En Mode & Etudes Mécaniques

About the Artist
Stanley Yates enjoys an accomplished career as a virtuoso performer and recording artist, arranger, scholar, and teacher. Described as "one of an elite breed of guitarists" ( Classical Guitar Magazine, England), praised for his "musical instinct and brilliant technique" (Suonare, Italy), and noted for the "transcendent quality of his interpretation" (Fort Worth Star Telegram, USA), Stanley's performances, recordings and editions have been received with wide critical acclaim.

A past prize-winning performer in such prestigious competitions as the Myra Hess (London) and the Guitar Foundation of America, Stanley is regularly invited to present concerts, masterclasses, and lectures at leading music schools and festivals in both the United States and Europe. He has been dedicatee and/or first performer of music by such leading guitar composers as Stepan Rak, John Duarte and Angelo Gilardino, and has given first modern performances of such rediscovered works as the Premier Concerto by Ernest Shand and the Valsa Concerto by Heitor Villa Lobos. His recordings for Reference Recordings, Heartdance Music and Aeolian Recordings include chamber music, his arrangements of the Bach Cello Suites, and premiere recordings of music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Rutter, and other contemporary composers.

His performance articles dealing with the music of such composers as J. S. Bach and Heitor Villa-Lobos have been published internationally, in six languages, in such journals as Il Fronimo, Gitarre & Laute, Gendai Guitar, 8 Sonoro, Soundboard and Classical Guitar.

Stanley currently directs the guitar program at Austin Peay State University, home of Tennessee's Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts.

"The extraordinary Stanley Yates series features some of the most important publications in the guitar canon. Ranging from student-level works to virtuosic concert repertoire, these meticulously edited editions will satisfy the musical appetites of discriminating guitarists for generations to come." - Gerald Klickstein, Guitar Department Chair, North Carolina School of the Arts "Stanley Yates' performance editions, anthologies, graded repertoire series and original pedagogical materials comprise a singularly impressive and valuable contribution to the guitar community. He is one of the guitar world's brightest lights." - Stephen Aron, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, The University of Akron

Product Description
Stanley Yates performs all of the pieces from his two books En Mode and Etudes Mecaniques.

Tracks:

Overture To 'Tannhauser'
Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
Hungarian Dance No.7
The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
Csardas Music
The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
Tzigane
Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
Caprice No.24
The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
The Violin Muted
Clair De Lune
The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
The Pizzicato Violin
Pizzicato Polka
In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
Hungarian Dance No.4
Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
Bolero
Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
Elfenreigen

Tracks:

Introduction To The Viola
Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
Cypresses (No.9)
The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
The 'Period' Viola In Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
Elfentanz, Op.39
Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
The Protecting Veil (Opening)
A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
Flamenco
Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
Symphony No.9 (Finale)
Introduction To The Double-Bass
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
Elegy No.1 In D Major
The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
Capriccio Di Bravura
Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
Sa'Dawi
Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
Chamber Music No.II
The Piccolo - Aptly Named
La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
A Variety Of Techniques
Chamber Music No.II
Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
Naelden, Naelden
The Bachian Oboe
Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
The Swan Of Tuonela
The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
Bolero
The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
...And Quite Low.
Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
Introduction To The Saxophone
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
Bolero
The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
Sax-O-Phun
The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
Bolero
The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
Symphony No.3 (Opening)
The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
The Ceremonial Trumpet
Fanfare For The Common Man
Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
Billy The Kid
The Trumpet As Character Actor
Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
The Birth Of The Trombone
Aenmerckt Nu Hier
The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
Canzon 12 In Double Echo
The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
Hosannah
The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
The Trombone As Caricaturist
Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
The Horn And The Hunt
Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
Walter Music (Minuet 1)
The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
Den Hoboecken Dans
Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
Gymnopedie No.2
The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
The Birth Of The Bongo
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
Taking Advantage Of Tunability
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
Ravel And The Xylophone
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
Introducing The Vibraphone
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
Folk Dances
The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
Introducing The Tubular Bells
Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen Suite (Introduction)
But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Introducing The Celeste
The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
Petrushka (Russian Dance)
The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
Mahler's Sleighbells
Symphony No.4 (Opening)
A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Nocturnes
Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
The Oboe As Duck
Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
A Thunderstorm In A Million
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
Octet In F (Mvt 3)
The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
Canzon 28
Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
Images (Gigues)
A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

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Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

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Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

Tracks:

Antiphona: Hosanna
Antiphona: Pueri Hebraerorum
In May, When Rose Trees Are In Bloom
Antiphona: Cum audisset
Alle, psallite cum luya
Antiphona: Coeperunt omnes
Antiphona: Occurrunt turbae
Antiphona: Cum angelis
Antiphona: Ante sex dies
If Anyone Looks At Me
Hymnus: Gloria, laus et honor
In The Month Of May
Responsorium: Ingrediente
I'm Not Afraid To Talk To My Sweetheart
Introitus: Domine, ne longe facias
O Most Gentle Virgin Mary
Graduale: Tenuisti manum dextram
Fauvel's Scheming Household
Offertorium: Improperium
Communio: Pater, si non potest
Shamelessly I Went Around

Tracks:

