Dante and the Troubadours
- Dante und die Troubadours - Dante and the Troubadours
- Sequentia - Benjamin Bagby & Barbara Thornton, dirs.
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (BMG) 05472 77227 2 [CD]
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (BMG) "Splendeurs" 82876 60163
2 (box) [CD]
Contents:
- Aimeric de Peguilhan (c.1175-1230): En amor trob alques en
que'm refraing (voice, harp, fiddles)
- Arnaut Daniel (c.1180-1200): Lo ferm voler qu'el cor m'intra
(voice)
- Bertran de Born (c.1140-1215): Rassa, tan creis e monta e pola
(voice, fiddles, symphonia)
- Peire d'Alvernhe (c.1150-1215): Dejosta'ls breus jorns e'ls
loncs sers (voice)
- Guiraut de Bornelh (c.1138-1215): Non posc sofrir c'a la dolor
(voice, fiddle)
- Arnaut Daniel: Chanson do'ill mot son plan e prim (voice,
fiddles, harp)
- Folquet de Marseilla (c.1155-1231): Tant m'abellis l'amoros
pessamens (voice, harp)
- Improvisation on melodies of Folquet de Marseilla (fiddle,
harp)
Sources:
[1]-[2], [6]-[7] Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, R 71 sup.
[3], [5] Paris, Bibl. Nat., f. fr. 22543
[4] Paris, Bibl. Nat., f. fr. 20050
Performers:
Sequentia, Ensemble für Musik des Mittelalters
Barbara Thornton (voice), Benjamin Bagby (voice, harp, symphonia),
Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle), Elisabetta de Marcovich (fiddle)
Benjamin Bagby & Barbara Thornton, dirs.
Playing time: 77'
Recording site and date:
Abbaye de Frontevraud. France [12/1993];
Rel.: 1995 (77227), 2004 (60163)
Compilation:
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (BMG) 74321 46925
2 [CDx4] La musique dans l'Europe du Moyen-Âge
Excerpts:
[3] RCA "Red Seals" 82876 60986
2 [CDx4] Trésors - Moyen-Âge
This continues to be one of the most widely available and
approachable troubadour recordings. The program contains a nice
balance between vocal & instrumental work.
Another good troubadour introduction:
- Music of the Troubadors
- Ensemble Unicorn / Oni Wytars - Michael Posch & Marco
Ambrosini
Naxos 8.554257
Other recordings on the Dante theme:
- The Dante Troubadours
- Martin Best Medieval Ensemble
Nimbus 5002
- Dante Alighieri - Lo mio servente core
- Ensemble Lucidarium
L'Empreinte digitale ED 13051
Two major, very lightly or unaccompanied troubadour recitals:
- Proensa
- Paul Hillier, et al.
ECM New Series 1368
- Sweet is the song
- Music of Troubadors & Trouvères
Catherine Bott
L'Oiseau-Lyre 448 999
Finally, Sequentia's earlier classic Trouvères set:
- Trouvères
- Courtly Love Songs from Northern France, c.1175-1300
- Sequentia
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77155
(2 CDs)
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Todd M. McComb