The Binchois Consort presents a disc which demonstrates the beauty and grandeur of the music performed daily in princely chapels of fifteenth-century England. It illustrates the sheer variety of types of singing, some of it virtuosic in its brilliance. Specifically, it offers sacred ceremonial pieces written either for Henry V himself, as King, or to invoke the saintly patron of the House of Lancaster, John of Bridlington, as well as a selection of intricate motets.

Scholarly notes by Philip Weller place this music firmly in its historical context, and the Binchois performances represent the highest standard of early music singing of the present day. Every nuance is considered and each phrase is relished in this immaculately polished disc.

Contents:
1. Gloria: HENRY V
2. The Office for St John of Bridlington: Antiphons & Responsory
3. Asperges me, Domine: chant, with faburden
4. Kyrie: Missa Quem malignus spiritus
5. Gloria: Missa Quem malignus spiritus
6. Ave regina caelorum: chant
7. Ave regina caelorum: LEONEL POWER
8. Credo: Missa Quem malignus spiritus
9. Gloriosae virginis: chant
10. Gloriosae virginis: LEONEL POWER
11. Sanctus and Benedictus: Missa Quem malignus spiritus
12. Salvatoris mater / O Georgi Deo care: [? THOMAS] DAMETT
13. Alma proles / Christi miles: JOHN COOKE
14. Salve mater Domini / Salve templum gratie: [? NICHOLAS] STURGEON
15. Agnus Dei: Missa Quem malignus spiritus
16. Ite missa est – Agimus tibi gratias: Lucca Choirbook
17. Tota pulchra es: chant
18. Ave regina caelorum a 4: WALTER FRYE