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Moriae Encomium, sive Stultitiae Laus (Praise of Folly)

Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp), Emily Wallis (Speaker), Montserrat Figueras (Soprano), Pedro Estevan (Percussion), Rolf Lislevand (Vihuela), Thor-Harald Johnsen (Chitarrone), Michael Behringer (Organ), Fahmi Alqhai (Viola da Gamba), Philippe Pierlot (Viola da Gamba), Rafael Bonavita (Lute), Enrique Solinis (Guitar), Arianna Savall (Harp), Laurence Bonnal (Countertenor), John Cabero (Tenor), Jordi Ricart (Baritone), Xavier Puertas (Double Bass), Carlos García-Bernalt (Organ), David Mayoral (Percussion), Joan Cabero (Tenor), Sergi Casademunt (Violone), Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Lute), Dimitri Psonis (Santur), Eunice Brandão (Viola da Gamba), Lorenz Duftschmid (Viola da Gamba), Sophie Watillon (Viola da Gamba), Roberto Gini (Violoncello), Christophe Coin (Viola da Gamba), Robert Clancy (Theorbo), Daniele Carnovich (Bass), Harry Livingstone (Speaker), Jean-Pierre Canihac (Cornet), Béatrice Delpierre (Bassoon), Daniel Lasalle (Trombone), Max Wilson (Speaker), Pascal Bertin (Countertenor), Lluís Vilamajó (Tenor), Furio Zanasi (Baritone), Francesc Garrigosa (Tenor), Nedyalko Nedyalkov (Kaval), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Imke David (Viola da Gamba), Lambert Ciment (Tenor), Luca Guglielmi (Organ), David Sagastume (Countertenor), Johanna Valencia (Lyra Viol), Gürsoy Dinçer (Tenor), Derya Türkan (Kemenche), Yurdal Tokcan (Oud), Murat Salim Tokaç (Yaylı Tambur), Fahrettin Yarkin (Percussion)
℗ 2012

  • Part I (in English)

    • 1. Folias (Imperfectas)
      01:44
    • 2. Narration I (after By Her Mere Presence, Folly Dissipates the Cares of her Audience)
      02:14
    • 3. La Folia (after Henry du Bailly: Yo Soy La Locura)
      02:11
    • 4. Narration III (after Diego Ortiz: Passamezzo Antico)
      00:49
    • 5. Narration VII (after Folly’s Origins)
      02:11
    • 6. Recercada quarta sobre la Folia (after Diego Ortiz)
      01:28
    • 7. Narration VIII (after Folias de la costa)
      01:39
    • 8. Narration IX (after Folias de la costa)
      01:21
    • 9. La Gamba in Basso, e Soprano (1564) (after Vincenzo Ruffo)
      01:57
    • 10. Narration X (after Alonso Mudarra: Romanesca)
      00:53
    • M. Palacio No. 12]
      03:10
    • M. Palacio No. 12]
      01:41
    • M. Palacio No. 12]
      00:54
    • M. Palacio No. 179]
      01:29
    • 15. Narration XIII (after 'Las Vacas' Improvisation Harp)
      01:56
    • M. Medinaceli]
      01:57
    • M. Palacio No. 121]
      01:43
    • 18. Narration XVI (after Tobias Hume: Harke, harke)
      02:04
    • 19. Browning my Dear (after Clement Woodcock)
      02:24
    • 20. Narration XIX (after Thoinot Arbeau: Belle qui tiens ma vie)
      01:22
    • 21. Narration XX (after Thoinot Arbeau: Belle qui tiens ma vie)
      01:00
    • M. Palacio No. 94]
      00:56
    • 23. Narration XXI (after Paduana del re) [Mss. Venezia]
      01:41
    • 24. Todos los buenos soldados (La Guerra) (after Mateo Flecha)
      01:44
    • 25. Narration XXIII (after Clément Janequin: Pavana La Battaglia)
      01:48
    • 26. Narration XXV (after 'Vederlo' Improvisation)
      02:04
    • 27. Narration XXVIII (after 'My Lady Carey’s Dompe' Danse Tune English Tradition)
      03:01
    • 28. Saltarello [Mss. Venezia]
      01:06
    • 29. Narration XXIX (after Las Vacas)
      03:43
    • 30. Narration XXX (after Antonio de Cabezón: Pavana con su Glosa)
      02:06
    • 31. Narration XXXII (after Desperada - Elizabethan)
      02:09
    • 32. La Spagna (XVth Century)
      01:38
    • 33. Narration LV (after Las Vacas) (Romanesca)
      03:47
    • M. Calabria No. 26]
      04:55
    • M. Montecassino No. 2]
      03:15
    • M. Palacio No. 434]
      02:29
    • 37. Diferencias Sobre 'Las Vacas' (after Antonio de Cabezón)
      02:35
    • 38. Narration LXVIII (after Folias Portuguesas)
      01:27
    • M. Palacio No. 174]
      02:29