Introitus: Terriblis est
In The Turmoil Of The Sea
Kyrie XII
Gloria XII
Click, Click, One Morning Robin Went Off
Graduale: Locus iste
Alleluia: Adorabo
Offertorium: Domine Deus
When I See It In The Clear Glass
Santus XII
Agnus Dei XII
Communio: Domus mea
He Who Puts His Trust
Invitorium et Psalmodia: Domun Dei
The Pantheon Is Destroyed
Responsorium: Fundata est
I Rode By The Elm Tree
5 Antiphonae
Hymnus: Angularis fundamentum
Antiphona ad Benedictus: Zachaee
Rahcel Mourns Her Children
Hymnus: Urbs Jerusalem
Antiphona ad Magnificat: Sanctificavit
Antiphona ad Magnificat: O quam metuendus est
King Charles, Son Of John

Tracks:

Come Holy Ghost - Several Composers
Blessed Mother - Several Composers
The Herald Preceded The Prince - Several Composers
The Greatest Good Of Mortals - Dufay
Flower Of Flowers - Dufay
Rejoice, Empress Of Byzantium - Dufay
Loving Mother Of The Redeemer - Dufay
Glory And Praise To Thee - Several Composers
Lamb Of God - Several Composers
Blessed Art Thou, Maria - Several Composers
From Starry Olympus, Love Made Me Descend - Josquin

Tracks:

Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Kyrie - Several Composers
Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Gloria - Several Composers
Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Credo - Several Composers
Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Sanctus - Several Composers
Missa 'L'homme arme' super voces musicales: Agnus Dei - Several Composers
Mass For The Dead: Introitus (Grant Them Eternal Rest) - Several Composers
Mass For The Dead: Kyrie (Lord Have Mercy On Us) - Several Composers
Mass For The Dead: Graduale (Though I Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death) - Several Composers
Mass For The Dead: Tractus (As Pants The Hart) - Several Composers
Mass For The Dead: Offertorium (Deliver The Souls Of All The Faithful Departed) - Several Composers
Lament On The Death Of Johannes Ockeghem - Several Composers

Customer Reviews:

All things old..........2005-09-26

This is a four-disc collection of wonderful pieces representative of the types of music from the Medieval times/Middle Ages. Gregorian chant has experienced a resurgence in popularity (indeed, it is almost new age), but in fact they are part of the ancient tradition of church music. Masses, folk songs, and motets round out the types of music on offer here.

The first two discs, entitled 'Monks and Troubadours', combine folk songs and chansons with Gregorian chant sequences - the first disc has chants for Palm Sunday (performed by the monks of Munsterschwarzach, Germany) together with songs performed by the Early Music Consort of London. The second disc incorporates chants that might be used at a church dedication (performed by the monks of Notre-Dame de Fontgombault Abbey, France) and songs again by the Early Music Consort. The difference is palpable. Gregorian chant varies significantly from the polyphonic songs of the troubadours.

The third disc is of motets, composed by Dunstable, Dufay, Binchois, Obrecht, and Desprez, some (but not all) of the great names in medieval composition. This collection includes a polytexted motet by Dunstable and more standard forms in which all voices join to sing the same words. Binchois' motet 'Gloria, laus et honor' derives from a Gregorian chant found on the first disc, with words still familiar in the modern hymn 'All Glory, Laud and Honour'.

The fourth CD inlcudes masses by Desprez and Ockeghem. Desprez is one of the greatest of the medieval composers, and his Missa L'homme arme is one of the better known; Ockeghem's mass here is one for the dead, a very common type of composition, here expertly executed. The final piece on this disc is a song written by Desprez in honour of Ockeghem, which despite not using typical mass or biblical texts, still incorporates the introit from the requiem, and as a mark of respect for the passing of Ockeghem, Desprez composed the music itself using all black notes.

This Archiv production is a stunning collection, great for the listener and great for the student. In one set, one has a broad range of music, spanning many types and hundreds of years. The production quality is very high, the music itself wonderful, the performances beautifully carried out - not much more can be asked for from a recording.

Impressive.......2000-11-11

Nice sounding recording. The tracks are authentic and are great for anyone interested in medieval history and it's music.

Impressive.......2000-11-11

Nice sounding recording. The tracks are authentic and is great for anyone interested in medieval history and it's music.

Wonderfull!.......2000-06-23

I heard this CD at a friends house. I compare the music to loreena McKennitts. Its wonderfull and i love it. I cant wait to purchase a copy of my own.

Les tres riches heures du Moyen Age: A Medieval Journey

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Les tres riches heures du Moyen Age: A Medieval Journey

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Classical | Imports | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B00000074R
Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Alleluia - Tropaire de la venue de l'epoux (Lundi Saint) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint: Version arabe - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint: Version grecque - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint - Version arabe - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
1. By Way Of A Preamble: Chants sacres Melchites (IV siecle): Hymne a la Vierge (Liturgie grecque de saint Jean Chrysostome) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
1. By Way Of A Preamble: Chants sacres Melchites (IV siecle): Office de la Nativite de la Mere de Dieu (Grand Canon de saint Jean Damascene) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Chants de l'Eglise de Milanaise: Psaume: 'Tecum principium in die virtutis tue'' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Chants de l'Eglise de Milanaise: Responsorium: 'Congratulamini mihi omnes qui diligitis Dominum'' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Le Chant Beneventain: Communio: 'Qui manducaverit' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Les Chants de l'Eglise de Rome (VII-VIII siecles): Introit 'Resurrexi' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Les Chants de l'Eglise de Rome (VII-VIII siecles): Office de l'Adoration de la Croix; Improperes: 'Agios o Theos, Sanctus Deus' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Le Chant Mozarabe: Cathedrale de Tolded: Sacrificium 'Vox clamantis' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY

