Credits:

Ensemble Leones, Marc Levon, Baptiste Romain, Elizabeth Ramsay.

Description:

A 15th century parchment manuscript discovered by the Fondation Alamire in Leuven in 2015 contained 12 previously unknown chansons. The Fondation Alamire informed the Belgian government of this significant find, which is now housed at the Parc Abbey in Leuven, where the foundation is headquartered. The manuscript is very small (120mm x 170mm when open) and contains only 50 songs. Most of them are of unknown authorship, written for three voices, and are similar in content to the chansonniers cordiformes (heart-shaped chansons) composed around the same time in faraway Savoie. The Ensemble Léones, who also previously recorded a piece from the chansonniers cordiformes (8.573325), explore various performance possibilities from a capella to instrumental ensemble. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Ave regina celorum (Hail, queen of the heavens)
2.Ou beau chastel est prisonnier mon cueur (My heart is a prisoner in the fair castle)
3.Au travail suis que peu de gens croiroient (Few would believe the torments I must endure)
4.Ma maistresse et ma plus qu'aultre amye (My mistress and lover above all women)
5.Par Malle Bouche la cruelle (On account of cruel Slander)
6.Par Malle Bouche la cruelle (On account of cruel Slander)
7.Donnez l'aumosne, chiere dame (Give alms, dear lady)
8.Tousdis vous voit mon souvenir (My memory sees you always)
9.En atendant vostre venue (While awaiting your return)
10.Escu d'ennuy, seme de plours (Shield of affliction, field strewn with tears)
11.J'ay des semblans tant que je vueil (I have signs, as many as I want)
12.Si vous voullez que je vous ame (If you want me to love you)
13.Comme femme desconfortee (Like a hapless woman)
14.Vraiz amans pour Dieu suppliez (True lovers, pray to God)
15.Cent mil escuz quant je vouldroye (A hundred thousand escus when I wanted)
16.Henri Phlippet, le vert me fais porter (Li'l Henry Ph'lippe, you make me wear green)
17.Est il mercy de quoy l'on sceust finer (Is there mercy, from which one might die)
18.Helas mon cueur, tu m'occiras (Alas, my heart, you will kill me)
19.Oublie, oublie (Forget, forget)