Spielleyt, Early Music Freiburg - Cum Tympano (2008)

Tracklist

01. Estampie
02. Laude novella sia cantata
03. O vina virgo flore
04. Estampie (England, 1300)
05. Cantiga No. 159, Non sofre Santa Maria
06. Tau garco, la durundena
07. Stantipes
08. Cantiga No. 384, A que por muy gran fremosura
09. Cantiga No. 100, Santa Maria strela do dia
10. Inperayritz de la ciutat joyosa - Verges ses par misericordiosa
11. Wer ist die da durchleuchtet
12. Regina gloriosa (tr.11)
13. Fantasia del pellegrin
14. Io son' un pellegrin
15. Ave donna santissima
16. Riu, riu chiu la guarda ribera

The pieces presented on this CD are taken from three famous manuscripts from the 13th and 14th century: the “Cantigas de Santa Maria“, the “Llibre vermell de Montserrat“ from Spain and the “Laudario di Cortona“ from Italy.

Not a lot is known as to how medieval musicians employed the use of percussion as there exist no written or notated sources but Murat Coskun, a specialist in medieval percussion music, demonstrates most effectively how the rhythm of the Middle Ages might have sounded.

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