New favorite 14th century music CD: Ensemble P.A.N.'s Unseen Rain on New Albion.
Oh snap, the dangers of Spotify listening. Turns out this is new music composed by Robert Kyr for Ensemble P.A.N. in the style of the 14th century. Punk'd! What can I say, my ears were fooled and the results are totally amazing IMO.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Monday, 7 January 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
I'm finally almost done listening to that Chansonniere set -- the 4th song on the 5th side has a line in which the melody is almost identical to a tiny part of the Romeo and Juliet theme from the 1968 movie, which I remember seeing in 9th grade English class and wondering what the song was. That was kind of weird. Not really worth mentioning, but there it is.
Also - assuming that my searching isn't faulty in some way -- there seems to be no mention of Jantina Noorman on ilx?! Is this possible?!
If so, JANTINA NOORMAN. Let's talk about her and her marvelous voice. Apparently Michael Morrow (from Musica Reservata) asked her to sing like the instruments and did she ever.
Here is a piece of folk journalism about her: http://www.folkworld.de/31/e/dutch.html (worth a read if you enjoy the idea of someone going on a pilgrimage to talk to a singer whose voice he (?) loved)Here is a picture of her first album of Dutch folk songs (and her last, I think) for Folkways, which she recorded on a whim when her family moved to the USA (which I happened to have and didn't realize it was the same lady and then when I realized...magical moment)http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8364998012_cb295dc89e_c.jpg
This is a good example of what she sounded like when she sang like a crumhorn:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRUkWm1jcSU
And that is pretty much all I can find about her. Is there more?
― bish borscht (La Lechera), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
+1 Noorman fan club
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
She also sings several tracks on the Jaye Consort's A Bawdy Elizabethan Evening album-- of which the track 'Carters, Now Cast Down Your Whips' is esp amazing.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
^this is on spotify
I have been wondering if Dagmar Krause was aware of Noorman's singing. There's a strong resemblance there to my ear.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
You should make an all-Jantina playlist on spotify and then the pep club (me) can force everyone to listen to it.
― bish borscht (La Lechera), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Chantilly Codex -- A medieval music thread
Ah, ^ my Chantilly thread, didn't realise there was discussion here.
Familiar w/Ensemble P.A.N.
Ita madrigals is gd too
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
Can you anyone tell me of any good recordings for early Russian music plz? The bits I've heard always strike me as different in tone to other types of choral music maybe?
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
the father of a friend of mine runs this label (and apparently still does really well out of it !!) :
http://www.saydisc.com/
some mad stuff from way way back ..
no idea if any of this is of interest ..
― mark e, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
What an interestingly diverse label! Color me intrigued by:
http://www.wyastone.co.uk/forest-talk-an-evening-of-songs-poetry-and-humour-from-the-forest-of-dean.html
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
As per request, I give you 27 Spotify minutes of JANTINA NOORMAN:
http://open.spotify.com/user/1213493496/playlist/6Jsm5qS1iUx0alKiOxviPL
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
Only 20 more years until DeRayMi can retire!
― Z S, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
Oooh I'll take this one! http://www.wyastone.co.uk/gloucestershire-wildlife-tapestry-a-web-of-day-night-sounds.html
And three cheers for 27 minutes of Jantina and her rustic holler!!!
― bish borscht (La Lechera), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
^ wildlife tapestry is on Spotify, to my amazement!
Wld make good double header with Sublime Frequencies Night Sounds of Bali
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
And also Sonic Seasonings!
― bish borscht (La Lechera), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
Another Early music group that cam onto my radar is Sequentia. Note they've just completed the rec of Hildegard von Bingen oeuvre, begun 30 years ago! Heard of them in this article by Kevin Volans. Its Interesting that they started around the time the Early Music Revival was in full swing. Punk wasn't the only thing happening in the late 70s!
The wiki for Early Music indicates this includes Baroque as well but we're all stopping around the Renaissance, or even earlier, so Musica Antiqua Köln have been excluded. I guess we think of Bach as its own thing, but it would be good to get any views on this.
This all touches on another area -- one I've not been able to pursue -- of Historicall informed Performance xps
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
I have always wanted to hear Sequentia's speculative renditions of ancient Norse music.
By the way, this early music FAQ, run by a dude named Todd McComb, is the fucking BOMB:
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/site.html
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
Wow Gloucestershire Woodlands are really bustling even in winter!
I'm really loving the character who enters at about 2:45 into 'Night: Spring'--
http://open.spotify.com/track/4HKMxNBFtsRNIUdK4sVzl8
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
i should probably take it to some nature sounds thread but omg i love thisi guess nature sounds are the real early music?!
― bish borscht (La Lechera), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Not on spotify ah well..
Thanks for the FAQ, will have a look.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
the earliest music
xpost
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
I love this, but has anyone got any purely instrumental recommendations? Thanks lots.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
what do you like so far?
― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
I'm listening to English Country Dances by The Broadside Band at this very moment. I enjoy stuff like that. Listened to lots of lute music earlier...specifically Early Venetian Lute Music.
http://www.amazon.com/Early-Venetian-Music-Ambrosio-Dalza/dp/B00004GLLX
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
Here are two CDs for cheap of stompin' squawkin' renaissance dances by Munrow and company:
http://www.amazon.com/Renaissance-Dances-Tylman-Susato/dp/B000CEBOQ8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1359065968&sr=8-5&keywords=david+munrow
Here's an interesting CD of Ars Subtilior vocal music performed instrumentally by germany's spirited Ensemble Unicorn:
http://www.amazon.com/Codex-Faenza-Instrumental-Music-Century/dp/B000009OM1/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1359066109&sr=1-1&keywords=codex+faenza
― here is no telephone (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 24 January 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
People don't talk about this enough in cool music circles, but Jordi Savall just might be the most reliable name in early music. Hesperion XXI can even bring dusty old 18C French overtures to life.
Plus this one is a mystical EM ur-recording: http://www.amazon.com/El-Cant-Montserrat-Figueras/dp/B004DY5B1M/
Current 93 used to play it before going on stage - talk about fostering expectations!
― OG requiem head (Call the Cops), Friday, 25 January 2013 10:38 (eleven years ago) link
That Codex Faenza looks like another top Naxos goody!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 25 January 2013 11:35 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations!
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 25 January 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
I've learned so far that I can't go wrong with anything called estampie, saltarello, or anything that's labeled as "dance music". This is my kind of dance music, apparently? One of them, at least.
― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Friday, 25 January 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
Love those lutes...
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 25 January 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha i was just thinking yesterday while listening to something "LL should add estampie and istampitta to her list of 'always win' EM genres."
Does estampie actually mean 'stamping dance' or somesuch?
I have been super remiss in paying attention to Savall/Figueras. I only have Savall's Brandenburg Cto set (which is awesome).
― here is no telephone (Jon Lewis), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
OH yeah the stompy/plodding/swirly drummy songs are totally the ones I love the most. For a while I listened to La Quinte Estampie Royal almost every day! So much that I can spell it from memory and actually remember the name of it -- that's a sign that a song has truly made it! Ideal song has persistent drumming (speed may vary), something droning, and another element dancing around on top of those two things.
Two Renaissance Dance Bands is the one I'd recommend, I think, but I can't remember offhand if there is singing in there or not. Either way, I'm sure you will enjoy some singing here and there.
― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
I think Two Renaissance Dance Bands might be indcluded on that budget 2cd i linked... but I'm not positive.
― here is no telephone (Jon Lewis), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
That lute disc is really doing it for me right now.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 25 January 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Have you tried out some John Dowland? He's kind of thee lute dude.
― here is no telephone (Jon Lewis), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
Ooh, those renaissance dances are nice.
Came across this one the other day. Listened a few times already. Spectacular for the the lute heads: http://www.amazon.com/Lute-Music-Witches-Alchemists-Kirchhof/dp/B00004S38O/ref=pd_sim_m_2
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 28 January 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
tell me you were searching for witches and/or alchemy when that popped up ;)
― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Monday, 28 January 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
Wow that is one peculiar release. How can I not check that out.
“ That is truly within the realm of Herr/Herra Parent to educate the child that there is quite a universe of music that is out there. ”
T. Smith | 2 reviewers made a similar statement
― John Bradshaw-Leather (Jon Lewis), Monday, 28 January 2013 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Monday, 28 January 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
Herra Parent say hi to me
― John Bradshaw-Leather (Jon Lewis), Monday, 28 January 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
The reason I call this 'My Precious', is that I had lost a lot in Hurricane Katrina, including my music library, which i am still slowly rebuilding, thank the Goddess!!
I owned this CD when it became released, and found it to be a collection of music that is most suited for comtemplative study, note-taking, journalling, writing memoirs with tea/coffee/mead/or aperitif. For me, it is also good music to use when busy scripting in my book-of-shadows, or rhyming wordings to be used later for some good works, by tensor light if not by candle.
As one who has self-taught guitar and medieval instruments, i appreciate the talent behind, and the hard work to play this collection.
I will place this among my 'workings' collection, once i receive it ... although not quick enough!
― John Bradshaw-Leather (Jon Lewis), Monday, 28 January 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
oops i meant to italic the first para as well
― John Bradshaw-Leather (Jon Lewis), Monday, 28 January 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
oooooooooohhhhhhhhh god MY PRECIOUS
― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Monday, 28 January 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
That mead is a must.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 28 January 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
brb, scripting in my book-of-shadows
― John Bradshaw-Leather (Jon Lewis), Monday, 28 January 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
skine-of-mole
Lute music for witches aka MY PRECIOUS is on Spotify, FYI.
― Be Glad for the Snorg Has No End (Jon Lewis), Monday, 28 January 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
This is rly good and well sequenced so far.
― Be Glad for the Snorg Has No End (Jon Lewis), Monday, 28 January 2013 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
This should be in the Inspector Norse thread.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:22 (eleven years ago) link