Musique de Joye (c. 1550) - Hespèrion XX
On this CD:
1. Bassedance 7 (Musique de Ioye)
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
2. Tordion 8, from the Musique de Ioye
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
3. Ta bonne grace
Composed by Roquelay
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
4. Bassedance 1 "Ta bonne grace"(Musique de Ioye)
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
5. Tordion 2, from the Musique de Ioye
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
6. Il estoit une fillette, chanson for 4 voices
Composed by Clement Janequin
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
7. Pauane 13 "La Gaiette," from the Musique de Ioye
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
8. Pauane 14, from the Musique de Ioye
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
9. Gailarde 15
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
10. Work(s) Ricercare XXIV
Composed by Francesco Antonio Costa
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
11. Ricercare XVII, from the Musique de Ioye
Composed by Antonio de Cabezon
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
12. Ricercare IV
Composed by Adrian Willaert
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
13. Helas amy
Composed by Pierre Sandrin
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
14. Bassedance 5 "Hellas amy"
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
15. Tordion 6, from the Musique de Ioye
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
16. Pauane 11 "La Bataille," from the Musique de Ioye
Composed by Julius da Modena
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
17. Da Pacem Domine, ricercare a 4
Composed by Girolamo Parabosco
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
18. Branle Simple
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
19. Branle de Bourgoigne 23
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
20. Bransle de Bourgogne
Composed by Claude Gervaise
Performed by Hesperion XX
Conducted by Jordi Savall
Editorial Reviews
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Around the mid-16th century a collection of instrumental music titled Joyous Music (Musique de Joye) appeared in the French city of Lyons. Its contents featured music "appropriate for the human voice" and for "learning how to play spinets, violins, and flutes"--primarily in the form of dances such as pavanes, galliards, and branles. This recording--one of the finest of its kind in the catalog--gives us a generous sampling of the collection's great variety of pieces, which are played to near-perfection by an all-star lineup of early music specialists who perform on assorted viols, flutes, lute and guitar, spinet, and percussion. Three of the tracks are songs, expertly sung by soprano Montserrat Figueras--especially the charming "Il estoit une fillette" by Janequin. --David Vernier
Musique de Joye (c. 1550) - Hespèrion XX, Music, Anonymous, Clement Janequin, Francesco Antonio Costa, Antonio de Cabezon, Adrian Willaert, Pierre Sandrin, Julius da Modena, Girolamo Parabosco, Claude Gervaise, Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XX, Classical
Musique de Joye (c. 1550) - Hespèrion XX
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