Oliphant - Deus ad un turnei enpris: Songs from the crusades (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 71:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Records | # ABCD 152 | Recorded: 2000
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 71:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Records | # ABCD 152 | Recorded: 2000
The crusaders' dilemma is clearly exemplified in the song Seigneur, saichies by Thibaut de Champagne. "He who does not leave at once for the land where Christ loved and died, and takes the cross … will hardly go to paradise" and yet in the words of another song by Thibaut "God, why did you create foreign countries? It has parted many lovers who have lost comfort of love and forgotten its joy." There was, though, a joy greater than this: "It is good to be God's servant, and not to be touched by danger or chance; Serve well and be rewarded well." (Conon de Bethune). It is still, even at a distance of 800 years very touching to read these words and to hear these songs; they retain a strong quality, which, in these performances, is captured very well.