The Byzantine Anthem below can be seen as an "early" piece of medieval music, and ofcourse here we have some "modern" instrumentation. Yet, in the main it remains true to spirit of its time but ultimately it is timeless with its brilliance irrespctive where it is in its "pure" form not!
In the following we have another example of L'homme d'armee which appears in a film on Joan of Arc known in French as Jeanne La Pucelle.
Below links to the film music appear and some modern orchestration seems to be included. However, most of the on screen sound seems to consist of early musical instruments. It is certanly well worth a listen as it has all been devised by the great early music pioneer Jordi Savall from Spain.
A brief bio on Joan of Arc
Jeanne La Pucelle /A listing of the music from the film
German Renaissance Music - Classical Guitar Collection : 68 Songs
The Ducal Palace, Urbino. the courtyard above.
The following may be of interest and appears to use a modern orchestral approach with no obvious use of early music instruments.
Though not strictly speaking contemporary early music par excellence it is all the same interesting in that the Harmonia Pastoralis seems to "fuse" something of the styles of medieval, renaissance, and baroque music. Quite lovely.
Harmonia Pastoralis (music and film dated 1970 which find very wonderful along with the splendid music.
The Byzantine Anthem below can be seen as an "early" piece of medieval music, and ofcourse here we have some "modern"...
