Listen & tracks
1 of 22 tracks have a preview · 18 works · 73:25
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1 Nu alrest Walther von der Vogelweide 4:51
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2 Nota Cantigas 2:30
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3 Quant ay Cantigas 2:02
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4 Douce dame jolie Guillaume de Machaut 2:25
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5 Chose Tassin Cantigas 3:38
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6 Reis glorios Guiraut de Borneill 4:16
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7 Minstrel Melodies Heinrich von Meissen 4:54
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8 Bonum est factum Cantigas 2:28
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9 Village Fair Cantigas 6:03
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ConstantinopleCantigas 4 movements11:37
- 10 10 8 4:19
- 11 2 4 2:13
- 12 13 4 1:33
- 13 13 8 3:32
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14 Istanpitta Cantigas 4:07
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15 Se je souspir Guillaume de Machaut 3:33
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16 Balaam prophetanti Cantigas 2:20
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17 Himalayan Journey Cantigas 5:21
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18 Mogami's ferryman Cantigas 3:54
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19 Saltarello Cantigas 4:07
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20 Ecce torpet probitas Cantigas 4:07
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21 Santa Maria Cantigas de Santa Maria 1:12
Village fairs along the old routes drew merchants of cloth, spice and silk, and wandering minstrels with them. The programme moves from troubadour and minnesinger song through Machaut virelais and the Cantigas de Santa Maria to Syrian, Tibetan and Japanese monodies and buoyant mediæval dances.
Rebec, vielle, lute, oud, harp, recorders and percussion colour the sequence, from lyrical secular song to the complex rhythms of Constantinople and the saltarello.
In the artist’s words
Travellers’ Tapestry is a collection of melodies inspired by the mediæval centres of barter and exchange grouped along busy trade routes. These village fairs were important periodical meeting-places for professional merchants of cloth, gold and silver, spices and wines. This recording reflects the gathering together of people not only from Europe but also Asia and the Middle East and the resulting exchange of musical cultures and ideas. It explores various combinations of instruments — rebec, vielle, lute, oud, recorders, harp and a number of percussion instruments — and investigates the exciting feast of music with lyrical secular song and rhythmically buoyant mediæval instrumental dances.
Reviews
intricate rhythmic support, and bright, individual instrumental colours will attract everyone, interested in early music or not ... a nicely balanced sequence of subtle, individual and very satisfying miniatures
Artists
Cantigas
ensemble
Cantigas recreate the music of the Middle Ages with authentic compositions which use techniques of mediaeval performance practice such as countermelodies, drones, rhythm parts and creative improvisation.
Guillaume de Machaut
composer
Guillaume de Machaut's songs of courtly love sit at the heart of fourteenth-century French music: virelais, ballades and rondeaux where longing, grace and intricate rhyme meet the rhythmic daring of the ars nova.
Guiraut de Borneill
composer
Walther von der Vogelweide
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Cantigas · ensemble
- Zana Clarke · ganassi recorder, voice flute, rebec, vielle · tracks 1, 2, 4, 7–9, 11–13, 16–21
- Caroline Downer · vielle, hurdy-gurdy, harp · all except tracks 3, 10–13, 16 and 18
- Philip Gunter · oud, lute, percussion · tracks 1–3, 6, 9–13, 15, 19 and 21
- Matthew Armstrong · percussion · all except tracks 1, 5–8, 15, 18 and 20
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
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Editing Engineer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Move Records Studio
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Credit
Caroline Downer
Howard Birnstihl
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 73 minutes 25 seconds
- Release date
- 1994
- Categories
- Classical, Early music, Folk music
- Genres
- Early Music, Folk
- Musical work copyright
- © 1994 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1994 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3153
- EAN
- 9314574315325
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