NEWEST:
Oy Comamos y Bebamos
- Capella de la Torre
La Tarantella - Cristoforo
Caresana - L'Arpeggiata
Gaudete - King's Singers
Tarantelle - Marco
Beasley/Accordone perform
La musica nelle strade -
Marco Beasley/Accordone perform
Aria - Francesco Cavalli
Canorio - Lorenzo Allegri
Do Not Wear
Black Buskins - Anonymous - La Compania (Australia)
La Mantovana
(Renaissance dance) - John Playford (1623-1686) - Les Witches
(performing
group)
Cavalca el Conte Guido - Antonio
Caprioli
Todos los bienes - Villancico
by Juan del Encina (1469-1529) -
Joculatores Upsalienses (performing
group)
Dindirin - Anonymous c. 1500 -
Joculatores Upsalienses (performing group)
Now O Now - Frog's Galliard by John
Dowland performed on a Final Master Recital June 24, 2014. Singing:
Johanna Földesi, Emese Gyöngyvér Tóth, Esther Kronenburg, Dóra Sereginé
Németh, Jan Janovcik, Bram Trouwborst and Karel Barten. Jasper Michels,
lute.
Lyrics
Now O
Now - From Miklós Rózsa soundtrack for film
"Julius Caesar"
Flemish song - unknown
Renaissance period composer
PERU ~
Hanacpachap cussicuinin - Thought to be the first multi-voiced music composed in the New World,
this simple but intriguing piece is found in a collection of sacred
music compiled in 1631, but was likely written some years earlier...More
info
Lyrics
San Antonio Vocal Arts
Ensemble
La púrpura de la rosa
(The Blood of the Rose)
-
First staged in 1659 in Peru, this is the New World's first known opera
composition.
The brief clip is from the music by Torrejón y Velasco. More info
about this early opera is available by searching on the Internet.
There are occasional contemporary performances.
CD
More info
Song
"En Los Montes" from early
opera La púrpura de la rosa
ENGLISH ~
Sweet Kate - Robert Jones -
1577-1615. This is a period "hit song" of which there are jillions of
interpretations. This is my favorite version. See what you think.
Lyrics
Pastime with Good Company -
New World Renaissance Band with
Owain Phyfe
History and lyrics
CD
Though
Philomela Lost Her Love - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)
- The Renaissance Quartet/Project
3 PR 7000SD
A Robyn,
Gentil Robyn - William Cornysh (Died 1523) The
Renaissance Quartet
Farewell,
Dear Love - Robert Jones (16th century) The
Renaissance Quartet
Remember,
O Thou Man - Thomas Ravenscroft (1592-1635) The
Renaissance Quartet
O
Mistresse Mine - Thomas Morley (1557-1603) The
Renaissance Quartet
Chants of Sarum -
A collaboration between harpsichordist Mary Jane Newman and the
choral group Parthenia VII. Attempts to recreate the Use of Sarum, a
semi-independent medieval liturgy that developed out of the Church of
Salisbury (Sarum to the ancient Celts and Romans) and spread across
Catholic churches in the British Isles until the time of Henry VIII. This pretty sample is entitled "Jesu, Son of Mary".
CD
The Cut-Purse -
a tune about Elizabethan pickpockets ("cutpurse"), a plague of the day -
Toronto Consort
Witches'
Dance - Anonymous -The Renaissance Quartet/Project
3 PR 7000SD
Tickle my Toe
- 16th century English Renaissance dance tune
To Drive the Cold Winter Away -
c.1625
Owain Phyfe live
with friends CD
We Be Soliders Three -
Owain Phyfe
live
- from Thomas Ravenscroft 'Deuteromelia' (1609)
Cold
and Raw - The Baltimore Consort
Dorian 90155
Gloucestershire Wassail - Traditional - Lyrics and notation
Waverly Consort (Virgin Classics 55193)
MADRIGALS
Sing
we And Chant It -
Shall
I Sue - All
Creatures Now
Say,
Love - Hark
All Ye Lovely Saints -
Rest,
Sweet Nymphs
All madrigals above
from Nonesuch H-71097 collection
FRENCH ~
INSTRUMENTALS
Gavotte from
Atys - Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Lamoureux Orchestra and Wind Ensemble/Armand Birbaum
Philips PHC9036
L'arboscello
ballo furlano - Pierre Phalèse (1510-1573)
Branle
- Claude Gervaise (16th century)
Two pieces above are from RCA Victrola VICS-1328
Branle de
montirandé - Antoine Francisque (1570-1605)
Rafael Puyana/ (CD)
Branle de
montirandé harp (unknown)
Branle de
montirandé organ (André Isoir)
Branle de
montirandé lute (James Edwards)
This little piece by
Antoine Francisque (1570-1605) is already above on harpsichord, but here
are transcriptions for other instruments.
