Parle qui veut: Moralizing songs of the Middle Ages

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In this ingeniously assembled collection they delight us with songs of defiance and gentle rebuke directed against the gossips and naysayers of 14th and 15th century society. The result is a... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 20th Oct 2017
Catalogue No: CKD529
Label: Linn
Length: 45 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

December 2017

Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine

February 2018

Choral & Song Choice
Gramophone Awards

2018

Finalist - Early Music
Diapason d’Or de l’Année

2018

Winner - Musique ancienne
BBC Music Magazine Awards

2019

Finalist - Choral

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Perugia, N: Il megli’ è pur tacere

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Firenze, Giovanni: Angnel son biancho

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Landini, F: Musicha son / Già furon / Ciascun vuol

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Firenze, A: Dal traditor

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anon.: Va, Fortune

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Anna Danilevskaia, Sollazzo Ensemble

Solage: Le Basile

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anon.: Hont paur

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Anna Danilevskaia, Sollazzo Ensemble

anon.: Parle qui veut

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Anna Danilevskaia, Sollazzo Ensemble

anon.: Pour che que je ne puis

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Anna Danilevskaia, Sollazzo Ensemble

Paolo da Firenze: Perché vendecta

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Anna Danilevskaia, Sollazzo Ensemble

anon.: O pensieri vani

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Anna Danilevskaia, Sollazzo Ensemble

Ciconia: Ligiadra Donna

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Anna Danilevskaia, Sollazzo Ensemble

Antonio ‘Zacara’ da Teramo: Cacciando per gustar / Ai cinci, ai toppi

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Anna Danilevskaia, Sollazzo Ensemble

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Sollazzo Ensemble makes its recording debut following its prizewinning performance at the highly respected biennial York Early Music International Young Artists Competition.

Comprising sopranos Perrine Devillers and Yukie Sato, tenor Vivien Simon, medieval fiddles Anna Danilevskaia and Sophia Danilevskaia, and harpist Vincent Kibildis this vibrant young ensemble offers a fresh perspective on mediaeval repertoire.

On Parle qui veut the performers embrace the exuberant style of flourishing melodies which was fashionable in the north of Italy in the fourteenth century.

In contrast, a different kind of expressivity is required for the sober and succinct aesthetic of the works with French provenance.

Sollazzo creates a pure, bright sound, enhanced by the songs’ incredibly open textures and the use of the rarely heard Pythagorean temperament.

All in all, this represents a remarkable debut.

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February 2018

In this ingeniously assembled collection they delight us with songs of defiance and gentle rebuke directed against the gossips and naysayers of 14th and 15th century society. The result is a magical sound-carpet of music…The fluid ‘conversational’ style of these accomplished musicians (they perform some of these pieces without the music) enables them to provide especially realistic and vivid projections of the texts.

This has to be one of the most exciting and engaging releases of medieval song in recent years...The singers use a variety of techniques to engage and communicate, from beautiful clear phrasing to crisp, expressive consonants...Every performance on this disc is illuminating, considered and committed.

5th November 2017

Most of these late-medieval French and Italian songs rail against the practice of slandering lovers, though one beautiful work by Francesco Landini deplores the abuse of music...The Sollazzo Ensemble brilliantly express text and flavour.

22nd October 2017

A landmark: a wholly original approach to the secular music of the 14th century, done with energy and flair. The high voices decorate the polyphonic lines with almost whooping abandon; intonation is incisively pure and rhythms are buoyant...this is a hugely enjoyable and accomplished performance.

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