Tracks:

1. Gallican Chant: Versus de l'eveque Theodulfe d'Orleans: 'Gloria laus' - Deller Consort
1. Gallican Chant: Semaine Sainte: repons du 7 mode: 'Tenebrae factae sunt' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Introit: 'Requiem aeternam' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Kyrie eleison - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Graduel 'Requiem aeternam' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Trait: 'Absolve, Domine' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Sequence: 'Dies irae' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Offertoire: 'Domine Jesu Christe' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Sanctus - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Agnus Dei - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Communion: 'Lux aeterna' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Repons: 'Libera me' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Antienne: 'In paradisum' - Deller Consort
2. An Immense Corpus: Planctus Hugonis Abbatis: 'Hug dulce nomen' pour la mort d'Hugues, fils de Charlemagne, en 844 - Deller Consort
3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Antiphona ad processionem: 'O beata infantia' - Schola Hungarica
3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Introitus cum tropis: 'Quam queritis in praesepe - Puer natus est' - Schola Hungarica
3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Alleluja 'Dies sanctificatus' - Schola Hungarica
3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Communio cum tropis: 'Desinat esse dolor - Viderunt Omnes' - Schola Hungarica
3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Alleluia cum tropis in octava - Schola Hungarica
3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Cantio ad laudem cantoris: 'Annus novus in gaudio' - Schola Hungarica
4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: Virtute multa - Ensemble Organum
4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: In timore Dei - Ensemble Organum
4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: 'Testamentum eternum' - Ensemble Organum
4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: 'Dedit Dominus confessionem sancto suo' - Ensemble Organum

Tracks:

The Art Of The Troubadours: A l'entrada del temps clar - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
The Art Of The Troubadours: Vida - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
The Art Of The Troubadours: Quand vei la laudeta mover - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
The Art Of The Troubadours: Vida - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
The Art Of The Troubadours: Sitot me soi - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 77 (Flute a bec et percussion) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Cantigas de Santa Maria: Prologue: 'Porque Trobar' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 37 (Flute de berger et zarb) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 7: 'Santa Maria leva' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 100: 'Santa Maria, strela do dia' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Bacche, bene venies' (CB 200) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'In taberna quando sumus' (CB 196) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Axe Phebus aureo' (CB 71) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Deduc Syon, uberrimas' (CB 34) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Flete flenda' (CB 5) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Les Minnesanger: 'Sinc an, guldin huon!' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Les Minnesanger: Ich lobe ein wip (Instr.) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Les Minnesanger: 'Owe dirre not' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
Les Minnesanger: Wol auff, gesell (Instr.) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY

Tracks:

1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: 'Domine labia mea aperies' - 'Deus in adjutorium meum' (Choeur) - Ensemble Organum
1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: Versus: 'O primus homo coruit' (a 2 voix) - Ensemble Organum
1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: Versus: 'Veri solis radium' (a 2 voix) - Ensemble Organum
2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Introit trope: 'Puer natus est' - Ensemble Organum
2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Graduel: 'Viderunt omnes' - Ensemble Organum
2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Sanctus (organum) - Ensemble Organum
2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Agnus Dei - Ensemble Organum
2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Ite missa est - Deo Gratias - Ensemble Organum
3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Kyrie 'Orbis factor' - Ensemble Organum
3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Credo in unum Deum - Ensemble Organum
3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Sequence: 'Res est admirabilis' - Ensemble Organum
4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Plus bele que flor - Quant revient - L'autrier joer - Flos Filius - Anonymous 4
4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Puisque bele dame m'eime - Flos Filius - Anonymous 4
4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Celui en qui - La bele estoile - La bele, en qui - Iohanne - Anonymous 4
4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Amor potest - Ad amorem sequitur - Anonymous 4
4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: S'on me regarde - Prennes i garde - He, mi enfant - Anonymous 4
4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Qui d'amour se plaint - Lux Magna - Anonymous 4
4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: On doit fin(e) Amor - La biaute - In Seculum - Anonymous 4
5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Kyrie: 'Kyria christifera' - Anonymous 4
5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Gloria - Anonymous 4
5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Sanctus - Benedictus - Anonymous 4
5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Agnus Dei: 'Virtute numinis' - Anonymous 4

Tracks:

1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): In mari miserie - Clemencic Consort
1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 149 a 168 - Clemencic Consort
1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Ad solitum vomitum - Clemencic Consort
1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Porchier miex estre. Vers 250 a 280 - Clemencic Consort
1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): J'ai fait nouveletement - Clemencic Consort
1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Quoniam secta latronum - Clemencic Consort
1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 5905-5926 - Mario, virgo viginum - Clemencic Consort
1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 6023-6050 - Clemencic Consort
1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Quare fremuerunt - Clemencic Consort
2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Ensemble Organum
2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Sanctus - Ensemble Organum
2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Agnus Dei - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'De toutes flours' - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Honte, paour, doubtance' - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Honte, paour, doubtance', version instrumentale - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Che pena e quest'al cor' - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Imperiale sendendo fra pi stelle' - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau-canon 'Tout par compas' - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau 'Belle, bonne, sage' - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau 'Fumeux fume par fumee' - Ensemble Organum
3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Ballade 'On voit tout' - Ensemble Organum
Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Campanis cum cymbalis - Honoremus Dominam' - The Hilliard Ensemble
Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Mater ora filium' - The Hilliard Ensemble
Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Edi be thu' - The Hilliard Ensemble
Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Gabriel From Heven-King' - The Hilliard Ensemble
Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Gaude virgo Mater Christi' - The Hilliard Ensemble

