Track Listing

1. Faute d'argent
2. Mille regretz
3. Le chant des oiseaux
4. Je ne le croy
5. Or vien ca
6. Aime qui vouldra
7. Quand je suis aupres
8. Tant que vivrai
9. Venez, regrets
10. La, la, maistre Pierre
11. En ce mois delicieux
12. Margot, labourez les vignes
13. Du temps que j'estois amoureux
14. Sa grand beaute
15. Belle qui tiens ma vie
16. Vray Dieu
17. Priere devant le repas
18. Action des Graces
19. Il est bel et bon
20. Ce n'est que fiel
21. Bonjour mon coeur
22. Si je suis brun
23. Beau le cristal
24. La nuit froide
25. Un jeune moine
26. De nuit, le bien
27. Arrete un peu mon coeur

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #193607 in Music
• Released on: 1994-12-13
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

An angelic canopy of transparent textures...
The Scholars of London are one of the world's most beloved musical treasures. French Chansons is a wonderful collection of aural majesty that sometimes seems to reach perfection. Ausch, Amps, Doveton, and Davidson are truly gifted beyond words. The harmony within these songs will take the listener aloft and set them gently on Earth again-- French texts brought alive by four of the most wonderful voices the world has ever known.

excellent
This is an excellent recording - especially for only seven dollars! My only quibble is is that some of the selections, such as Jannequin's "Le chant des oiseaux" and Passareau's "Il est bel et bon" are a little tiresome the second or third time around. And one catches some vocal strain here and there, but only rarely. One interesting thing, if you're into obscure twentieth-century British composers, is that the melody of "Belle qui tiens ma vie" (track 15) was used, very prettily, by Philip Heseltine, aka Peter Warlock, in his Capriol Suite.