Music of the Troubadours

Music of the Troubadours

Music of the Troubadours
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Composer: Berenguier de Palou
Composer: Troubadour Anonymous
Composer: Giraut de Bornelh
Composer: Peire Cardenal
Composer: Raimon de Miraval
Composer: Ramon Llull
Composer: Guiraut Riquier
Composer: Bernart de Ventadorn
Composer: Jaufre Rudel de Blaye
Performer: Ensemble Unicorn
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1999-06-01
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
  1. So Much I Love
  2. Lady, For You
  3. I Cannot Prevent With Pain/Now I Can Be Satisfied With Love
  4. Bujo
  5. It Is Fine To Sing
  6. The Birds Were Singing
  7. Such A Lady
  8. Estampie: Reis Glorios
  9. Praise, Now, Praise, Praise
  10. Humble, Sinful, Accused And Penitent
  11. When I See The Lark Move
  12. When The Days Are Long in May

Music reviews of Music of the Troubadours

Music Review: pseudo-"medieval" jollity and little else
Rating: 1 Stars

I'd be the first to admit that this recording of 12th and 13th century troubadour and trouvere songs is probably not aimed at listeners like myself. Yet whilst it would be difficult to deny the enthusiasm and aplomb with which these kitschy and Clemencic-inspired interpretations are delivered - with a kaleidoscopic array of instruments, including some [apparently indispensable] arabic ones - let's not overlook one VERY crucial point here: this recording does NOT EVEN ATTEMPT to present a faithful portrayal of this repertoire. In fact, it flies in the face of ALL recent musicology (see literature by Christopher Page, Elizabeth Aubrey etc...) which leaves little doubt that these songs were performed in one of only two ways: either one unaccompanied singer, or one singer accompanied by one (or two) instrument(s) - principally harp or vielle (although one wind instrument was sometimes used in lower style genres, like the dansa or pastourelle/pastorela). Additionally (!), only certain songs [Low Style - like track 2] were probably sung in a metric fashion, whereas High Style Chansons seem to have been rather more rhapsodic in delivery from start to finish, in complete contrast to how they are presented here [tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12]...

But perhaps the performers (and listeners) don't believe this is relevant, or don't even care - after all, it's certainly rather "merrie". Just make sure you realise it's about as "medieval" as Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones's 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', or John Milius's 1981 film 'Conan the Barbarian' [starring Arnold Schwarzennegger].

Incidentally, if you're interested in hearing some academically and aesthetically more convincing recordings of this repertory, then the following are recommended:

1. Dante and the Troubadours, Sequentia/Bagby [DHM 05472 77 227 2]
2. Bernatz de Ventadorn: Le Fou sur le Pont, Camerata Mediterranea/Cohen [Erato 4509-94B25-2]
3. Spirits of England & France, vol. 2, Gothic Voices/Page [Hyperion CDA66773]
4. La doce acordance - Chansons of the trouveres (12th & 13th century) /Diabolus in Musica * Guerber [Alpha 085]
5. Trobar: Chansons d'mour, de la Vierge à la Dame - Beatus [Alpha 522]
6. Sweet Is The Song: Music Of The Troubadours & Trouveres / Catherine Bott [L'Oiseau-Lyre 448 999-2]
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