Length 113:24 Release date 14 September 1997 Genre Early music | Artist Ensemble Renaissance Label Nautilus Records | |
Released 14 September 1997 (1997-09-14) Anthology
(1997) Journey through Dalmatia
(1999) Similar Music of the Old Serbia, Journey to Jerusalem, Marco Polo – The Journey, Roots of the Balkan | ||
Anthology is the 13th album by Ensemble Renaissance, released in 1997 on the Al Segno label in Germany. The double disc is the greatest hits compilation of the Medieval and Renaissance music; the material on this Anthology are remasters from Ensemble's LPs Greatest Hits 3, Mon amy, Hommage а l'amour.
Contents
The first disc Hommage a l'amour is a collection of the European Medieval music, beginning with goliard tunes from the codices Carmina Burana and Cambridge Songs, trouvere and minnesanger songs, Spanish monophonic songs from the Cantigas de Santa Maria and polyphonic songs from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, traveler's dances from the Balkan, England, France, and especially Italian Trecento dances from the famous London manuscript 29987. The second disc Mon amy is dedicated to the friendly atmosphere of the Renaissance music with works from the Cancionero de Palacio, dance collections by Tielman Susato, Claude Gervaise, Michael Praetorius, Italian renaissance madrigals and tunes, and also music of the Elizabethan epoch and Shakespeare's theatre, including John Dowland.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Ensemble Renaissance.
Personnel
The following people contributed to the Anthology
Songs
1Mihi Confer Venditor2:22
2O Admirabile Veneris Ydolum1:30
3Tempus est iocundum1:36