The Triumph of Maximilian I

Le Triomphe de Maximilien 1er - The Triumph of Maximilian I
Heinrich Isaac - Paul Hofhaimer - Ludwig Senfl
The London Ambrosian Singers - John McCarthy, dir.; Les Ménestrels de Vienne (aka: The Vienna Renaissance players)
Belvédère "Série V/D" ELY-520 / 521 [LPx2]
Nonesuch HB-73016 [LPx2]

Content:

    LP-1

    Anon., ca 1600
  1. Tocceda for clarin trumpet

    2. Anon., ca 1600
  2. Tambourine
    Fanfare
    Tambourine

    3. Heinrich Isaac
  3. La la hö hö (5-part fanfare)
  4. Emperor Motet (à 6v) [Motet in honor of Maximilian I]: Virgo prudentissima

    5. ----
    Ludwig Senfl
  5. O Herr, ich rüf dein'n Namen an

    6. Paul Hofhaimer
  6. Salve regina (for positive organ)

    7. Ludwig Senfl
  7. Magnificat primi toni with antiphons

    8. LP-2

    Ludwig Senfl
  8. Fortuna / Ich stuend an einem morgen
  9. Die Brünnlein, die da fließen
  10. Nun grüß dich Gott
  11. Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein / Es taget vor dem Walde

    12. Heinrich Isaac
  12. Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen

    13. Paul Hofhaimer, arr. Wolf Heckel
  13. Tröstlicher Lieb ich mich stets ueb

    14. Paul Hofhaimer, arr. Arnold Schlick
  14. Hertzliebstes bild, beweiss

    15. Paul Hofhaimer
  15. Carmen magistri Pauli
  16. On frewd verzer ich
  17. Meins traurens ist

    18. Ludwig Senfl, First Ode, Book I of Horace
  18. Maecenas atavis edite regibus (Humanist's Ode)

    19. ----
    Heinrich Isaac
  19. Intrada: Carmen
  20. Burgundian song: J'ay pris amours
  21. O Venus bant
  22. Burgundian song: Le serviteur
  23. Frottola: Lasso, quel ch'altri fugge
  24. Je mehr ich trinke (aka: Et ie boi d'autant)

    25. Heinrich Isaac / Canzone: Lorenzo de Medicis
  25. Un di lieto giamai

    26. Heinrich Isaac
  26. Carmen in fa

    27. Ludwig Senfl
  27. Das Gläut zu Speyer

    28. Heinrich Isaac
  28. Tricinium

    29. Constanzo Festa, arr. Ludwig Senfl
  29. Lament on the death of Maximilian: Quis dabit oculis

Playing time: 81' 52"

Performers:
[1]-[3], [5]-[6], [8]-[17], [19]-[26], [28] The Vienna Renaissance Players (aka Les Menestrels) [Elisabeth Bisanz (pardessus, hurdy-gurdy), Hans Breitschopf (baritone), Marie-Thérèse Escribano (mezzosoprano), Christiane Gottschlich (pardesssus, hurdy-gurdy), Alfred Hertel (shawm, tenor bassoon), Brigitte Ira (harp), Ernst Kölz (recorder), Hans Meister (clarino trumpet), Hans Ogris (counter-tenor), Gudrun Margherete Schmeiser (positive organ, clavichord), Eleanor Sloan (pardessus), Gerald Sonneck (battle trumpet, drum, viola da gamba, lute, crumhorn), Gernot Sonnek (battle trumpet, drum), Ernst Steiner (battle trumpet, trombone), Klaus Walter (military kettledrums, bombard/bass shawm, lute, crumhorn, tenor bassoon/dulcian), Michel Walter (battle trumpet, trombone, bombard/bass shawm, cornet, military kettledrums), Robert Wolff (lute)]
[4], [7], [18], [27], [29] The London Ambrosian Singers - John McCarthy, dir.

Recording site and date:
[1]-[3], [5]-[6], [8]-[17], [19]-[26], [28] Studio Polyhymnia, Vienna [1966 or prior]
[4], [7], [18], [27], [29] St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, UK [1966 or prior]

Excerpts
[5]-[6], [8]-[11], [13-[14], [16]-[17], [19]-[26] Although these tracks bears similarities with Tudor 0531 [LP] Musica Maximiliana, it appears that these are from a different recording session.

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 108/39 (summer 1966)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
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Pierre-F. Roberge