Performer: Ensemble Leones, Marc Lewon, Els Janssens-Vanmunster, Baptiste Romain, Grace Newcombe, Tessa Roos, Jacob Lawrence, Marc Mauillon, Raitis Grigalis, Baptiste Romain, Elizabeth Rumsey
Conductor: Marc Lewon
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574395
Release: 2023
Size: 362 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Leuven chansonnier
01. No. 1, Ave regina caelorum
02. No. 40, Ou beau chastel est prisonnier mon cueur
03. No. 23, Au travail suis
04. No. 25, Ma maistresse
05. No. 32, Par malle bouche la cruelle
06. No. 32, Par malle bouche la cruelle
07. No. 31, Donnez l’aumosne, chiere dame
08. No. 30, Tousdis vous voit mon souvenir
09. No. 44, En atendant vostre venue
10. No. 33, Escu d’ennuy seme de plours
11. No. 49, J’ay des semblans tant que je vueil
12. No. 34, Si vous voullez que je vous ame
13. No. 20, Comme femme desconfortée
14. No. 48, Vraiz amans pour Dieu suppliez
15. No. 19, Cent mille escus quand je voldroie
16. No. 50, Henri Phlippet le vert me fais porter
17. No. 42, Est-il merci de quoy
18. No. 13, Helas, mon cueur, tu m’occiras
19. No. 18, Oublie, oublie, oublie, oublie
The discovery in 2015 of a 15th-century parchment chansonnier still in its original binding was made still more startling because it contained twelve previously unknown, anonymous chansons. Most are rondeaus, and they range from the uncomplicated to the refined and elaborate; many bear musical indications that they are the work of the greatest composers of the period. In this recording they have been contextualised with other known songs but in the variant versions found in Leuven. As on their recording of the Chansonnier Cordiforme (on 8.573325), Ensemble Leones employs a range of performance possibilities, from a cappella ensemble to a mixture of instruments and voices.