Early Music For Dummies
On this CD:
1. Medieval Tunes (6)
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Amsterdam Syntagma Musicum
Conducted by Kees Otten
2. Cantigas de Santa Maria for medieval ensemble Rosa das rosas
Composed by Alfonso X (el Sabio)
Performed by Ars Musicae Ensemble
3. Flos florum, cantilena motet for 3 voices
Composed by Guillaume Dufay
Performed by Amsterdam Syntagma Musicum
Conducted by Kees Otten
4. Messe de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices III.Gloria
Composed by Guillaume de Machaut
Performed by Taverner Consort
Conducted by Andrew Parrott
5. Quam pulcra es, antiphon for 3 voices, MB 44
Composed by John Dunstable
6. Requiem (Missa pro Defunctis), for 4 voices (introit, Kyrie, gradual, offertory only) II.Kyrie
Composed by Johannes Ockeghem
7. Absalon, Fili Mi, motet for 4 parts (poss. spurious)
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Hilliard Ensemble
Conducted by Paul Hillier
8. Work(s) Untitled
Composed by Guillaume Legrant
9. Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen for 4 voices
Composed by Heinrich Isaac
Performed by Theo Altmeyer, Heinrich Haferland, Horst Hedler, Alfred Lessing, Gerhard Naumann, Claus Ocker, Otto Steinkopf
Conducted by Gunther Arndt
10. O Magnum Mysterium, motet for 4 voices
Composed by Tomas Luis de Victoria
11. Hodie Christus natus est, motet for 8 voices (from Motets Book III)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Performed by Cambridge King's College Choir
Conducted by David Willcocks
12. Buccinate in neomenia tuba, motet for 19 voices
Composed by Giovanni Gabrieli
Performed by Ambrosian Singers, Barry Rose
Conducted by Denis Stevens
13. Toccata in G major
Composed by Girolamo Frescobaldi
Performed by Fernando Germani
14. Zefiro Torna, madrigal for 2 tenors (from Book 9 & Scherzi musicali), SV 251 Zefiro torna
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Performed by Bath Festival Orchestra
Conducted by Raymond Leppard
15. First Book of Songs (21) for voice & lute "Now O Now"
Composed by John Dowland
Performed by Hilliard Ensemble
Conducted by Paul Hillier
16. Terpsichore Dances Passameze
Composed by Michael Praetorius
Performed by London Early Music Consort, David Munrow
Early Music For Dummies, Music, Claus Ocker, Alfonso X (el Sabio), Anonymous, John Dowland, Guillaume Dufay, John Dunstable, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Heinrich Isaac, Josquin Desprez, Guillaume Legrant, Guillaume de Machaut, Claudio Monteverdi, Johannes Ockeghem, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Michael Praetorius, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Andrew Parrott, David Willcocks, Denis Stevens, Gunther Arndt, Kees Otten, Paul Hillier, Raymond Leppard, Ars Musicae Ensemble, Cambridge Choir of King's College, Early Music Consort of London, Hilliard Ensemble, Syntagma Musicum of Amsterdam, Taverner Consort, Bath Festival Orchestra, Barry Rose, Fernando Germani, Theo Altmeyer, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Lied, Madrigal, Mass, Medieval Monophonic Song, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Motet, Renaissance Mass, Renaissance Motet, Renaissance Polyphonic Song
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