A selection of songs from the 15th-century collection ‘Leuven Chansonnier’. All songs are written in the style of Flemish polyphony. The Sollazzo Ensemble has recorded all of the compositions from the collection, with their final CDs released in April 2024.
Antoine Busnoys (ca. 1430-1492):
1. Le corps s’en va
Haynes van Ghizeghem (ca. 1445-ca. 1497):
2. De touz biens plaine
Performed by: Sollazzo Ensemble conducted by Anna Danilevskaia, vihuela d’arco: Carine Tinney, soprano, Andrew Hallock, contratenor, Jonatan Alvarado, tenor, Johanna Bartz, traverso, Christoph Sommer, renaissance lute
(CD Leuven Chansonnier Vol 3 & 4, label: Passacaille no. 1146, 2024)
Robert Morton (ca. 1430-1483):
3. N’araige jamays
Anonymous:
4. Oublie oublie
Antoine Busnoys:
5. Est-il mercy
Anonymous:
6. En atendant vostre venue
Performed by: Sollazzo Ensemble conducted by Anna Danilevskaia, vihuela d’arco: Marie Théoleyre, soprano, Andrew Hallock, contratenor, Franziska Fleischanderl, psaltery, Floris De Rycker, zither and lute, Christoph Sommer, renaissance lute, Filipa Meneses, vihuela d’arco
(CD Leuven Chansonnier Vol 3 & 4, label: Passacaille no. 1146, 2024)
Anonymous:
7. Hélas, l’avoy je desservy
Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1410-1497):
8. Ma bouche rit
Gilles Binchois (1400-1460):
9. Je ne vis onques la pareille
Anonymous:
10. Tant est mignonne ma pansee
Performed by: Sollazzo Ensemble conducted by Anna Danilevskaia, vihuela d’arco: Yukie Sato & Perrine Devillers, soprano, Vivien Simon, tenor, Johanna Bartz, traverso, Sophia Danilevskaia, fiddle, Christoph Sommer, lute
(CD Leuven Chansonnier Vol. 1, label: Passacaille no. 1054, 2020)
Anonymous:
11. Ou beau chastel est prisonnier mon cueur
Walter Frye (overleden in 1474):
12. Ave Regina caelorum
Performed by: Sollazzo Ensemble conducted by Anna Danilevskaia, vihuela d’arco: Andrew Hallock, contratenor, Jonatan Alvarado & Lior Leibovici, tenor, Lukas Henning and Jan Van Outryve, lute, Adrien Reboisson, shawm & dulcian, Patrick Denecker, shawm, Rémi Léconché, trombone, Filipa Meneses, vihuela d’arco
(CD Leuven Chansonnier Vol. 2, label: Passacaille no. 1109, 2022)
Additionally:
Anonymous
13. Nu ne me doit (instr.)
Performed by: Sollazzo Ensemble conducted by Anna Danilevskaia
(CD Leuven Chansonnier Vol 3 & 4, label: Passacaille no. 1146)
