Binchois / Blondel - Of Arms & a Woman - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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. Album Tracks 1. Se Le Face Ay Pale 2. Or Me Veult Bien Esperance 3. Belle, Veulliés Moy Retenir 4. O Rosa Bella 5. Les Tres Doulx Ieux Du Viaire Ma Dame 6. A Cheval, Tout Homme, a Cheval 7. Reveillez Vous Piccars 8. Gardés Le Trait Della Fenestre 9. Dueil Angoisseus 10. A Le Ray Au Solely 11. Tout Par Compas Suy Composes 12. Aymi! Dame de Valour 1 • Je Vivroie Liement 2 13. Corps Femenin Par Vertu de Nature Tant Noblement 14. Le Souvenir de Vous Me Tue Mon Seul Bien 15. Le Serviteur Hault Guerdonné 16. Le Serviteur (Superno Nunc Emittitur) 17. De Quan Qu'on Peut Belle Et Bonne Estrener 18. Anxci Bon Youre 19. Adiu, Adiu Dous Dame 20. La Spagna 21. Pues Serviçio Vos Desplaze • Cançión Contrahecha Pues Serviçio Vos Desplaze, Letra y Punto 22. Allez a la Fougere 23. Lomme Arme 24. Files a Marier Ne Vous Mariez Ja