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Like many people, I like music that's transportative, and I also find listening to music from long ago, stripped of the socio-cultural accretions of the centuries, to be somehow cleansing. So here's an hour of mostly pre-renaissance chivalric, sacred, courtly and other pieces, which are mostly "authentic" scholarly interpretations rather than modern pastiches, though couldn't resist putting in a couple of longtime favourites.
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Playing tracks by Oxford Camerata, The Early Music Consort of London, Ensemble Alla Francesca, Gothart, Ensemble Für Fruhe Musik Augsburg and more.
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Such brilliant nostalgia, Alexis!
Well done!
(Which ones are the "longtime favourites", and why?)
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Thanks Alan! Who hasn't been nostalgic for the 15th century at one time or another? To answer your question(s), the Faun track is off their album Renaissance, which is a legendary neofolk record and you only need to listen to the first few seconds of it to see why. Gothart were a discovery that happened just as I was starting to explore Eastern European music (they're Czech), and I could have picked any track off this album, really. However, as far as "serious"/scholarly music goes, the songs here by The Early Music Consort of London are off an album called "Music of the Crusades" which I bought when I was studying Medieval History at university, and these tracks in particular have stayed with me for 30+ years.
Hope all's well at your end mate. I'm' typing this during the pauses in the Montreal game, which has just become 3-0 - Go Bolts!
@alexis-eks ...And from there, we doubled our goal output and only gave up one! Good to be back in the win column! Thanks for being the distant thunder!
...And thanks for the music info which I'll put to use the next time I hear this ode to Medieval vibes!
Happy Holidays, Alexis!
-Al
@lightninghockeymusic_basic Same to you, good sir!
Chapeau! Great work!💙
Thank you Lozy, really appreciate it!!
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There's a rich seam of content to be tapped here, I think...
Wonderful! 💚
💜 a classy offering, forfooth, by the hatted bear! A perfect soundtrack to my academic paper, "The Rise of the Codpiece in Mediaeval England". I can see Ernie Jones and Philippa toe tapping and Morris dancing in approval. Hey nonny nonny! The furry hat lives.
Thanks Adam, glad you enjoyed. I look forward to your treatise.
Tracklist:
Oxford Camerata - L' Homme Armé (Guillaume Dufay)
The Early Music Consort of London – La quinte estampie real (anon)
Ensemble Alla Francesca - Redit etas aurea (Richard Cœur de Lion)
Gothart - Cuncti simus (anon)
Ensemble Für Fruhe Musik Augsburg - Annus novus in gaudio (anon)
Ensemble Belladonna - Miri It Is While Sumer Ilast (anon)
Ensemble Renaissance - Under den linden (Walther Von Der Vogelweide)
Ensemble Für Fruhe Musik Augsburg - Das Nachthorn
Ensemble Unicorn - Meie din liechter schin (Neidhart von Reuental)
Faun – Da que Deus (King Alfonso X "El Sabio")
Sarband - Ya gawhar al-galâlî
Nimmersêlich - A que por muy gran fremosura (King Alfonso X "El Sabio")
Divna Lubojevic - Aghni Parthene (Saint Nectarios of Aegina)
Eduardo Paniagua - Santa Maria, Strela Do Día (King Alfonso X "El Sabio")
Hespèrion XX - Stella splendens in monte (anon)
Ensemble Renaissance - Pax! In nomine Domini (Marcabru)
The Early Music Consort of London - Ja nus hons pris (Richard Cœur de Lion)
Gothart – Da que Deus (King Alfonso X "El Sabio")
Ensemble Renaissance - Lanquan li jorn son lonc en may (Jaufré Rudel)
Capella de Ministrers - Mater Dei plena gratia/ Mater, virgo pia/ Eius (Ramon Llull)
The Early Music Consort of London - Palästinalied (Walther von der Vogelweide)