Tracks:

Johannes Ciconia (c. 1335-1414): 'Ligiadra donna' pour vielles - The Newberry Consort
1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: Alleluya: 'A Nywe werke' - Anonymous 4
1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Ecce quod natura' - Anonymous 4
1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: Nowel: 'Owt Of Your Slepe Aryse' - Anonymous 4
1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Anna Mater Matris Christi' - The Hilliard Ensemble
1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Tota pulcra es, amica mea' - The Hilliard Ensemble
1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Conduit 'O Maria stella maris' - Anonymous 4
1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Sequence 'Salve virgo singularis' - Anonymous 4
1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Motet 'Veni mater gracie - Dou Way, Robin' - Anonymous 4
2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'Propinan de Melyor' - The Newberry Consort
2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: --sans titre - The Newberry Consort
2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'La Spagna' - The Newberry Consort
2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'La Spagna' - The Newberry Consort
3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Introit. 'Requiem eternam dona eis Domine' - Ensemble Organum
3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Tractus: 'Sicut servus desideral ad fontes aquarum' - Ensemble Organum
3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Sanctus - Ensemble Organum
Lute Music: Ricercar 'L'autre jour' - Paul O'Dette
Lute Music: 'Nous bergiers' - Paul O'Dette
Lute Music: Ricercar No. 33 - Paul O'Dette
Lute Music: 'Il est bel et bon' - Paul O'Dette

Customer Reviews:

Excellent, but What Are the Words?.......2006-07-04

This is a wonderful collection of music spanning many centuries, some of which you are unlikely to encounter anywhere else. The performances are beautiful, too. The one drawback is that the liner notes contain very few song text translations, a big problem for a large CD set with music that is primarily vocal.

outstanding collection.......2002-09-27

I have quite a number of CDs with Medieval Age polyphony, byzantine chant and renaissance music, but this collection goes beyond what could usually be expected from such boxsets. I'd highly recommend it to all.

Awesome.......2001-09-20

This is the best collection of medieval music I have ever heard. The performances are top-notch, and all of the songs are well done. I highly reccomend this collection not only for fans of medieval music, but for any music lover.

7.5 hours of superb music at a most reasonable price........1999-12-24

There isn't a clunker in this set. All the performers are top drawer and the recordings are good. The notes are a little brief and a bit scholarly, but can be ignored easily.

You will get an idea of the different kinds of medieval music as well as the top groups and soloists working currently in the field.

When I got this set, my mother and I listened to all 7+ hours straight through. We then started buying CDs from the different performers we had to hear more from.

Tracks:

Forgotten Provence: Ne L'oserary-Je/Voulez-Vouz Que Je Vous Dise?: Chansons-Avec-Refrains - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Les Airs De Cerveau, Carole In Ballad Form: Dessus La Rive - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: A Chanter M-Er - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Vecy Le Mai: Carole In Rondeau Form - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Ma Charmante Cadet: Trad. Pastorela, Limousin - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Alleluia Justus - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: A L'entrada Del Tens Clar: 12th Century Dance-Song In Carole Form - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Li Gelos: Troubadour Dance-Song - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Air De Cheval-Jupon: Languedoc Dance - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Lancan Li Jorn: Canso - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Ara Lauzatz: Troubadour Vers - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Laude Jocunda - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Pucelete-Je Languis-Domino L. - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Aucun-Lonc Tans-Annuntiantes - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Alle Psallite - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Rossignolet Du Bois: Carole In Ballade Form - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Rossignolet Du Bois: Bas-Languedoc - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Lo Sodard: Bas-Limousin - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Epiphaniam Domino - The Martin Best Consort
Forgotten Provence: Reis Glorios: Alba - The Martin Best Consort

Tracks:

Songs Of Chivalry: Estampie - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: The Song Of Nothing: - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Coda - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: En L'anque Chevalier: Huon D'oisy - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Tant Ai Amors - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Costume Est Bien - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Pax In Nomine Domini - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: L'amour Dont Sui Espris - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Danse Royale - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Ce Fut En Moi - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: La Dousa Votz - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Chansons De Toile - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Chevaliers, Mullt Este Guariz - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Non Sap Chantar - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: A Chantar M-er - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Li Jolitz Temps D'estey - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Pois Tals Sabers - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: Now I Can Delight In Love - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Songs Of Chivalry: E-I Mare E-I Pare - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens

Tracks:

Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Santa Marie, Strella Do Dia: Holy Mary, Star Of The Day Cantiga No.100 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Non Sofre Santa Maria: The Lost Steak Cantiga No.159Cantigas Of Santa Maria - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Non E Mui Gran Maravilla: The German Gambler Cantiga No.294 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Santa Marie Amar: The Baby Rescue Cantiga No.7 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: A Santa Maria Dadas Sejan Loores: To Holy Mary Praise Be Given, Cantiga... - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Quen Boa Dona Querra Loar: He Who Wishes To Praise A Good Lady Cantiga No.1 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Muit E Mais A Piadade: The Girl Who Ate Spiders Cantiga No.201 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: A Virgen, Que Deus Madre Est: A Man Swallows A Rabbit Bone Cantiga No.322 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Virgen, Madre Gloriosa: Glorious Virgin Mother Cantiga No.340 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Porque Ben Santa Maria: A Priest Steals An Alter Cloth Cantiga No.327 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Entre Av' E Eva: Between Ave And Eve Cantiga No.60 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Se Ome Fezer De Grado: A Knight's Forgiveness Cantiga No.207 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Fremosos Miragres: A Knight's Hawk Cantiga No.352 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Por Nos, Virgen Madre: Implore God For Us, Virgin Mother Cantiga No.250 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Ben Pode Santa Maria: A Dragon-Slaying Cantiga No.189 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: O Que En Santa Maria: A Knight Bargains With The Devil Cantiga No.216 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Ay Santa Maria: Musa Goes To Heaven Cantiga No.79 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Santa Maria Loei: Holy Mary Have I Praised Cantiga No.200 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Muito, Foi Noss' Amigo: Gabriel Was Our Friend Cantiga No.210 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Rosa Das Rosas: Rose Of All Roses Cantiga No.330 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Santa Maria, Strella Do Dia: Holy Mary, Star Of The Day Cantiga No.100 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Entre Av'e Eva: Between Ave And Eve Cantiga No.60 - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens

Tracks:

The Dante Troubadours: Lamento Di Tristan: Istampitta And Rotta: - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Le Chansoneta - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Cantigas Of Santa Maria: Ges De Disnar - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Si-Us Quer Conselh, Bel Ami Alamanda - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Chasutz Sui De Mal En Pena - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Lo Ferm Voler - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Chanson Do-Ih Mot Son Plan E Prim - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Can Vei La Lauzeta - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Trotto - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Pois Tornaz Sui En Proensa - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Kalenda Maya - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Saltrello - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Non Alegra Cant Ni Critz - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Nuls Om En Ren (Melody Only) - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Ai, Lemozi - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Lauda Novella (Melody Only) - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Ben An Mort - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Dante Troubadours: Lamento Di Tristan: Istampitta And Rotta - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens

Tracks:

Amor De Lonh: Si-Us Quer Conselh, Bel Ami Alamanda - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Beata Viscera - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Can Lo Rossinhols E-I Folhos - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Salterello (Instrumental Dance) - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: O Maria Lesse Virga - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Ab Joi Mou Lo Vers E-I Comens - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Danse Royale (Instrumental Dance) - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Venit Dilectus - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Can Lo Rius De La Fontana - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Ductia (Instrumental Dance) - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Salterello (Instrumental Dance) - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Alma Redemptoris Mater - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Paradisi Porta - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Tan Ai Mo Cor Ple De Joya - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Lamento Di Tristan (Instrumental Dance) - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Rotta (Instrumental Dance) - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Anima Mea Liquefacta Est - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Can Par La Flors Jostal Vert Folh - The Martin Best Consort
Amor De Lonh: Canso Melody Of Guiraut De Bornelth - The Martin Best Consort

Tracks:

The Last Of The Troubadours: The Sack Of Beziers - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Rassa, Tan Creis - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: No-M Say D'Amour - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: La Segonda Retroencha - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Planh For The Lord Of Narbonne - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Au Temps D'Auost - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Cantiga - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Fid E Verays - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Maraveillosos Et Piadosos - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: La Redonda - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Mais Non Faz - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: La Premieyra Retroencha - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Jesu Crist - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Rossinyol - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Los Esclops - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Ja Mais Non Er - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Vers: Be-M Clegra (Melody & English Text) - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
'La Chanson De La: The Last Of The Troubadours - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens
The Last Of The Troubadours: Melody: Si Tot Me Sui A Tart Apperceubutz - The Martin Best Mediaeval Ens

Amazon.com

Here are five and a half hours of little-known music dating from the mid-12th century to the start of the 16th. Some of it comes from France (Provence, in particular), some from Spain (songs of praise to the Virgin Mary--many in amazing dance rhythms), some from Italy (songs of love and war of the troubadours). There are instrumentals with great vigor, complicated vocal works, chant, the expected music of praise, and a few unexpectedly ribald--almost lewd--songs. Taken a CD at a time, this is a magnificent journey, but be warned: being stuck in the Middle Ages for too long might make you yearn for those simple, high-minded times. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

but what are they saying?.......2006-06-06

This is, musically, a wonderful set. But beware: there are no song text translations; a fatal oversight for six CDs of almost exclusively vocal music by composers to whom text was as important as melody, and in languages that don't exist anymore. In that regard, it was very disappointing.

A heapin' helpin' of early music.......2005-10-14

Wonderful from start to finish, this set is quite a sampler, with enjoyable selections performed and recorded well. I suspect some accomodation is being made to the comtemporary listener here and some of the performances may not be 100% "historically accurate." But so what? I've been listening to this at home and while out and about on my iPod. There's quite a variety here which causes the set to avoid the "sameness" of many other sets of this type I've purchased. And the price is defnitely right, particularly for a used copy. What've you got to lose? Give it a shot!

