Machaut: The Mirror of Narcissus – Songs by Guillaume de Machaut
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
CDA66087
The story of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection, fascinated medieval courtiers, for narcissism was the essence of court life and art. All was self-regarding, luxuriant, elitist; and few courtly artists were more concerned with their own reflection than the celebrated poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut.