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The Medieval Muse Ref: CDG1259

Ancient music for voices & harp

Haunting and sensuous songs from the first millennium and the early Middle Ages include the uplifting visions expressed in music by the first known woman composer, Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, the voice of the ninth-century lyric poet Notker and the magnificent tenth-century 'Song of the Sybil'.

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The Medieval Muse

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A Minstrel's Musicke Ref: CDG1252

Medieval songs & dances
The music of the medieval minstrel for voice, harp, pipe, tabor and drum. Lively and cheerful dances and songs and reflective ballads played on authentic instruments from the period from 'Sumer is icumen in' to 'Angelus ad Virginem' and 'Danse Royale'.

'Where as with harpes lutes and gyternes
They daunce and pleyen at dees bothe day and nyght'
(The Pardoner's Tale)

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A Minstrel's Musicke

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A Pageant of Medieval Music

Ref: CDG1241

Cheerful dances and songs from all over Europe of the middle ages and early renaissance. From bear dances to Spanish songs, from brawls to revels, here is a happy, cheery album of dynamic medieval music recorded using instruments and playing techniques of the period.

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A Pageant of Medieval Music

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Making Merrye Ref: CDG1062

24 tracks 61 min
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Joyful medieval songs and dances

Livelu medieval music from England, France and Italy, from 'Mi very joye' to the 'Montard Brawl'. Period instruments and voices combine to create a complete musical portrait of the late medieval world.

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Making Merrye

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Music of the Middle Ages Ref: CDG1055

23 tracks 62 min
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Songs, laments and dances

Music found in medieval manuscripts that evokes the age of chivalry and courtly love. This richly varied programme includes plainchant and instrumental pieces played on a psaltery (small harp) and portative (portable) organ of the kind often seen in medieval paintings.

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Music of the Middle Ages

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Songs from the Taverne Ref: CDG1059

22 tracks 60 min
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Ballads and songs from the time of Chaucer

Lively and cosmopolitan, these songs and ballads are performed in an authentic style using period instruments. The songs, including 'Sumer is icumen in' and 'Angelus ad Virginem', would have been familiar to Chaucer's pilgrims as they journeyed to Canterbury.

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Songs from the Taverne

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Canterbury Tales Ref: CDG1081

27 tracks 59 min
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Chaucer's world in words and music

The exuberant world of Chaucer's pilgrims is captured in extracts from the Proloque to the Canterbury Tales, intermingled with atmospheric music of the period: songs, dances and instrumental pieces which complement the rhythmical language of the master poet.

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Canterbury Tales

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Flower of Chivalry Ref: CDG1117

24 tracks 61 min
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Tranquil medieval music featuring The Hilliard Ensemble

An emphasis on peace and calm in this selection of medieval music, including gentle songs by one of the greatest composers of the age, Guillaume Dufay, whose music charmed the ears of the Burgundian court in the fifteenth century. Plus harp music by King Henry VIII.

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Flower of Chivalry

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Music for a Great Castle Ref: CDG1111

26 tracks 61 min
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Raise the drawbridge!

Music for dancing in the keep, for meditation in the chapel and for feasting in the great hall. A collection of medieval and renaissance music which presents a musical tour of a great castle. Trumpets, drums, flutes, harps, recorders and lutes provide a rich and colourful programme.

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Music for a Great Castle

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Sweet Music for Bathing Ref: CDG1088

20 tracks 63 min
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Sublime sounds for relaxing moments

Pamper yourself - or a friend - with this luxuriant album of sweet music from a more seductive age. From slow dances to gentle songs of love, this programme includes 'O mistress mine', 'Sarabande', 'Hark, hark, the lark' and 'Beneath the myrtle shades'.

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Sweet Music for Bathing

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A Garden of Music Ref: CDG1128

24 tracks 62 min
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A rich collection of music from the medieval world

From the sounds of girls' voices to quiet instrumental moments, songs of love and devotion fill this album with the atmosphere of the medieval world and its exotic gardens. The music is taken from medieval manuscripts in museums and libraries around the world.

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