Music of Princes Knights & Thi

On this CD:

1. Vive Henri IV, for ensemble
Composed by Anonymous

2. Wach auf Keterlin (Es Taget vor dem Walde), Schede
Composed by Anonymous

3. Pavane, gaillard and ronde ("Mille ducas")
Composed by Tylman Susato

4. Wir lieben sehr im Herzen
Composed by Daniel Friderici

5. Fine knacks for ladies
Composed by John Dowland

6. Doulce mémoire (from "Le Parangon")
Composed by Pierre Sandrin

7. E Dame Jolie, virelai
Composed by Anonymous

8. Tancok
Composed by Anonymous

9. Pavane for brass ensemble ("La Bataille")
Composed by Tylman Susato

10. Audite nova Der Bwar von Eselsskirchen, lied for 4 voices, S. xx/51
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

11. Kemp's Gigue
Composed by English Anonymous

12. Cuncti simus concanentes
Composed by Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Anonymous

13. Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein
Composed by Ludwig Senfl

14. An Almaine
Composed by Tobias Hume

15. Ich weiss ein feins Lustgärtelein
Composed by Johann Degen

16. Putta nera ballo furlano, estampie for hurdy gurdy, crumhorns, recorders and string drum
Composed by Giorgio Mainerio

17. Canarios Canario
Composed by Anonymous

18. Verbum caro
Composed by Anonymous

19. Stingo
Composed by Anonymous

20. Now o now I needs must part
Composed by John Dowland

21. Bamberger Stadtpfeifermarsch
Composed by Anonymous

Tracks:

Almande 3
Almande 5: The Princes Masque I
Almande 16
Almande 6: The Princes Masque II
Trumpet Ensemble Sonata No. 53
The Masque Of Oberon: Pavana
The Masque Of Oberon: Dulcina
The Masque Of Oberon: Alman
The Masque Of Oberon: Buzz, Quoth The Blue Fly
The Masque Of Oberon: Now My Cunning Lady, Moon
The Masque Of Oberon: The Satyrs Dance
Melt Earth To Sea
The Masque Of Oberon: Melt Earth To Sea
Dulcina
The Masque Of Oberon: Seek You, Majesty, To Strike?
The Fairies Dance
The Masque Of Oberon: The Solemn Rites Are Well Begun
The First Of The Princes
The Masque Of Oberon: Nay, Nay, You Must Not Stay
The Second Of The Princes
The Masque Of Oberon: Nor Yet O You In This Night Blest
Pavan
Coranto: The Fairie-Round
Coranto: As It Fell On Holie Eve
Galliard
Galliard
Almaine: The Honie-Suckle
Almaine: The Night Watch
The Masque Of Oberon: Gentle Knights
The Masque Of Oberon: The Third Of The Princes
The Masque Of Oberon: O Yet How Early, And Before Her Time
Trumpet Ensemble Sonata No. 34 'Meister Thomas Fideler'
Almande

Customer Reviews:

Worthy reconstruction of Renaissance Courtly Dance Music.......2005-12-02

The text of `The Masque of Oberon' is credited to the great Elizabethan dramatist, Ben Jonson with music written by many Renaissance composers, including the namesake of the great blues performer, Robert Johnson.

On the one hand, this recording is not of a single work, but rather of a reconstruction of a work from a great many different pieces. There was a genuine `masque' with this title written by Ben Jonson, but almost everything but the bare bones text has been lost.

To understand how much was lost, you must know that a Renaissance `masque' was a series of courtly dances. The most famous story about masques, of course, is Edgar Allen Poe's `Masque of the Red Death' which was not at all about a masked ball. As the notes to this recording explain, a masque was so highly scripted and choreographed as to be virtually a play in itself, with the parts being played by the members of the court and the artistic professionals it employed such as musicians and dancing masters.

In spite of the patchwork nature of the piece, it is really much more of a whole than the other recording I know of done by Musicians of the Globe, lead by Philip Pickett. This `Shakespeare's Musick' recording, also on Phillips, is much more obviously a collection of snippits with a lot of historical reconstruction done to make it a playable piece.

Thus, if you are really interested in Renaissance dramatic music, this is a more enjoyable introduction than any collection of Shakespeare's incidental music I have heard.