Friend's Email:
Subject: I have found a CD that I think you would enjoy
Member $avings: $2,156,556.88
|
CDs Available: 356,959
|
Members Online: 23
Your source for swapping cds online... Listen...Swap...Save!
Search - Mediaeval Consort :: A Mediaeval Banquet: Music from the Age of Chivalry
  | Mediaeval Consort A Mediaeval Banquet: Music from the Age of Chivalry Genres: Dance & Electronic, Miscellaneous, Classical
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--m... more » |
Larger Image  Listen to Samples |
Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
CD Details
Synopsis
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 |
CD ReviewsA heapin' helpin' of early music R. Snare | Williamsburg, VA United States | 10/14/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "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!" But what are they saying? Dr Tom | Boston, MA | 06/05/2006 (3 out of 5 stars) "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."
|