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The identity of the trouvère poet and composer Gaultier d*Épinal is much in dispute, the name has been hypothetically connected with two individuals, one active in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, and the other active in the mid-thirteenth, dying in 1272. Whoever he may have been, the several dozen chansons attributed to him are identifiable as the work of a particular individual, both in the character of the poetry, which is philosophical and inward even when the subject is love, and the music, which tends toward melancholy reflection. The French ensemble Syntagma plays and sings music of d*Épinal and other thirteenth and fourteenth century trouvères with delicacy and grace, they bring a pastel-hued interpretation to the repertoire rather than the rough-and-tumble vigor that some groups find in the music of this period. The program notes acknowledge the difficulty of ever being able to discern the exact intent of the composers based on the scant level of detail the manuscripts include…

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Gautier D*Épinal (1205/30-1272):
[1] Aÿmans fins et verais (instrumental, estampie)
[2] Quand je voi l’erbe menue

Anónimo:
[3] Chanson (rondó) (del Roman du Fauvel)

Gautier D*Épinal (1205/30-1272):
[4] Desconfortez et de joie parti
[5] Puis qu’il m’estuet de ma dolour

Colin Muset (S. XIII):
[6] Trop volontiers chanteroie

Gautier d’Épinal (1205/30-1272):
[7] Aÿmans fins et verais
[8] Outrecuidiers et ma fole pensee

Anónimo:
[9] Estampie (del Roman du Fauvel)

Jacques de Cysoing (mitad s. XIII):
[10] Chanson (instrumental)

Gautier d’Épinal (1205/30-1272):
[11] Par son dolz comandemant
[12] Commencement de douce saison bele (instrumental)

Jehannot de l’Escurel (d. 1304):
[13] Estampie (instrumental)

Gautier d’Épinal (1205/30-1272):
[14] Amours et bone volontez
[15] Quand je voi l’erbe menue

Gautier de Coincy (1177-1236):
[16] Chanson

ENSEMBLE SYNTAGMA:

Akira Tachikawa (countertenor),
Annemieke Cantor (mezzo-soprano),
Bernhard Stilz (recorders),
Anna Danilevski (recorders, fiddle),
Markus Wesche (lute), Benoît Stasiaczyck (percussion),
Peng Xiaobo (percussion),
Sophia Danilevski (tromba marina),
Pascale Van Coppenolle (organetto),
Alexandre Danilevski (lutes, gittern, fiddle, direction),
Emilia Danilevski (narration - track #5)

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