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Beastiarium: Animals & Nature in Medieval Music

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La Reverdie made a wonderful work. This CD has the power of making us travel to the Medieval times. The voices are perfect and wonderful. The instruments are playing exquisitely. Track 3, a troubadour Marcabru's pastourelle is my preferred. It was the first time that I heard a Marcabru's music performed with a rhythm so fine. The booklet is very beautiful and rich in information, too.

Este CD de musica de la Edad Media es sencillamente maravilloso, tanto las voces como la ejecucion instrumental (lira, harpa, viuela, flautas, percusiones, etc.) son de una exquisita belleza. "La Reverdie" es un grupo formado en 1984 por cuatro hermanas, a la vez cantantes e instrumentalistas, especializado en el repertorio de la musica Medieval y Renacentista bajo la guia de algunas de las principales personalidades dentro del campo de la Musica Antigua. La calidad sonora es tan impecable, como la interpretacion. La piezas musicales son una antologia de obras de autores medievales inspiradas en el reino animal. Como se lee en el librete que acompaña al CD, es musica de una era en la que, "la civilizacion material no habia aun separado del cosmos al hombre medival, que era un ser aun semiselvatico, y para el cual el tiempo cambiaba de ritmo y sabor con las estaciones[...] aun vivia abierto a un jardin pleno de flores y de aves[...] y los Caballeros algunas veces, encontraban dragones en el bosque, aunque seguirían más a menudo a cervatillo y ciervos "
Desde la primera vez que escuche este disco, supe que iva a formar parte de los mas preciados tesoros de mi coleccion de cd's de musica antigua.
Si quieres tener una regresion en el tiempo a una de tus vidas pasadas en la europa medival, compralo ahora.

This CD is a must to the lover of medieval music. Just to give you a taste, listen to the sample of "L'autrier jost una sebissa", a masterpiece from Marcabru, and judge by yourselves. My advice: BUY IT NOW!

1996 reissue of Nuova Era 6970, 1990 - DDD

The performers on this recording:

Elisabeta de' Mircovich (voice, rebec, santur), Claudia Caffagni (voice, lute, percussion), Ella de' Mircovich (voice, harp, lyra), Livia Caffagni (voice, recorders, fiddle)

The works on this recording:

1. Ar bleizi-mor
Composed by Anon., Brittany 9th c.

2. O tu qui servas
Composed by Anon., Modene 9th c.

3. Pastourelle: L'autrier jost'una sebissa
Composed by Marcabru (fl c1129-c1150)

4. Motet: Chançonnette / A la cheminée / Veritatem
Composed by Anon., France 13th c.

5. Ich was ein chint so wolgetan
Composed by Anon., Carmina Burana 13th c.

6. Double jig: Na coire ar na sleibhtibh
Composed by Anon., Trad. Ireland

7. Fuwëles in the frith
Composed by Anon., England c.1270

8. Bryd one brere
Composed by Anon., England c.1270

9. Madrigal: Oseletto salvaggio
Composed by Jacopo da Bologna (fl northern Italy, 1340-?1386)

10 Madrigal: Aquila altera / Creatura gentile / Uccel de Dio
Composed by Jacopo da Bologna

11. Aquila altera
Composed by Anon., Codex Faenza 15th c

12 Madrigal: I fu' già bianch'uccel
Composed by Donato da Firenze (14th c.)

13. Caccia: Chosì pensoso
Composed by Francesco Landino (c1325-1397)

14. Caccia: Con bracchi assai
Composed by Giovanni da Firenze (c1355)

15. Madrigal: Lucida pecorella
Composed by Donato da Firenze

16. Madrigal: L'aspido sordo
Composed by Donato da Firenze

17. Pastourelle: En ma forest
Composed by Anon., France 13th-14th c.

18. Virelai: Par mantes foys
Composed by Jean Vaillant (fl 1360-90)

19. Contrafactum: Wolauff gesell! wer jagen well
Composed by Oswald von Wolkenstein (c1376-1445)

20. Ihr alten weib nu frewet ew
Composed by Oswald von Wolkenstein