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Music for a Medieval Banquet [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

Anonymous (Composer), Codex Faenza Anonymous (Composer), Italian Anonymous (Composer), Bartolino da Padova (Composer), Johannes Ciconia (Composer), Jacopo da Bologna (Composer), Francesco Landini (Composer), Antonio Zacara da Teramo (Composer), Newberry Consort (Performer)
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  • Performer: Newberry Consort
  • Composer: Anonymous, Codex Faenza Anonymous, Italian Anonymous, Bartolino da Padova, Johannes Ciconia, et al.
  • Audio CD (May 8, 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import, Original recording reissued
  • Label: Hmf Classical Exp.
  • ASIN: B00005A3WX
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,388 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On this CD:
  1. La Badessa
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Newberry Consort

  2. Bel Fiore Danza
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Newberry Consort

  3. Nova Stella
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Newberry Consort

  4. Cominciamento Di Gioia
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Newberry Consort

  5. Non al su' amante più Diana piaque, madrigal for 2 voices
    Composed by Jacopo da Bologna
    with Newberry Consort

  6. Trotto, dance for instrumental ensemble
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Newberry Consort

  7. Dolce signor, ballata for 2 voices, S. 53
    Composed by Francesco Landini
    with Newberry Consort

  8. Donna, s'i' t'ho fallito, ballata for 2 voices, S. 1
    Composed by Francesco Landini
    with Newberry Consort

  9. Principio di Virtu
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Newberry Consort

  10. O Rosa Bella, ballata
    Composed by Johannes Ciconia
    with Newberry Consort

  11. Rosetta che non canbi may colore, balatta for 2 voices
    Composed by Antonio Zacara da Teramo
    with Newberry Consort

  12. Benché la bionda treza, ballata for 2 voices, S. 88 (text incomplete)
    Composed by Francesco Landini
    with Newberry Consort

  13. El gran disio, ballata for 3 (or 2) voices, S. 146 (2 versions)
    Composed by Francesco Landini
    with Newberry Consort

  14. Un fior gentil m'apparse, song for 3 voices
    Composed by Antonio Zacara da Teramo
    with Newberry Consort

  15. Alba columba con sua verde rama, madrigal for 3 voices
    Composed by Bartolino da Padova
    with Newberry Consort

  16. Ligiadra Donna Pour Vielles
    Composed by Johannes Ciconia
    with Newberry Consort

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69 of 71 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A good, simple bargain, with a sweet reward, June 11, 2002
By mattgb1 "mattgb1" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This simple little album reminds me of what it is that I love most about the Italian Renaissance - its barefaced passion and gut level power. So playful and raucous at times that I felt as if I were in a scene from Pasolini's irreverent "Decameron" and at other moments, so serene that I was in a chapter from Chaucer. The music is simple and unpretentious. Not resorting to gimmicks, they allow the music to be expressed in a way that it very probably was in the age when it reigned: unashamed, expressive, brazenly colorful and just a bit flamboyant.

So much for the performers. As for the producers...

On the downside, it is painfully obvious that they made this album on a shoe-string budget. That can be a good thing in forcing the artists to stick to the music's purity instead of hiring a team of sound engineers to make it "sound" better, but there is absolutely no documentation about the songs, other than their titles and playing times. A sickly-thin album insert has a blurb in English and Italian about polyphony, told in allegorical style, with each paragraph in an alternating language instead of one section in each language. Go figure! Maybe the AltaVista translator they used for free had a one-paragraph limit.

But it also has a variety of styles, both vocal and instrumental, so it gives a nice overall flavor of what life might have sounded like in that little part of the world, during that remarkable little slice of musical history.

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good CD, April 30, 2004
By Tom Leoni (Alexandria, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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One of the reasons why I bought this recording is the interesting choice of pieces, which range from the often-recorded instrumental dances to the less-known sung tracks.

When I played it, the first thing that struck me of this CD is the thinness of the sound in the dances. Although the performance is spotless, it lacks the body that other medieval-dance groups add to their sound - notably the older but still great Studio der Fruehen Musik. Is this an unfair statement? Perhaps - but these dances have been recorded so many times that it is only natural to compare versions.

Also, the use of percussion instruments would have been a nice touch, besides being perfectly historical. Then, a more varied instrumental arrangement may have been a good addition, especially in the longer numbers such as Chominciamento di gioia.

The other point that puzzled me is that in the first track (La Badessa), the singer sounds as if she is playing a losing game of catch-up with the instruments, which results in a mediocre performance of that particular piece. It is a pity, because the song is very catchy and the singer's voice is stylistically spot on.

Having said all this, the selections of songs and dances is first-choice, the performance is good and well researched and the CD remains one of the most played in my household.
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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Re-release of Il Solazzo, October 9, 2002
By Michael Cuthbert (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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Just a quick note on this CD: It's a re-release of the Newberry Consort's "Il Solazzo" disc without the texts and with less nice packaging. Since that disc can be hard to find, this CD is welcome, but if you can find the other release cheaper it's a better deal.
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