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01. Guillaume De Machault - Ma fin est mon Commencement
02. Guillaume De Machault - Le Lay de l'Ymage
03. Guillaume De Machault - Oyseaulx d'Avryl
ARTIST
TITLE
L'Ymage
FORMAT
2LP

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SR 583LP SR 583LP
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RELEASE DATE
11/7/2025

The long-awaited interpretation of Le Lay de l'Ymage -- never recorded before! -- is the most beautiful song of the 14th century you will hear this year. To approach the music and poetry of Guillaume de Machault, at the heart of the 14th century, one must always take a step back and look again, to see what a poetic and musical tradition of old might contain, with fresh eyes and ears -- as each generation must - to immerse oneself in it with care. Thus was born the great desire for the boxed set of L'Ymage, the new double album by Michaël le Grébil Liberg -- a co-production between Sub Rosa and Thödol Records. At the heart of the box is an exclusive and complete interpretation of the Lay de l'Ymage. The repertoire of Machault's lais is very rarely performed, and this album offers a rare opportunity to hear this unique and particular form, one that unfolds across an extended period of time; an experience of duration, at a time when brutality and acceleration are shrinking the sense of time. On the fringes of the Lay de l'Ymage, are two other pieces. One opens the album, a piece where l'envers vaut l'endroit (Backward's worth forwards) -- as the filmmaker Jean Epstein once said -- the polyphonic rondeau Ma Fin est mon Commencement instrumentally reimagined in collaboration with Clara Levy and Stéphane Clor. At the other end, there is a Hörbild, a book of sound images in the orthogonal lineage of German hörspiels, aural cinema and radio poems -- an intertwined form where music, distant voices, and field recordings allow listeners to hear some Oyseaulx d'Avryl. What's in the box? Medieval Ars nova meets dark folk, aural cinema, contemporary music, drone and much more. An astonishing album gathering three extended pieces that unfold the works of polyphonic music genius Guillaume de Machaut, the greatest and last of the troubadours. Lovingly recorded by sound master Frederic Alstadt, featuring Clara Levy, Stéphane Clor and Eugénie De Mey, this album captures all the poignancy and poetry of this timeless music. Comes in a limited handmade box set of 300 numbered copies including double LP and 72-page booklet.