Louis-Claude
Daquin short pieces performed by
Anthony
Newman -
purists would note that Daquin is just outside the Renaissance
period, but I include his delightful music anyway
Noel 6 --
Noel 12 -- Noel 8 --
Noel 1
Plein jeu - Louis-Nicolas Clérambault - Pierre
Froidebise, organ (Nonesuch H-71020)
Plein jeu - Louis
Marchand - Pierre Froidebise, organ (Nonesuch H-71020)
Short Lute Piece -
recorded 1972 - Quattuor Testudinis ("Four Lutes")
SONGS
Belle Qui Tiens Ma
Vie -
pavane by French composer Thoinot Arbeau (1519-1595). Another period
"hit" with many interpretations. My favorite version.
Lyrics
Que
dises, mei bon fraire - 16th century song from
French Provence/Terra Nova Consort
(Dorian 90269)
J'ai vu le loup (I Saw the Wolf) -
Baltimore Consort
Dorian 90177
Branle gai - The wind instrument is a
shawm. Pierre Attaingnant (circa 1494 - 1551)
Lawrence-King, Harp Consort
CD
O l'heureuse journée -
Anonymous carol from Avignon, France c. 1600
Boston Camerata
CD
ITALIAN ~
Ayo visto lo
mappamundi -
Italian Renaissance, Waverly Consort
CD
("I've seen the map of the world") The tune is pretty. It was inspired
by the explorer voyages of the 15th century, which had sad dire
consequences for indigenous populations of the day.
INSTRUMENTAL
Dance from
the Courts of Mantua and Ferrara - anonymous
La
frescobalda
- Pavana
alla veneziana
- Gagliarda
Virginal soloist
Blanche Winogron/Counterpoint 5516
An Italian
Rant -
Baltimore Consort
Dorian 90238
Tarantelle Napoletane Tradizionali
-
Marco Beasley,
tenor -
an Italian tarantella,
a dance form dating back as far as 1100.
Marco Beasley is a wonderfully entertaining vocalist. His group is
Accordone
SPANISH
~
Nashville Early Music Ensemble - NEME
Oy comamos y
bebamos -
Juan del Encina -
lively and fun (see more versions below)
Gaudete --
Fum Fum Fum --
Con el vito
Oy comamos y bebamos -
Juan del Encina - lively and fun -
Renaissance band and singers
Oy comamos y bebamos -
Juan del Encina - same
piece as above -
Los Angeles Guitar
Quartet
Rodrigo Martinez -
Anonymous 15th Century - Spanish Renaissance Kings Singers
Lyrics
Rodrigo Martinez -
anonymous - Atrium Musicae de Madrid
Rodrigo Martinez Villancico from
Cancionero de Palacio -
Anonymous 15th Century
from CD "Hermes Invention" Ensemble La
Volta Lyrics
Folia - an early Folia
(improvisational method with a simple melody in minor key)
Yo soy la locura - Henri de Bailly - French passacaglia
style but sung in Spanish
La Tarantela -
Atrium
Musicae de Madrid
VILLANCICOS
E la don
don -
The Renaissance Quartet/Project 3 PR 7000SD
Vésame
y abràcame
- New
York ProMusica/Decca DL9409
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Riu chiu is a 16th century Spanish villancico (carol)
arranged in a South American folkloric style. Here are 7
versions of it.
Like to sing along?? Here are the lyrics.
Ríu chíu -
Nashville Early Music Ensemble - NEME
Ríu chíu - Cuarteto Zupay
Ríu chíu - Chanticleer
Ríu chíu - The Monkees with Chip
Davis (performed in their Christmas 1967 episode)
Ríu chíu - The Monkees with Davy
Ríu chíu - Eric Tingstad
Ríu chíu - Unknown Instumental
HARP
Hachas
- Popular
Variations - Villancete - Seguidilla
- Huete
Nicanor Zabaleta,
soloist/Counterpoint 509 and 5542
Marionas - Tarantela - Luz y Norte/Lucas
Ribavaz (CD)
OLD FOLK SONGS
A la nanita
-
La
magarideta - El pobre alegre
Madrigal Chorus of
Madrid/Odyssey 32160148
OTHER THINGS ~
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
- a 1986
celtic
rock take on the Elvis
standard -
Lick the Tins
Farewell
to Nova Scotia
-
The
Buccaneers
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