in Early Music Today (Dec, 2013)
Think ‘Graindelevoix’ and words like original, inspired, challenging and Marmite might come to mind: their craggy, visceral performances divide opinion, but they achieve – par excellence – that elusive, essential impression of time travel, opening a window to admit a blast of unrefined medieval air. Here they celebrate a thirteenth- century urban and social phenomenon: cathedral-associated confraternities with their spiritual songs in the vernacular. Whether solo or chorus, the idea of ‘ordinary’ people story-telling is all- pervasive, yet these earthy voices are invariably extraordinary in their technique, timbre and immersion in both style and text – the listener is racked by agonies of devotional fervour with the men and soothed by …
Confréries : Chants de dévotion par Jaikes de Cambrai. Schmelzer.
Chansons de trouvères de Cambrai, de Reins de la Chièvre, le Beguin de Cambrai, etc.
Grain de la voix, Björn Schmelzer
20,90€
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