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Cantus has performed an invaluable service for fans of early music by assembling a CD that demystifies the assortment of archaic instruments found in historically correct performances of Medieval and Renaissance repertoire. For anyone who has puzzled over the difference between a shawm and a bombard, a vielle and a vihuela, as well as anyone just curious about the wealth of wonderful but unfamiliar sounds in early music, this CD is a treasure. The collection groups the instruments by families (bowed strings, plucked strings, keyboards, winds, etc.), and offers tracks not only of each instrument playing by itself, but with other instruments and with voices in the most common period groupings. The performances, mostly taken from recordings in the Cantus catalog, but some made especially for this project, are clean and direct -- nothing fancy, but just right for doing the job of familiarizing the listener with the sounds of the instruments.
The set comes with a fat booklet packed with excellent essays by José Carlos Cabello explaining the history, construction, and details of performance practice of the instruments, and the repertoire performed on the two CDs. The essays make an exemplary introduction to the roots of Western instrumental music. The booklet is illustrated with depictions of the instruments in the art of the period. Especially useful is Cabello's inclusion of the variant spellings one is likely to encounter, as well as the names of the instruments in various languages. The set should be of strong interest to anyone looking for a deeper appreciation of early music.
© TiVo
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Pavlo Beznosiuk, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Randall Cook, Performer - Emmanuel Bonnardot, Performer - Dominique Vellard, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Emmanuel Bonnardot, Performer - Radall Cook, Performer - Guillaume de Machaut, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Anne-Marie Lablaude, Performer - Randall Cook, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Performer - Dominique Vellard, Performer - Guillaume de Machaut, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Alberto Rasi, Performer - Paolo Biordi, Performer - Patxi Montero, Performer - Heinrich Isaac, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Alberto Rasi, Performer - Paolo Biordi, Performer - Patxi Montero, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Performer - Alberto Rasi, Performer - Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Peter Köhnel, Performer - Tobias Hume, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Giorgio Mainerio, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Giorgio Mainerio, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Carlo Farina, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Mimi Mitchell, Performer - Heidi Erbrich, Performer - Stephen Taylor, Performer - Marcin Mielczewski, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Francoise Johannel, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
La Reverdie, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
La Reverdie, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Brigitte Lesne, Performer - Dominique Vellard, Performer - Gilles Binchois, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Andrew Lawrence-King, Performer - Alonso Mudarra, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pornon Beatrice, Performer - Adrian Willaert, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Pornon Beatrice, Performer - Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Pornon Beatrice, Performer - Pier Paolo Borrono, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Giorgio Mainerio, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Juan Carlos Rivera, Performer - Alonso Mudarra, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Emily Rogers, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Lee Santana, Performer - Anthony Holborne, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Carlo Farina, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Pierre Hamon, Performer - Guillaume de Machaut, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Pierre Hamon, Performer - Randall Cook, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Pierre Hamon, Performer - Randall Cook, Performer - Willem De Waal, Performer - Guillaume de Machaut, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Guillemette Laurens, Performer - Marcel Ketels, Performer - René Van Laken, Performer - Piet Stryckers, Performer - Gilles Binchois, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Marcel Ketels, Performer - Patrick Laureys, Performer - René Van Laken, Performer - Alexander Agricola, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Giorgio Mainerio, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Carlo Farina, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Nancy Hadden, Performer - Andrew Lawrence-King, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Giorgio Mainerio, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Il Desiderio, Performer - Eustache Du Caurroy, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Circa 1500, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Musica Antiqua, Performer - Christian Mendoze, Performer - Carlo Farina, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
DISC 2
Jankees Braaksma, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Georges Lartigau, Performer - Gilles Binchois, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Nuria Rial, Performer - Raúl Mallavibarrena, Performer - Francisco Guerrero, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Andrés Cea, Performer - Francisco Hernández Palero, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Stephen Taylor, Performer - Andrzej Rohaczewski, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Guy Penson, Performer - Konrad Paumann, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Guy Penson, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Camille Mugot-Drillien, Performer - Anonymous, Composer
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
Album review
Cantus has performed an invaluable service for fans of early music by assembling a CD that demystifies the assortment of archaic instruments found in historically correct performances of Medieval and Renaissance repertoire. For anyone who has puzzled over the difference between a shawm and a bombard, a vielle and a vihuela, as well as anyone just curious about the wealth of wonderful but unfamiliar sounds in early music, this CD is a treasure. The collection groups the instruments by families (bowed strings, plucked strings, keyboards, winds, etc.), and offers tracks not only of each instrument playing by itself, but with other instruments and with voices in the most common period groupings. The performances, mostly taken from recordings in the Cantus catalog, but some made especially for this project, are clean and direct -- nothing fancy, but just right for doing the job of familiarizing the listener with the sounds of the instruments.
The set comes with a fat booklet packed with excellent essays by José Carlos Cabello explaining the history, construction, and details of performance practice of the instruments, and the repertoire performed on the two CDs. The essays make an exemplary introduction to the roots of Western instrumental music. The booklet is illustrated with depictions of the instruments in the art of the period. Especially useful is Cabello's inclusion of the variant spellings one is likely to encounter, as well as the names of the instruments in various languages. The set should be of strong interest to anyone looking for a deeper appreciation of early music.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 74 track(s)
- Total length: 02:18:50
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cantus Records
- Genre: Classical
2002 Cantus Records 2002 Cantus Records
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