Guillaume de Machaut: Virelais: Quant je sui mis au retour/ Mais souvent pleurent (2 mins 03 secs) Album: Bois de Cologne: Early Music for Recorders and Harp Marc Aurel Edition MA 20005
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Scarlatti: Andante (K380) (6 mins 02 secs) Album: Toyohiko Satoh: Italian Lute Music Channel Classics CCS2291
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Jean-Jacques Lemetre: La fin des fins (3 mins 16 secs) Album: Tambours sur la Digue Theatre du Soleil CD107
BACKGROUND
A melancholic journey thanks to lute and harp early music. The first piece is a 14th century ballad played on a medieval harp by the ensemble Bois de Cologne. This is followed by 18th century Italian lute music by Scarlatti. Finally, a piece from music composed by Lemetre for a play based on a 15th century Chinese tale that ends in a tragic flood. If I'm not mistaken, Lemetre is playing a pipa, a chinese equivalent of the european lute.
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