Exclent cd for mediaeval music........1999-11-09

If your just getting into music from this time period this is the cd for you. It gives samples of music that dates from the 1100s to the 1400s.

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A warm, joyful baroque Christmas celebration
An excellent performance

A Baroque Christmas

Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005J0W
Release Date: 1992-08-25

Tracks:

A Minuit Fut Fait Un Reveil
Noels Pour Les Instruments: Noels Pour Les Instruments: Joseph est Bien Marie
Noels Pour Les Instruments: Or Nous Dites Marie
Noels Pour Les Instruments: Une Jeune Pucelle
Noels Pour Les Instruments: Vous Qui Desirez Sans Fin
Noels Pour Les Instruments: Ou S'en Vont Ces Gais Bergers
Hodie Christus Natus Est
Nun Jauchzet Mit Hellem Ton
Laudate Dominum - Claudio Monteverdi
Non Recedet Laus Tuus
Salve Regina - Claudio Monteverdi
The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation - Henry Purcell
Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Kyrie
Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Gloria
Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Credo
Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Offertoire
Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Snactus
Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Agnus Dei

Customer Reviews:

A warm, joyful baroque Christmas celebration.......2004-12-07

The beautiful, varied, and well-chosen repertoire on this disc will keep you returning to it season after season. We start with a 17th-cantury French NOEL, lovingly and simply rendered a cappella by Richard Duguay. There follow some more French carols in instrumental arrangements by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, two traditional plainchants, some sumptuous madrigal-style pieces by Schein and Monteverdi, Purcell's florid and expressive vocal monologue for the Virgin Mary, and finally the most substantial piece on the disc: Charpentier's Christmas Midnight Mass, a very interesting work based on French carol themes. The performances by the Boston camerata are warm and vibrant. This early baroque Christmas disc is a real winner.

An excellent performance.......2000-09-18

This cd is the Baroque equivalent of the Medieval and Renaissance Christmas albums of the Boston Camerata. It has the least varied repetoire, in part because of the Charpentier Mass - Messe de Minuit sur des Airs de Noel, a work well worth having in its entirety. There are two pieces that are chant and a marvelous piece from Germany in an Italian style - Nun Jauchzet mit Hellem Ton - to which the notes say there are two sets of words, the one recorded here in praise of the Christmas festival, the other celebrating the amorous delights of nymphs. With such a delightful piece of trivia, how could the cd fail?

While the Boston Camerata gives its normal skilled performance, they are not as spectacular as they are on earlier music. They still are among the better interpreters of Baroque music, but it is not their speciality.

Tracks:

Cant De La Sibil.La: Sybil.La Latine (Excs) - Montserrat Figueras
Villancicos & Ensaladas: Mundus Et Musica Et Totus Concentus (Canon Perpetum) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya/Jordi Savall
Cantigas De Santa Maria: Cantiga 384: A Que Por Muy Gran Fremosura - Esther Lamandier
El Cancionero De La Colombina: Propinan De Melyor - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
El Cancionero De Palacio: Tres Morillas - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
I Musica De Vihuela: Pavane IV - Hopkinson Smith
Romances & Villancicos: Si Habra En Este Baldres? - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
Recercadas Del Trattado De Glosas: Recercada Segunda Sobre El Passamezzo Moderno - Jordi Savall/Tom Koopman/Rolf Lislevand
Il Sonetos, Villancicos Y Romances: Quien Amores Ten (Villancicos En Portugues) - Montserrat Figueras/Hopkinson Smith
El Organo Historico Espanol I: Fabordon Y Glosas Del Sexto Tono - Kimberly Marshall
Missa Pro Defunctis, A 5: Pie Jesu Domine - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
Tres Libros De Musica En Cifras Para Vihuela: Fant Que Contrahaze La Harpa - Hopkinson Smith
Ensaladas: Mateu Fleccha L'Ancien La Bomba, Ensalada Studium Musicae Valencia - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
El Cancionero De Medinaceli: La Perra Mora - Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall
Poema Harmonico: Canario, Treze Diferencias De Canario - Hopkinson Smith
Missa De Batalla: Gloria - La Capella Reial De Catalunya/Jordi Savall
L'Oeuvre Pour Clavecin 1: Son in a No.118-Allegro - Bob Van Asperen
Lope De Vega: Intermedios Del Barroco Hispanico: No Hay Que Decirle El Primor - Montserrat Figueras
El Organo Historico Espanol 9: Toccata Del Sexto Tono - Francis Chapelet
Cancons De La Catalunya Mil.Lenaria: Els Segadors (Excs) - Montserrat Figueras
Ariette Italiane, Seguidillas & Vars: Las Mujeres Y Cuerdas - Monterrat Figueras/Jose Miguel Moreno
Les Sept Dernieries Paroles, Cadix: Il Terremoto. Presto Con Tutta La Forza - Le Conc Des Nations/Jordi Savall
Una Cosa Rara: Allegretto 'Viva Viva La Regina' - La Capella Reial De Catalunya/Le Conc Des Nations/Jordi Savall
Iberia (Version Orch): El Puerto - Orquesta De Valencia/Manuel Galduf
El Sombrero De Tres Picos: Danse Finale (Jota) - Joven Orquesta Nacional De Espana/Edmon Colomer
Don Quijote, Albada,...: Danza - Orquesta Sinfonica De Tenerife/Victor Pablo Perez

