The Seraphim Guide to Renaissance Music

The Seraphim Guide to Renaissance Music
72 vocal and instrumental works from the 13th to 17th centuries
Syntagma Musicum, Amsterdam - Kees Otten, dir.
Seraphim SIC-6052 [LPx3]
Angel (EMI, Japan) AA 9582 [LPx3]

Contents:

    LP-1

    Perotinus, Notre Dame Ms
  1. Alleluja

    2. Tassin, Montpellier Ms
  2. (a) Chose Tassin I
    Richard Coeur de Lion, Chansonnier Cangé
    (b) Ballade
    Perrin d'Agincourt, Paris, Bibl. Nat.
    (c) Ballade
    Tassin, Montpellier Ms
    (d) Chose Tassin II
    Anon., 13th c., Paris, Bibl. Nat.
    (e) Chanson
    Alfonso el Sabio (attr.): Cantigas de Santa Maria
    (f) Cantiga 10: Rosa das rosas

    3. Anon., 13th c., Paris, Bibl. Nat. H 12483
  3. Lasse! que deviendrai je,

    4. Anon., 13th c., Turin Ms
  4. Deus, in adjutorium

    5. Anon., 13th c., Paris, Bibl. Nat. Lat. 15139
  5. Ave Maria

    6. ----
    Anon., 13th c., Paris, Bibl. Nat. Fr. 844
  6. Dansse real

    7. Adam de la Halle, Paris, Bibl. Nat. Fr. 255566
  7. (a) Dieus soit en cheste maison
    Adam de la Halle: Li Jus de Robin et de Marion
    (b) Robins m'aime
    Anon., 13th c., Montpellier Ms
    (c) Motet Robins m'aime
  8. (a) Alle psallite cum luya
    (b) Motet

    9. Anon., 13th c.: Roman de Fauvel
  9. (a) Ciz chans veult boire!
    Anon., 13th c., London, Br. Mus.
    (b) Ductia

    10. Anon., c. 1310, Worcester Cath. Ms 68
  10. Agnus Dei

    11. Anon., 14th c., Prague Ms
  11. (a) Di Molen van Paris
    Anon., Holland
    (b) Het dunct mi wesen verre

    12. Anon., 14th c., Mass of Tournai, Tournai Ms
  12. (a) Kyrie Eleyson
    (b) Sanctus

    13. Guillaume de Machaut, Paris, Bibl. Nat.
  13. Trop plus - Biauté - Je ne suis

    14. Anon., 14th c., Codex Reina
  14. Contre le temps

    15. LP-2

    Anon., 14th c., London add. 29987
  15. (a) Lamento di Tristano
    (b) Trotto

    16. Jacopo da Bologna, Squarcialupi Codex
  16. (a) Non al suo amante
    Francesco Landini, Squarcialupi Codex
    (b) Echo la primavera

    17. Anon., 14th c., Codex Faenza
  17. Kyrie

    18. Lorenzo da Firenze, Bibl. Nat. It. 568
  18. Sanctus

    19. Gherardello da Firenze, Bibl. Nat. It. 568
  19. Agnus Dei

    20. Anon., 14th c., Bibl. Nat. It. 568
  20. Benedicamus domino

    21. John Dunstable, Trienter Codices
  21. Sancta Maria

    22. ----
    Guillaume Dufay, Oxford Canon 213
  22. Flos florum
  23. Resvelons nous resvelons nous amoureux

    24. Guillaume Legrant, Buxheimer Orgelbuch
  24. Wilhelmus Legrant

    25. Guillaume Legrant, Oxford Canon 213
  25. Or avant, gentiltz fillettes

    26. Anon., 15th, Glogauer Liederbuch
  26. (a) Bruder Konrad
    (b) Es suld eyn man
    (c) Das jägerhorn
    (d) Ich sachz eyns mols
    (e) Czenner greyner

    27. Conrad Paumann: Fundamentum organisendi
  27. Unnamed piece

    28. Heinrich Isaac (G. Foster, 1539)
  28. (a) Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen
    Heinrich Isaac, Choralis Constantinus
    (b) Ecce Virgo

    29. Johann Walther (G. Rhaw, 1545)
  29. Ein feste burg

    30. Hans Sachs, Zwickau Ms
  30. Salve ich grüß dich schöne

    31. Kaspar Othmayr, Nürnberg, 1547
  31. (a) Von himmel hoch
    Balthasar Resinarius (G. Rhaw, 1544)
    (b) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

    32. LP-3

    William Cornyshe, Henry VIII Ms
  32. (a) Trolly, Lolly
    Henry VIII, Henry VIII Ms
    (b) O my hart

    33. Pierre Sandrin (J. Moderne, 1538)
  33. (a) Doulce memoire
    Jan van Lublin: Tablatur 1537
    (b) Doulce memoire
    Diego Ortiz: Tratado de glosas 1553
    (c) Recercade segonda sobre la misma cancion

