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We haven't been able to find the time to record a CD yet.
Frankly, we would rather be performing for people than in a
recording studio.
However, people keep asking us if they can hear some of our music,
so we finally just put up some microphones during one of our
concerts.
Thus, these are live recordings, not studio recordings.
You may hear people coughing, etc.
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Description
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Widmann Dances
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Erasmus Widmann (1572 - 1634)
wrote a set of dances named Musikalischen Tugendspiegel.
He named each of them after a woman:
Margaretha, Johanna, Anna, Regina, Clara, Catharina, Sophia, etc.
Here are Margaretha and Johanna played on recorders,
viola da gamba and tambourine.
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Tordion
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Most of this piece was published by
Pierre Attaingnant (1494 - ca. 1551)
in 1530.
Unfortunately, he didn't indicate the composer.
The middle interlude is another Tordion published in
Arbeau's Orchesographie in 1588.
We perform it with voices, krummhorns, viola da gamba, recorders and percussion.
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Scaramella
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Josquin des Pres (c. 1450 - 1521) was one of the most
influential composers of his time.
Strangely, there are large holes in what we know about him.
His family name might have been Lebloitte.
This bawdy song uses martial imagery -
Scaramella is apparently off to the "war" with his
"lance and shield", but the implication is that he has other
conquests in mind . . .
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Le Chant des Oyseaux
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"The Song of the Birds" by Clement Janequin (c. 1472 - c. 1568).
Using voices, viola da gamba and various pieces of other
instruments, this piece is not only about birds, it imitates them!
It's a rather long piece, so we've put only a small portion of
it here.
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Il Ballerino
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An Italian song written by Giacomo Gastoldi
(c. 1550 - 1622) in 1594,
accompanied by mandolin, recorders
and various percussion instruments.
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Tant que vivrai
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Recorders usually play an octave above what is on the printed
page. In this piece, instead of the more usual configuration of
soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorders,
we use the tenor, bass, great bass and contra bass.
This way the recorders are below the solo voice, where they
should be.
The contra bass, by the way, stands over 6 feet tall
and weighs 13 pounds.
Written by Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490-1562)
in about 1528.
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Recercada segunda
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One of several Recercadas written by
Diego Ortiz (c. 1510 - 1570).
Performed on viola da gamba and mandolin.
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