Listen & tracks
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1 Istanpitta Ghaetta Anonymous 8:58
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2 Lo vers comenssa Marcabru 6:48
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3 Lo vers comens can vei del fau Marcabru 5:19
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4 Saltarello Anonymous 4:20
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5 L'autrier jost' una sebissa Marcabru 5:08
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6 Bel m'es quant son li fruit madur Marcabru 9:19
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7 Istanpitta Palamento Anonymous 7:45
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Cantigas de amigoMartin Codax 7 movements22:31
- 8 Ondas do mar de Vigo 4:28
- 9 Mandad' ei comigo 3:58
- 10 Miña irmana fremosa iredes comigo 3:15
- 11 Ay Deus, se sab' ora o meu amigo 3:30
- 12 Quantas sabedes amar amigo 2:02
- 13 Eno sagrado Vigo 3:07
- 14 Ay ondas que eu vin ver 2:11
The major work is Codax’s Siete Cantigas de Amigo: seven songs set in Vigo on Spain’s west coast, in which a woman waits beside the sea for her lover. Around that cycle sit four songs by Marcabru and three anonymous instrumental dances.
La Romanesca brings together four leading Australian early-music players: Hartley Newnham (countertenor, percussion), Ruth Wilkinson (vielle, recorder), Ros Bandt (recorders, flute, psaltery, percussion) and John Griffiths (lute, guitarra morisca).
This expanded edition of the 1982 Medieval Monodies adds new instrumental istanpittas and further Marcabru songs to Codax’s sea-haunted cycle.
In the artist’s words
The poet-musicians Marcabru and Martin Codax occupy important places in the history of medieval secular song. Marcabru is the earliest southern French troubadour whose music survives, and Martin Codax’s songs are the oldest relics of Iberian secular music. More than a thousand kilometres and perhaps a hundred years separate them, yet their works are branches of the same tree. Each poet is an articulate observer of his own world, a commentator on social values, and a deft painter of human character and emotion.
Reviews
A well-balanced recording of rare and unusual music.
The reconstructions of this music are truly haunting and sound right - the ultimate test
Artists
La Romanesca
ensemble
A leading force in early music in Australia since 1978, La Romanesca has developed a special interest in the performance of mediaeval monophonic and polyphonic song, although the group's repertory spans the twelfth to seventeenth centuries.
Martin Codax
composer
Marcabru
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- La Romanesca · ensemble
- Hartley Newnham · voice, percussion
- Ruth Wilkinson · recorder, vielle, tenor viol
- Ros Bandt · recorder, flute, psaltery, rebec, percussion
- John Griffiths · lute, guitarra morisca
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Andrew Earle
Martin Wright
Vaughan McAlley
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Venue
Move Records Studio (tracks 1–4 and 7)
Ormond College Chapel (tracks 5, 6, 8–14)
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 70 minutes 8 seconds
- Release date
- 2005
- Categories
- Early music, Vocal
- Genres
- Early Music, Vocal & Opera
- Musical work copyright
- © 1982 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1982, 2005 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3044
- EAN
- 9314574304428
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