Dufay: Ce jour de l'an

This collection features secular works by Du Fay and his contemporaries. The Greek singer Theodora Baka regularly performs with the early music ensemble Ex Silentio. Arkys specialises in the study and reconstruction of sacred and secular vocal music and focuses particularly on Greece.

13 tracks featuring songs by Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474) performed by the renowned early music ensemble Tetraktys.

Medieval Christmas celebrations encompassed several feasts, including Circumcision & Epiphany. The Orlando Consort offers an unusual collection of carols ranging from devotional to boisterous, drawn from a 500-year span of secular and liturgical music from England, France and the Low Countries.

This collection features music from the late Middle Ages using long straight trumpets, shawms, bagpipes and percussion. This type of ensemble came to Europe from the Far and Middle East, along the ancient trade routes. Les Haulz et les Bas is one of Europe’s most active alta capella ensembles. They have given lectures and masterclasses at the Universities of Oxford and London.

There is an emphasis on peace and calm in this selection of medieval music. It includes gentle songs by one of the greatest composers of the age, Guillaume Dufay, whose music charmed the ears of the Burgundian court in the fifteenth century. Plus English harp music by King Henry VIII, and songs by Martin Codax from thirteenth century Spain.