Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XXI - Estampies & Danses Royales: Le manuscrit du roi ca.1270-1320 (2008)

“The estampie is a musical composition without words which has a complex melodic progression (habens difficiles concordantiarum discretionem) and which is divided into points (puncti). Because of its difficulty, it totally absorbs both the performer and the listener, and often distracts the minds of the rich from wicked thoughts” – an echo of the profound and abiding conviction of those early minstrels and poet-musicians, who even then were aware of the powerful influence that music can have in the education of human beings.


Tracks:

1 DANSE [I] 4’03

2 LA PRIME ESTAMPIE ROYAL 4’46

3 ESTAMPIE ANCIENNE : Kalenda maya 2’56
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (ca.1150-1207)

4 LA SECONDE ESTAMPIE ROYAL 4’17

5 LA TIERCHE ESTAMPIE ROIAL 4’49

6 CHANSON : No puesc sofrir c’a la dolor 4’46
Giraut de Borneill (1175-1220)

7 LA QUARTE ESTAMPIE ROYAL 4’46

8 LA QUINTE ESTAMPIE REAL 5’23

9 ESTAMPIE ANCIENNE : No m’agrad’iverns 5’49
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras

10 DANSE (II) 5’00

11 LA SEXTE ESTAMPIE REAL 3’36

12 LA SEPTIME ESTAMPIE REAL 6’18

13 PLANCTUS : Pax! in nomini Domini!
Marcabru (1128-1150) 6’26

14 LA UITIME ESTAMPIE REAL 4’34

15 DANSSE REAL 4’24

Versions musicales Jordi Savall

Personnel:

HESPÈRION XXI
Jordi Savall, vielle & lire d’archet. Pierre Hamon, flûtes.
Alfredo Bernardini, chalemie. Béatrice Delpierre, chalemie.
René Zosso, vielle à roue. Christophe Tellart, cornemuse & vielle à roue.
Michaël Grébil, luth medieval & ceterina d’amore. Begoña Olavide, psalterium.
Dimitris Psonis, dulcimer. Montserrat Figueras, cytara.
David Mayoral, Pere Oliver, Pedro Estevan, percussions.