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When musicians of our generation seek to provide musical depictions of the pilgrimages to St. James of Compostela, they turn most frequently to the Middle Ages. The La Fenice ensemble, however, has chosen a different approach by taking a map of the Camino Francès (1648) as its inspiration. Here they bring formal as well as popular repertoire of the time back to life with songs both sacred and secular, combining these with the joyfully festive music that accompanied the travellers from France to Galicia via Languedoc, Aragon and Castile. This recording mirrors our concerts based on the French and Spanish music of the Way of St. James, although with an occasional detour to China and Latin America; we have preferred to give a free and imaginative idea of the types of music that would have been heard on the Way in those times rather than a true musicological reconstruction.Our dearest wish is to communicate, outside the normal concert situation, the emotions and the pleasure that we experienced in playing, reciting and singing these works; our ambition is that all may come to share the beauty and the harmony that form every musician’s reason for living.
For The Feast-Day Of St. James, Apostle: Procedens Jesus Vidit Jacobum
For The Feast-Day Of St. James, Apostle: O Beate Dei Athleta Jacobe
Following The Rhône... : Justes, Chacun Se Présente
Following The Rhône... : Chantez Au Seigneur
Following The Rhône... : Ce Qui Me Plait Davantage
At The Crossroads... : Bienheureuse Est Une Âme
At The Crossroads... : Fantaisie À 3 Sur Une Jeune Fillette
At The Crossroads... : Di Jacopo Si Canti
In Languedoc And Gascony... : N'espérez Plus, Mes Yeux
In Languedoc And Gascony... : Cancion Real Francesa In Écho
In Languedoc And Gascony... : De Cor, De Boux Celebrats, Cantats Toutis
In Aragon And Castile... : Gaïta Spañola (Sobre La Girometa)
In Aragon And Castile... : Canzon Per Canto E Basso
In Aragon And Castile... : Jacara (Baïla De Jaca)
In Aragon And Castile... : Folias Para Mi Señora Dona Tarolilla
In The Church Of Leon... : Repicavan Las Campanillas - Repicavan, Gefigureert Door
In The Church Of Leon... : Canten Dos Jilguerillos
In Galicia... : El Baxel Esta En La Playa
In Galicia... : Gaïta Francesa
In Galicia... : Vuelve Barquilla
En El Porta De Santiago ! : Canzon La Benedetta
En El Porta De Santiago ! : Vilancico De Nacions, De Gascuña, Aragon Y Cataluña
Urban Loth: O beate Dei athleta Jacobe
O beate Dei athleta Jacobe
Guillaume de Chastillon: Justes, chacun se presente
Justes, chacun se presente
Guillaume de Chastillon: Chantez au Seigneur
Chantez au Seigneur
Guillaume de Chastillon: Ce qui me plait davantage
Ce qui me plait davantage
Bienheureuse est une ame
Bienheureuse est une ame
Eustache Du Caurroy: Fantasie sur Une jeune fillette
Fantasie sur Une jeune fillette
Matteo Coferati: Di Jacopo si canti
Di Jacopo si canti
Etienne Moulinie: N'esperez plus, mes yeux
N'esperez plus, mes yeux
Cancion real francesa in echo
Cancion real francesa in echo
De cor, de boux celebrates, contats toutis
De cor, de boux celebrates, contats toutis
Gaita spanola (La Girometa)
Gaita spanola (La Girometa)
Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde: Canzon per canto e basso
Canzon per canto e basso
Bertolomeu de Olague: Jacara (baila de Jaca)
Jacara (baila de Jaca)
Andrea Falconieri: Folias echa para mi Senora Dona Tarolilla de Carallenos
Folias echa para mi Senora Dona Tarolilla de Carallenos
Jacob van Eyck: Repicavan las campanillas - Repicavan, gefigureert door
Repicavan las campanillas - Repicavan, gefigureert door
Francisco Escalada: Canten dos jilguerillos
Canten dos jilguerillos
Gabriel Bataille: El baxel esta en la playa
El baxel esta en la playa
Gaita francesa
Gaita francesa
Vuelve barquilla
Vuelve barquilla
Andrea Falconieri: Canzon La Benedetta
Canzon La Benedetta
Francisco Soler: Vilancico de nacions, de Gascuna, Aragon y Cataluna
Vilancico de nacions, de Gascuna, Aragon y Cataluna
September 2011
“the ear could hardly fail to recognise the move from France to Spain. Moreover, the performances by six multi-tasking musicians have an intimacy and tender beauty that ought to inspire a suitably decorous state of mind in the listener...No Chaucerian bawdiness here; this disc is both parfit and gentil.”
For The Feast-Day Of St. James, Apostle: Procedens Jesus Vidit Jacobum
