Your Sunday repose with pleasant early music; special delights from 5 centuries of music history. Early music with a hint of spring.
1. Manuscript Montpellier (13th century).
– Alle Psallite cum luya.
Jacques de Cambrai ? (13th century).
– Retrowange novelle.
Robertsbridge Codex (14th century).
– Petrone.
Manuscript Abbaye de Reading (13th century).
– Canon Sing Cucu / Sumer is icumen in.
Ensemble Discantus led by Brigitte Lesne. Ensemble Alla Francesca led by Pierre Hamon and Brigitte Lesne.
(JADE 198 796-2, 2002)
2. John Playford (1623-1686).
– Bobbing Joe.
Nicola Matteis (1650-1714).
– Il Russignolo.
Anonym (ca.1700).
– Ground.
Henry Purcell (1659-1695).
– Ground.
John Playford.
– Over the Hills and far away.
Lautten Compagney led by Wolfgang Katschner, theorbe.
(Berlin Classics 0017842BC 2005)
3. Sébastian Le Camus (17th century).
– Un berger plus beau que le jour.
Marin Marais (17th century).
– Gigue.
Michel Lambert (17th century).
– Doux charmes du printemps.
Trio Dafne: Anne Quentin, soprano. Claire Antonini, theorbe. Maéva Bouachrine, viola da gamba.
(MI 002, 2000)
4. Anonyme (Portugal, 16th century).
– Ya nam quero ser pastora.
– Non me pregunteis a mis males.
– Minima dos olhos verdes.
Juan Fernández de Heredia ? (16th century).
– Quero mir morar al monte.
Ensemble Céladon led by Paulin Bündgen, countertenor.
(ARN 68713, 2006)
5. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
Concerto II F-Dur BWV 1047:
– (Allegro).
– Andante.
– Allegro assai.
Mark Bennett, trumpet. Konrad Hünteler, recorder. Ku Ebbinge, hobo. Rainer Kußmaul, violin. Camerata of the 18th century.
(MDG 311 0746-2, 1997)
