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Music for the Papal Courts of Avignon and Rome from 1317 to 1447, the period of the Great Schism of the Western Church, the Councils of Pisa and of Constance.
"The balance of intellect and musicianship is just about perfect, and fits the repertory like a glove. To be savoured meditatively, like a Islay malt"
(Fabrice Fitch for Gramophone)
"There were times listening to this deeply impressive recording when I wondered whether the Orlando Consort were not, after all, the greatest ensemble of its kind anywhere. It's that kind of disc."
(Jonathan Woolf for MusicWeb International)
"Simply brilliant"
(BBC Music Magazine)
Nominated for the Gramophone Awards 1996
"The balance of intellect and musicianship is just about perfect, and fits the repertory like a glove. To be savoured meditatively, like a Islay malt"
(Fabrice Fitch for Gramophone)
"There were times listening to this deeply impressive recording when I wondered whether the Orlando Consort were not, after all, the greatest ensemble of its kind anywhere. It's that kind of disc."
(Jonathan Woolf for MusicWeb International)
"Simply brilliant"
(BBC Music Magazine)
Nominated for the Gramophone Awards 1996