    34. M. Gulielmus, Perugia Ms
  34. La bassa castiglia

    35. Juan del Encina, Ms Cancionero del Palacio
  35. O reyes magos benditos

    36. Enrique Valderrabano, (Silva de Serenas, Terzo Libro, 1547)
  36. Pavana

    37. Silvestro Ganassi, Regula Robertina 1543
  37. Ricercar

    38. Marco Facoli: Il secondo libro, 1588
  38. (a) Aria della Signora Moretta
    (b) Aria della Marcheta Saporita

    39. Giovani Giacomo Gastoldi: Il primo libro, 1598
  39. (a) Musica a due voci
    Martino Pesenti, Venice, 1645
    (b) Gagliarda

    40. ----
    Johannes Ockeghem, Missa "Quinti toni", Bibl. Vaticana Ms
  40. Kyrie

    41. Josquin Desprez, Glareanus 1547
  41. (a) Agnus Dei
    Josquin Desprez (Petrucci Canti C, 1503)
    (b) La Bernardina
    Josquin Desprez (Petrucci Combi B, 1501)
    (c) Basiez moy

    42. Jacob Obrecht, Glareanus 1547
  42. Fuga

    43. Pierre de la Rue, Brussels Ms 228
  43. Mijn hert altijt heeft verlanghen

    44. Tielman Susato: 3e Musyckboexken, 1551
  44. De Post

    45. Gerard de Turnhout (Phalèse, 1572)
  45. Compt al uyt zuyden

    46. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, London add. 29486
  46. (a) Toccata
    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Rimes françoises et italiennes, 1612
    (b) Marchans qui traversez

Playing time: (16' 32" + 18' 40") + (17' 44" + 22' 00") + (21' 50" + 18' 00") = 114' 46"

Performers:
Syntagma Musica, Amsterdam [Will Kippersluys (contralto), Marius van Altena (tenor, crumhorn), Barbara Miedema (recorder, crumhorn, portative organ, spinet, clavichord), Anneke Pols (fiddle, viol), Leo Meilink (recorder, shawm, crumhorn), Kees Otten (recorder, Gemshorn, shawm, racket, crumhorn, cornett)] & Sven Berger (one handled flute, fife, kortholt, cow's horn, cornett), Joannes Collette (fiddle), Gusta Goldschmidt (lute), Ben de Ligt (viol), Mary Macrow (fiddle) - Kees Otten, dir.

Recording site and date:
Heemsteede, Holland [1968 or prior]

Excerpts [LP]
This is a composite recording originating from three Syntagma Musicum original LPs:
[1]-[11a], [12]-[13], [15]-[18], [20]-[22], [26c], [28]-[46] Electrola (EMI) SME 91 761/62 [LPx2] [LPx2] Lebendige Musik des Mittelalters und der Renaissance - Cinq siècles de joyeuse musique - Musica Medioevale
[11b], [14], [19], [23]-[26b], [26d]-[27] Columbia (EMI) SAHX 9 [LP] Anthology of Early Music (1350-1475)
also
[2], [17]-[18], [22], [24] EMI 7243 5 65924 2 1 [CD] Gateway to Classical Music - Early Music

Identical LP
EMI 1A 137-26 510 / 11 [LPx2] Vijf Eeuwen Muziek - Composities uit de 13e t/m 17e Eeuw

Other releases by Syntagma Musicum:

Denon OF-7075-ND [LP]
Nanban Music in Japan
EMI/Electrola 1 C 063-24 011 [LP]
Arnold de Lantins: Missa Verbum Incarnatum & Guillaume Dufay Geistliche Kompositionen
EMI/Electrola 1C 063-24 182 [LP]
Musik aus Italien 1300-1650
EMI C 047-24 370 [LP]
De Wereld van Syntagma Musicum
EMI 5 C193-24 588 / 89 [LPx2]
Anno Domini 1501 - 45 compositions by Masters of the Low Countries
Radio Nederland 6808 436 / 38 [LPx3]
Autumn of the Middle Ages - A history in words and music from the Low Countries
Telefunken "Das Alte Werk" 6.35 257 ER [LPx2] [LPx2]
Guillaume Dufay "1400-1474" Und seine Zeit - And his times - Et son époque
Teldec "Das Alte Werke" 6.42 357 AW [LP]
Denkmäler alter Musik - Monuments of Ancient Music - Monuments de la musique ancienne

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 47/556- (sept. 1969 (as HMV HQS 1195 & 1196))
Musica-Disques (#-p): 176-51 (jan. 1969 (as VSM SME 191 761/2))

Comments: Information from owned LP and catalogues. Although no longer available for a long time (except few excerpts on CD), this set is one of the most serious short anthologies of medieval and early renaissance music. It was in its time very well received winning the price of "Académie Charles-Cros" and the "Edison Award". Yes, there was a few years later David Munrow, but I must also honestly admit that this set started a long standing love story with the music of this period.

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Pierre-F. Roberge