  • Part II (in English)

    • 1. Makam 'Muhayyer pesrev' (Ottoman War March) [15th Century]
      03:28
    • 2. Narration 1 (after Taksim - Improvisation Santur)
      01:42
    • 3. Saltarello 'Une musque de Buscaye' (after Josquin des Prez)
      02:58
    • M. Montecassino No. 6]
      02:00
    • 5. Narration 2. Adage 145 (after Josquin des Prez: Fortuna desperata)
      01:44
    • M. Montecassino No. 40]
      03:47
    • 7. Taskim & Dance (after Ottoman)
      02:56
    • 8. Narration 3 (after Anonymous Sephardic: Las estrellas de los cielos)
      01:52
    • 9. Lavava y suspirava (after Anonymous Sephardic)
      05:25
    • 10. Malor me bat (after Jean d’Ockeghem) [Odhecaton, No. 63]
      04:22
    • 11. Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3) (after Claude de Sermisy)
      03:11
    • 12. Narration 4 (after Johannes Vincenet: Fortune par ta cruaulté)
      02:05
    • 13. La déploration sur la mort de Johannes Ockeghem (after Josquin des Prez)
      03:55
    • 14. Latura tu (after Antoine Bruhier) [Odhecaton No. 94]
      02:22
    • 15. Narration 5 (after Adieu mes amours)
      01:34
    • 16. Hélas madame, passamezzo [Henry VIII mss. 10]
      02:28
    • M. Montecassino No. 85]
      02:35
    • M. Palacio No. 84]
      03:51
    • M. Montecassino No. 76]
      01:45
    • 20. Puzzle-Canon II [Henry VIII mss.]
      01:39
    • 21. Scaramella va alla guerra (after Josquin des Prez)
      01:57
    • M. Montecassino No. 106]
      07:21
    • M. Palacio No. 321]
      02:04
    • 24. Narration 9. Erasmus of Rotterdam to his Dear Friend Thomas More on the Publication of Praise of Folly
      02:24
    • 25. Home Again, Market Is Done [Margaret Board Lute Book]
      01:54

  • Part III (in English)

    • 1. Paduana del Re [Mss. Venezia]
      03:00
    • 2. Narration 10 (after Carlo Gesualdo: Gallarda di Venosa)
      02:01
    • 3. La Spagna, à 5 (after Josquin des Prez)
      03:08
    • 4. Narration 11 (after Antonio de Cabezon: Himno XVI)
      02:13
    • 5. Taksim & Makam 'Rast Murass’a' (after Dimitri Cantemir) [Mss. Cantemir No. 214]
      07:20
    • 6. Narration 12 (after John Lloyd: Puzzle-canon I)
      02:10
    • 7. Adoramus te Domine [Montecassino Mss. No. 4]
      01:20
    • 8. Narration 13 (after Josquin des Prez: Mille regrets)
      02:42
    • 9. Balad 'Ya es Tiempo de Recoger'
      04:39
    • 10. Narration 14 (after A solis ortus cardine)
      01:51
    • 11. Benedictus a 3 (after Heinrich Isaac)
      02:29
    • 12. Narration 15 (after In Nomine a 5)
      02:23
    • 13. Vingtcinquiesme Fantasie. A Quatre (after Eustache Du Caurroy)
      01:46
    • 14. Narration 16 (after Hans Leo Hassler: Christ ist Erstanden)
      02:20
    • 15. Narration 17 (after Christopher Tye: In Nomine a 5 Free from All)
      02:17
    • 16. Pavane 'La Bataille' [Published by Jacques Moderne in “Music de Joie” Lyon, ca. 1540]
      02:06
    • 17. Narration 18 (after Pavane 14) [Published by Jacques Moderne in 'Music de Joie' Lyon, ca. 1540]
      01:45
    • 18. Gazel (Ottoman Song) (after Mehmet bin Süleyman)
      03:57
    • 19. Tu pauperum refugium (after Josquin des Prez)
      03:06
    • 20. Narration 19 (after Martin Luther: Christ lag in Todes) [Published by Martin Luther in 1533]
      02:12
    • 21. Christ ist Erstanden à 6 (after Heinrich Isaac)
      03:18
    • 22. Narration 20. Adage 2100 (after John Dowland: Now o Now)
      03:43
    • 23. In Nomine a 5 My Death (after Christopher Tye)
      02:26
    • 24. Pie Jesu (Requiem) (after Cristóbal de Morales)
      01:38
    • 25. Narration 21. Erasmus Dies at Basel [Stefan Zweig, 1934]
      01:33
    • 26. Plangite Pierides (Lament on the Death of Erasmus) (after Benedictus Appenzeller)
      03:52
    • 27. Narration 22 (after Giovanni Maria Trabaci: Durezze e ligature)
      03:01

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