Customer Reviews:

Hesperion XX and others.......2007-03-28

This is a truly inspirational disc that features several different artists. I came across this disc years ago because of my interest in time period music performed by Jordi Savall and the lovely voice of Monteserrat Figueras in the group Hesperion XX. Both are featured on this disc extensively. Listening to this music is almost like a religious experience, it elevates your senses beyond the mundane for a richly rewarding experience; it is an auditory time warp. Essentially this is a compilation of time period music with compositions mostly from the 1500's. Besides the fabulous work by Hesperion XX the disc also includes some interesting work by Hopkinson Smith on Vihuela while Figueras sings in her lovely soprano voice. There are also some nice orchestra pieces most notably by Issac Ibeniz on "Iberia, El Puerto" which is a lush theme that would sit well in a movie about Spain's Golden Age, Manuel de Falla's beautiful compostion of "El Sombrero De Tres Picos" as performed by Joven Orchestra Nacional de Espana and Roberto Gerhard's "Don Quijote Albada Danza" as performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica de Tenerife. Also of note is the work of Francisco Guerau and the magical baroque guitar of Hopkinson Smith as performed on "Treze diferencias de Canario." Listening to this music reminds one of the grandeur of Spains's past in the Age of Discovery. This is classical album for people like me, who really don't know that much about classical music but realizes good music when he hears it. Recommended for people who like to listen to time period music and the interpretations of Hesperion XX.

This is the best classical music.......2001-02-05

I did'nt really like classical music till i bought España - Anthology of Spanish Music CD. I really, really love this CD. If your an artist and sometimes lack inspiration, I recommend this CD! It will get you in the mood to paint!

Great collection.......2000-11-04

Two complaints: no liner notes so any potential educational value is lost (I have a number of reference books around the house and some of these composers don't show up anywhere in them) and there is at least one extremely jarring organ work that blasts out of nowhere. A more listener friendly compilation would've sequenced the disc differently or left it out alltogether. That said, this is a wonderful collection of music that I have (mostly) never heard before. I'm glad Naive Astree saw fit to put a lot of obscure and out-of-print recordings together to form this audio introduction to an underappreciated canon.

Highlights include:

Track 8 - Jordi Savall (gamba), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), and Rolf Lislevand (lute) turn in a brief but jaunty chamber performance of Ortiz. Left me wanting more.

Track 11 - Hesperion XX give a haunting vocal performance of Morales' Pie Jesu Domine. I'm not one to ususally appreciate this sort of music (so consider me uninformed) but I found this truly beautiful.

Track 15 - features Hopkinson Smith on the baroque guitar performing a fascinating Guerau work. Descending arpeggios like gentle, trickling waterfalls. Smith is a stunning performer. I wish he was better known in the U.S.

Track 22 - from Haydn's original orchestral version of "The Seven Last Words Of Christ On The Cross," this is the one tempestuous movement from a work of mostly subdued music. Deep, powerful string sound from Savall's Le Concert Des Nations. Very well recorded.

Tracks:

I - Midnight In Bethlehem: Oyez Seigneur comment parla (The Sybil's Prophecy)
I - Midnight In Bethlehem: O oriens, splendor lucis aeternae
I - Midnight In Bethlehem: Kyrie 'Le jour de Noel'
II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Lux Hodie - Orientis Partibus
II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Quem vidistis pastores
II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Magnum nomen domini
II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Lux optata claruit
II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Virgo gemma virginum
II - Christmas Week In Beauvais: Quando decet honore
III - To The Virgin: Ave regina celorum
III - To The Virgin: In tua memoria
III - To The Virgin: Magnificat
IV - Noel, Noel: Noe, Noe
IV - Noel, Noel: Noe, noe, magnificus est rex pacificus
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Conditor en francais
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Chantons Noel, menons joyeuse vie
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Bransle de Bourgogne
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Or vous tremoussez, pasteurs de Judee
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Et d'ou venez-vous, Madame Lucette?
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Bransle de Bourgogne - Bransle double
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Disons nau a pleine teste
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Ronde And Saltarello
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Nouvelles, nouvelles
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Pres Bethleem dans une estable
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Sur le mont de Sion
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Dona nobis pacem (From The 'Missa sur le Point d'Avignon')
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: O l'heureuse journee
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Bransle de Champagne
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Venez ouyr la trompette
V - A Renaissance Bouquet Of Carol And Dances: Bransle de Champagne (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

refreshingly traditional.......2006-11-10

If you are as tired as I am of canned Christmas muzak, you will find this to be refreshing, beautiful, and uplifting for the season of Christ's birth.

