Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Album by Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow

Released 1976

Tracklist

  • CD 1: The Middle Ages
  • 1
    Shawm: Saltarello
    [anonymous]
    1:55
  • 2
    Reed pipe: Shepherd’s tune
    [traditional]
    1:02
  • 3
    Bagpipes: (a) Cylindrical chanter: Saltarello; (b) Conical chanter: Ballade “Dame, se vous m’estés”
    [anonymous] / Guillaume de Machaut
    3:14
  • 4
    Bladder pipes: Pastourelle “Au tans d’aost”
    [anonymous]
    1:08
  • 5
    Panpipes: A prisai qu’en chantant plour
    [anonymous]
    1:13
  • 6
    Transverse flute: Ach owê, daz nâch liebe ergât
    Master Alexander
    1:34
  • 7
    Six-holed pipe: Dou tres douz non
    Thibaud of Navarre
    1:55
  • 8
    Double pipes: Virelai “Gracïeuse”
    Jehan de Lescurel
    1:21
  • 9
    Pipe and tabor: Dansa “Ben volgra, s’esser poges”
    Guiraut d'Espanha de Toloza
    1:13
  • 10
    Recorder: English Te Deum
    [anonymous]
    1:55
  • 11
    Gemshorn: Chansonnette “Quan je voi iver retorner”
    Colin Muset
    1:33
  • 12
    Portative organ: Madrigal “Ay, sconsolato ed amoroso”
    Vincenzo da Rimini
    1:43
  • 13
    Positive organ: Estampie
    [anonymous]
    2:23
  • 14
    Hurdy-gurdy: Chanson “Joliveté et bone amor”
    Jehan d'Esquiri
    1:39
  • 15
    Clavichord: Ellend du hast
    Conrad Paumann
    2:16
  • 16
    Trumpet: (a) Clarion: Fanfare “Untarn slaf tut den sumer wol”; (b) Buisine: Fanfare “Ad modum tubae”
    Herman, Monk of Salzburg / Guillaume Dufay
    2:21
  • 17
    (a) Cowhorn: Ballade “De moi doloureus”; (b) Medieval Cornett: Das Nachthorn; (c) Slide trumpet: Geisslerlied “Maria muoter reinû maît”; (d) Ensemble (medieval cornett, slide trumpet, alto shawm, tabor): Der Trumpet
    Gillebert de Berneville / Herman, Monk of Salzburg / [anonymous] / Herman, Monk of Salzburg
    3:37
  • 18
    Harp: (a) Metal strung: Lai “Qui porroit un guierredon”; (b) Gut strung: Dance tune
    [anonymous] / Tassin
    2:14
  • 19
    Lyre: Goliard melody “O Roma nobilis”
    [anonymous]
    0:51
  • 20
    Psaltery: Hymn to St Magnus “Nobilis humilis”
    [traditional]
    1:01
  • 21
    Dulcimer: Madrigal “Tanto soavemente”
    Jacopo da Bologna
    1:57
  • 22
    Lute: Madrigal “Di novo è giunto”
    Jacopo da Bologna
    2:14
  • 23
    Mandora: Chanson “Amours que porra”
    Thibaut de Blason
    1:23
  • 24
    Long-necked lute: Aquel que de voontade
    Alfonso X el Sabio
    1:15
  • 25
    Cittern: Virelai “Quant je sui mis”
    Guillaume de Machaut
    1:02
  • 26
    Citole: English dance
    [anonymous]
    1:46
  • 27
    Rebec: La septime estampie real
    [anonymous]
    1:05
  • 28
    Fiddle: Ballata “Poi che da te mi convien”
    Francesco Landini
    1:26
  • 29
    Bowed lyre: Virelai “Comment qu’a moy”
    Guillaume de Machaut
    1:35
  • 30
    Tromba marina: Improvised fanfare Motet “Quant ie le voi — Bon vin doit — Cis chans veult boire”
    [anonymous]
    1:05
  • CD 2: The Renaissance
  • 1
    Shawm: Two courantes
    Samuel Voelckel
    2:13
  • 2
    Curtal: Chanson “Ce qui souloit”
    Tielman Susato
    1:45
  • 3
    Rackett: Caro ortolano
    Giorgio Mainerio
