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Track Listings
| 1. I Am Eve |
| 2. Glass Window |
| 3. Slay Me Suddenly |
| 4. The Snake |
| 5. The Circle of the Lustful |
| 6. Laude Novella |
| 7. There is no rose of swych vertu |
| 8. Lick the Maypole |
| 9. Razreesh |
| 10. Byrd One Brere |
| 11. Dringo Bell |
| 12. The Rose |
| 13. L'Amour de moi |
| 14. The woods and the rivers are silent |
| 15. Spiriti |
| 16. The Sour Grove |
| 17. Blow Northern Wind |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Mediæval Bæbes continue to bring the early parts of the previous millennium slap-bang into the early years of this one with these modern settings of various medieval lyrics in five languages. Principal Bæbe and composer Katherine Blake uses authentic medieval musical tropes--modal melodies, spiky suspensions, bare chords--but mixes them in such a way as to ensure that a contemporary sense of drama remains. "The Snake", for example, a sad little story of misguided love, contains a thrillingly delayed percussion entry, and "Dringo Bell" (a version of Chaucer's "Miller's Tale") builds up to a very grand-guignol climax. But in amongst all the bawdiness--there are tracks called "The Circle of the Lustful" and "Lick the Maypole"--there are some hauntingly spare religious numbers. "There is No Rose" is a beautifully meditative piece, and worthy to stand with the many other settings of these words. Sometimes one feels that the Bæbes--with their breathy vocals and nonchalant pronunciation--insist on their modern-girl image a little too strongly. But if that doesn't put you off, then you'll find plenty to enjoy here.--Warwick Thompson
CD Description
Fourth album by ancient-music vocal group led by former Miranda Sex Garden vocalist Katharine Blake. Darker and more sparsely arranged than 2000's electronica-tinged 'Undrentide',its unusual acoustic instrumentation (ebow zither, astrowheel, hurdy-gurdy) frames songs sweetly sung in Middle English, Gaelic, Spanish, French, Italian, Welsh and Russian.
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