Beautiful.......2001-12-22

I was looking for something different from all the popular American Chirstmas music that has been re-done so many times. Here is a collection that satisfied me, and will delight both Franco-phones and Anglo-phones (English speakers) Some of the pieces are very chant like, but others are lively songs with lots of energy. Especially notable are tracks # 18, Or vous trémoussez, pasteurs de Judée, # 13, Noe, Noe, and my personal favorite, # 27, O l'heureuse journée. You likely will not recognize any of the tunes, so it may take a bit for this album to sound like Christmas, but it quickly did for me. The ancient instruments employed also give the music a unique sound that is really neat. This is a CD worth purchasing

This is excellent work.......1999-11-19

I am a musician and a medieval history buff, and first heard the Beauvais segments of this recording over the car radio, as I parked intending to do some Christmas shopping. I could not leave the car until the last note was sung and immediately began a search for the recording. The music is so...right, like a little time trip, haunting, triggering the imagination.

My favorite Christmas album........1999-09-04

Beautifully clear voices mix with period instruments and voices of character to present a lively, touching, and thoroughly enjoyable mix of music of centuries past.

This is an outstanding recording.......1998-12-26

Joel Cohen and the boston Camerata have recorded an outstanding collection of French Christmas carols.

The A-La-Mi-Re Manuscripts - Flemish Polyphonic Treasures

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Sensitive, Compelling, and Outstandingly Rendered!
Great recording, great music.

The A-La-Mi-Re Manuscripts - Flemish Polyphonic Treasures

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B000038I7X
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

Kyrie (Missa Myn Hert)
Celeste Beneficium - Adiutorium Nostrum
Proch Dolor - Pie Jhesu
Mater Floreat
Agnus Dei (Missa Super Benedicta Es)
Salve Regina (On Myn Hert)
Maudit Soyt
Autant En Emporte
Myn Hert Altyt Heeft Verlanghen I
Celle Que J'ay
Myn Hert Altyt Heeft Verlanghen II
Plus Oultre
Plaine De Deul
Soubz Ce Tumbel
Dulces Exuviae
Jam Sauche
Tandernaken Op Den Rijn

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What were these oddly named manuscripts? Hand-copied collections of music so beautifully calligraphed and illustrated that they were collected as art treasures by wealthy nobility and bankers, exchanged as gifts between heads of state, and even used as diplomatic bribes of a sort. (Charles V gave several of them to key personages to secure his election as Holy Roman Emperor.) They were produced by the workshop of Petrus Alamire (né Imhoff), who took his nom de plume from solfège syllables (e.g., do re mi), and they're among the most important sources we have today for music from the period around 1500. Naxos has put together a fascinating sampler of music from some of Alamire's manuscripts: sacred music and elegant secular art songs by composers both known (Josquin, de la Rue) and almost forgotten (Marbianus de Orto), as well as a few pieces played on wonderfully raucous shawms and trombones--all performed by the exemplary Belgian ensemble Capilla Flamenca. This disc should be a treat for Renaissance collectors (even those who don't usually care for anthologies); at the super-budget price, it's a good introduction to Renaissance polyphony as well. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

Sensitive, Compelling, and Outstandingly Rendered!.......2005-02-21

I picked this CD up simply to round out an order, not thinking that it would be anything special. I was very wrong. This is one of the best Early Music CD's I own. Capilla Flamenca does an outstanding job of reproducing this early Franco-Flemish repertoire. There are some gems on this CD that you will find nowhere else. From polyphonic mass settings to lively Renaissance dance bands, this CD covers the era with grace. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Great recording, great music........2001-04-29

Without a doubt, early music is an acquired taste. Even though some will certainly gawk at the comparison, I find it very similar to music written in the 20th century. This similarity is not in how the music sounds, but rather how it needs to be listened to. If you purchase a CD of early music expecting to hear something that resembles Beethoven or Mozart, you are in for a real disappointment. If you want to hear something different, something that you don't hear very often, something that is beautiful in a decidedly different way, then maybe early music is right for you.

That being said, I must say that I love early music, just as I love new music. For anybody who already has a good collection of early works, this release, "The A-La-Mi-Re Manuscripts," is a superb choice. It is gorgeous music that is performed brilliantly and is recorded marvelously, revealing a full and rich tone. Or, if you are just starting to get your feet wet with early music, this is still a fantastic release to purchase, for the reasons mentioned above, as well as another one. The price. Don't let it fool you. This is great music that is as good as, if not better than, any comparable release at a much greater price. And if you purchase it and decide you don't like it,you're...(not out much money). But let me go on record saying that I doubt you'll ever regret purchasing this disc. It is a truly wonderful release that raises the bar for early music recordings, regardless of the price tag.

Jehan Alain: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 2
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Jehan Alain: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 2
Marie-Claire Alain
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005899Y
Release Date: 2001-02-06

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The second of two well-filled discs of Jehan Alain's organ music performed by his sister, Marie-Claire Alain, one of today's great organists, is as desirable as the first volume. Here, she plays on three organs, each familiar to the composer. The opening Trois Danses, from the young composer's last years before his death in the 1940 German invasion, sounds especially fine on the great Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Madeleine. It's a major work, full of wit but also with a middle movement of grave portent. As in Volume 1, these are all very short pieces that manage to say a lot, concision triumphing over verbosity. Intermezzo, one of the "longer" works at five minutes, is especially remarkable for its complexity, variety of colors, and obsessive ostinato. The disc closes with the humorous Fantasmagorie, whose dancing theme, redolent of a Bedouin campfire party, is brought to an abrupt stop by a very "churchy" held note. Excellent sound, superb performances. --Dan Davis

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