Lament for Constantinople & other songs

"Dufay's secular music has, for me, always been a great joy ... One of the many amazing things about the four men of the Orlando Consort is the amount of time they are spending in the Hyperion studios/churches ... Anyway they are in pretty good form here, with only occasional blemishes and moments when the music doesn't quite hit their normal heights ... It's good finally to have a disc completely of Dufay, which is totally a capella and even if you have discs by other groups from other eras this will add perfectly to your collection".

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"Editor's choice: The Orlandos are so experienced in this repertory that, nearly always, the choice of tempo and tone is spot-on (and tempo is perhaps the most important decision, given that absolute tempos are never indicated), which maximises the music's communicative potential and more than compensates for the occasional vocal blemish ... And as to the music - did I mention it earlier? - Dufay is simply astonishing".