Songs of the Renaissance

Songs of the Renaissance

Artist: Various
Item number: AT032
Category: Renaissance Sacred
Chant Type: Sacred
Language: Latin
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Period: Renaissance
Length: 65'46
Release date: 2005
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1. Faulte d'argent - Desprez

2. Une puce - Lejeune

3. Autant en emporte le vent - Lejeune

4. Nous sommes de l'ordre de Saint-Babouyn - Compere

5. Le chant du rossignol - Janequin

6. La Chasse - Janequin

7. Du beau tetin - Janequin

8. Du laid tetin - Non Papa

9. Tant que vivray - De Sermisy

10. Il est bel et bon - Passereau

11. La prise de Calais - Costeley

12. La, la, la je ne l'ose dire - Certon

13. Anchor che col partire - De Rore

14. Schiet's arbuscel - De Rore

15. Dissiumlare etiam sperasti - De Rore

16. Allala, pia Calia - De Lassus

17. Vezzosi augelli - Marenzio

18. Crudele acerba - Mazenzio

19. Merce grido piangendo - Gesualdo

20. Constant Penelope - Byrd

21. The nobel famous Queen - Byrd

22. Flow, my tears - Dowland

23. Come away, come, sweet love - Dowland


This CD, No. 9 in the Century series, focuses on songs of the Renaissance, that is to say, mainly on the non-sacred polyphonic compositions of the names we know so well. By doing so it reminds us of the breadth of composition work done by almost all of these composers, and by illustrating the movement of the Medieval and Renaissance developmental process from sacred to secular, begins to lay the foundation for what we now think of as "classical music."

By: Benjamin Williams

This compilation includes a few sacred compositions, but mainly offers secular songs and madrigals. Most of us don't appreciate that such well-known composers as Desprez, Non Papa, De Lassus and Byrd composed as much or more secular material. In addition to polyphonic Franco-Flemish songs, very good examples of the revival of the Italian Madrigal and of corresponding madrigal songs in England are included . Liner notes in English and French, no hymn text.