    1:30
  • 4
    Crumhorn: Padouana
    Johann Schein
    2:09
  • 5
    Cornamuse: Bicinium “Le cuer de vous”
    Antonio Gardano
    1:11
  • 6
    Kortholt: Bicinium “Mon petit cuer”
    Guillaume le Heurteur
    1:23
  • 7
    Rauschpfeife: Three Bransles Doubles
    Michael Praetorius
    1:33
  • 8
    Flute: Chanson “Amor me poingt”
    Claudin de Sermisy
    1:26
  • 9
    Recorder (a) 8′ Consort: Chanson “Hellas! Amour”
    Guillaume le Heurteur
    2:17
  • 10
    Recorder (b) 4′ Consort: The Fairie Round
    Anthony Holborne
    1:22
  • 11
    Renaissance organ: Entrada réal
    Pedro de Soto
    2:22
  • 12
    Regal: (a) Prelude “Ascensus simplex”; (b) “Min Hertz hat sich ser gefröwet”
    Conrad Paumann / [anonymous]
    1:35
  • 13
    Harpsichord: Toccata from the Naples MS
    Giovanni Salvatore
    1:57
  • 14
    Virginals: Variations on the Romanesca
    [anonymous]
    2:35
  • 15
    Xylophone: Ballo Francese
    Giorgio Mainerio
    0:57
  • 16
    Trumpet: (a) Unmuted: Toccata from Orfeo, 1607; (b) Muted: Toccata from Orfeo, 1607
    Claudio Monteverdi
    1:26
  • 17
    Sackbut: (a) Solo: Adagio and Allegro; (b) Consort: “Lobt Gott ihr Christen alle gleich”
    Heinrich Biber / Michael Praetorius
    2:59
  • 18
    Cornett: Canzona for “due canti”
    Girolamo Frescobaldi
    3:08
  • 19
    Alto and tenor cornett: Bicinium “Amour cruel”
    Pierre de Manchicourt
    1:22
  • 20
    Serpent: Canzona Quarta for “basso solo”
    Girolamo Frescobaldi
    2:22
  • 21
    Lute: Orlando sleepeth
    John Dowland
    1:44
  • 22
    Theorbo: A Fancy — Praelude, or Voluntary
    Thomas Mace
    1:48
  • 23
    Mandora: Ballo Anglese
    Giorgio Mainerio
    1:06
  • 24
    Cittern: Galliarde for cittern and bass
    Anthony Holborne
    2:22
  • 25
    Ceterone: Toccata prima
    Alessandro Piccinini
    1:44
  • 26
    Bandora: Galliard
    John Dowland
    0:50
  • 27
    Orpharion: Duet “Le Rossignol”
    [anonymous]
    1:36
  • 28
    Vihuela: Fantasia XI from El maestro, 1536
    Luis de Milán
    2:50
  • 29
    Guitar: Pavana (Variations on the Romanesca)
    [anonymous]
    1:32
  • 30
    Viol: (a) Consort: Fantasy in four parts; (b) Lyra viol: Duet “Forget me not”
    William Byrd / Thomas Ford
    3:21
  • 31
    Violin: La volta
    [anonymous]
    1:32

More by Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow

Release credits

  • horn [17], trumpet [1, 17]
  • clavichord [15], harp [18], hurdy gurdy [14], organ [13], portative [12]
  • struck string instruments [21], tabor [17], tambourine [4], timpani [1, 27], triangle [17]
  • bagpipe [3-4], conductor [10], fipple flute [7-8], gemshorn [11], pipe and tabor [9], reeds [2], shawm [1, 17], transverse flute [6], treble recorder / alto recorder [10]
  • instrument [10]
  • lyre [19], rebec [21, 27]
  • bell [10], harp [18], psaltery [20]
  • buisine [16]
  • bagpipe [4], citole [26-27], lute [11, 22, 24], mandora / gallichon [23], mouth harp [7], pan flute [5], tambourine [1], tenor recorder [10]
  • gittern [25]
  • buisine [16], cornett [17], trumpet [16]
  • rebec [12, 22], tenor recorder [10], tromba marina [27]

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