The Strange Diverse Beauty and Haunting Power of Medieval Music....both Secular and Sacred...

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The following is a selection of some "good" interpretations of Medieval Music which might inspire some to convert them into something akin to Contemporary Early Music....






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMAmzmZ9aPM




La Fete de l'Ane from the Clemencic Consort








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTTTa9nsfzs&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=163&t=0s


Josquin des Pres...Scaramella








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNjEQ7rHkHU&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=69&t=0s










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snz6wOF_WNY&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=183&t=0s
Leoninus








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MllswrffVkE&t=0s&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=189










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PhJGd7nVc&t=0s&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=200




Possibly the most beautiful interpretation of a late Medieval song by Gilles Binchois






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHJQxGA1gj0










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmr27ovMMQ&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=291&t=0s


Music from the time of Joanne D'Arc








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TWOV0Jxxv4&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=242


A brilliant piece of late Medieval Music






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkOZQIGDNwQ&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=326&t=0s










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfS1NRpT2H8&index=342&t=0s&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w


The Cantigas de Santa Maria






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVwAjuEIbxo&index=351&t=0s&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w




Calanda Maya and the "jumping dance" of the Saltarello






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uyR-m_Ze4Q


A powerful rendition of the "original" Carmina Burana from the Clemencic Consort








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHJQxGA1gj0






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQi9tSx0mwk


Troubadour music from the Clemencic Consort






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72zs8oMpShM


Se La Face Ay Pale...by Dufay




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nXCo2RaVU&index=1&list=RDM6nXCo2RaVU




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw8WS8jPfFM&list=PLZ5gRNv140GDwuYxT6gSDsOLvLuu1t991&index=4






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8c2Fp47xMA


The Salterello








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjpvGikKrzs


Le Roman de Fauvel from the Clemencic de Fauvel








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjyZJnJ4VHE&list=PLHWHaiKNterwBJrZ1461K86FUWule5tub


Music of the Crusades






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw83gXcJnr4




Music of the Gothic Era






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CXXM4nlRj0






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtkfBYXvWGw


Moulin de Paris






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hXxzRbRWz4


Estampie Royale...






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk8qJuba1y4


La Spagna...a powerful interpretation of this "masterpiece" of late Medieval Music






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SRYtvoYtc








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lw8nH6dQIo




Stella Splendans

Luciano Berio: Cries of London, per 8 voci (1975) Parti 1-5

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A comment to the following link from the link so to speak!   "Clever and distilled mix of an antique popular folk style with contemporary (20th century) modernism, evocative of untutored street singers all singing their own cries at once but with razor like precision...."




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRhQ2NKkHAc




The "original" cries of London...




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu9PU8OXHGc

Folk Connections.............

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The following link is from the Early Music Show on Radio 3 and may have be of some interest, and relevance RS






https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06yjk08






For Radio 3's Folk Connections weekend, Lucie Skeaping explores the influence of folk music on the performance of early music, and plays examples by Jordi Savall, The Harp Consort, City Waites, Concerto Caledonia and others.

Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach – The Cello Suites

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMh5SDSiHPo&list=OLAK5uy_nCWHB2NzrP3kxs86mN-ZfgAeT0T_V5qew




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recomposed_by_Peter_Gregson:_Bach_%E2%80%93_The_Cello_Suites

Recomposed by Max Richter....Vivaldi's Four Seasons

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz1zK2szEM8






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recomposed_by_Max_Richter:_Vivaldi_%E2%80%93_The_Four_Seasons

Delibes Le Roi s’amuse ~ Airs de danse en style ancien

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYl36pxWbME&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3xlvfNaFLQHL3NIEhFdhv6ngoN_Y_5Ce4xQrFjgi2hCBXsJx-IXoe0X0Y

Derek & Brandon Fiechter

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEeAN471boQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2pA6ON06c98xaCqW-vvY2KSsbqwPN970kCSfFI8NFuZL95ZomMn_eiZLI



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez5VjTvT0A&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2xRLl1-NRALjpSZ101aaNvRBSY96uqfeDyHtKtPX8YEjHSE6b1mfxmKDE



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQMiLezKPNY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3zFSCi0LtaHnNzw-j-nlH1SNIZ7lDgBkajiGEN76-wWyFmrAEVKcCdsgo

The Nonsense Madrigals by Ligeti

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcaj0pezKtY


Nonsense Madrigals by Ligeti




Some other Madrigal presentations






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPZTT0ZYhS4






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORucwZEBgT8








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP3_iVUI4oE

Loreena McKennitt - A Midwinter Night's Dream

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of0415Gk5UY

The Chanson Balladee by Guillaume de Machaut

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The following are versions of a rather cheery piece of arcane Medieval Music.....




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxHvYXPyyjI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3nD-8vMN4zkzyXHVie4NzXY8lB4sVBns8XXBKnLhVUSnposSP4doBEmLs






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBftbETHM3g&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2MkkbPqset9nAXTPE6KKZXeOunduyz0t0VkeGAKaNO9lppiAyZvwzFd_A






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8VeYxhRBnY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1zEEJ2Gdk8TiCbJBio7R9-LNVOpwJCQkr1nR4UEgwspFXvhvUsP3P_iG0






The "original" Chanson Balladee




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eueV7Jo3QdI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3cs7oo7315A2b9XBxpbejt-gXtjNNGeCBw8GCCzgv6KTuvROHsLzi2u0I

Pastime with Good Company.....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M3J7y0cKIY


Using classical music instruments...a splendid example of Contemporary Early Music...




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6wHjdOuFGk


Blackmore's Night....and Rainbow Blues...




https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pastime+with+good+company


Youtube listing of mainly conventional versions of Pastime with Good Company






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastime_with_Good_Company