensemble: Hurricane Party.- SOUNDPOST.
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Gregorio Allegri
Miserere mei Deus
Choir: King's College Singers London. Director: David Trendell.- DELPHIAN : DCD-34103.
- DELPHIAN.
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Anonymous
In te Domine speravi
Performer: Vincent Dumestre. Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique.- ALPHA.
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Anon.
English Dance
Ensemble: The Dufay Collective.- AVIE : AV 00-15.
- AVIE.
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Anon.
Estampie Real
Performer: The Dufay Collective.- AVIE : AV 00-15.
- AVIE.
- 4.
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Anon.
Salterello
Ensemble: The Dufay Collective.- AVIE.
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