
Attempting to cram the history of western music, 700 years of it, onto two CDs, and perform it only on piano by one pianist, may
This recording features Marian settings from various composers ranging from the 14th to the 18th centuries. The two largest pieces are Machaut’s Messe de Nostre
If you heard the new Hilliard Ensemble recording containing 18 of Machaut’s motets (type Q7518 in Search Reviews) and just have to have more–or if
You know you’re getting old when you say things like, “I can’t believe it’s been 30 years since. . .” Well, whatever it means, it’s
Guillaume de Machaut had one of the more interesting lives of any composer–highly educated, a renowned poet, survivor of the Black Death, and first-hand witness
There are several excellent recorded versions of Machaut’s mass, which, as one of the great masterpieces of the Middle Ages is a work whose monumental