Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version)

anon.: Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)

Savall, J: Narration XI (7): "On How She Perpetuates the Human Race" / Music (Cont.): Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)

Savall, J: Narration XII (8): "On How She is the Source of Happiness in Life" / Music (Cont.): Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)

Encina: Si habrá en este baldrés (C. M. Palacio No. 179)

Savall, J: Narration XIII (9): "Of the Connection Between Folly and Childhood and the Second Childhood of Old Age" / Music: Las Vacas (Improvisation Harp)

Cancionero Medinacelli: Diferencias Sobre Las Vacas (Anonymous Improvisation) [C. M. Medinaceli]

Savall, J: Narration XIV (10): "On How She Prolongs Infancy and Halts Old Age" / Music: Folías antiguas (C. M. Palacio No. 121)

Savall, J: Narration XVI (11): "Of Folly’s Pre-Eminence in the World" / Music: Harke, harke (Gamba Viol)

Woodcock, C: Browning my dear

mss Venezia: Narration XIX (12): "Folly Is Necessary to Friendship" / Music: Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation)

Savall, J: Narration XX (13): "There Is No Lasting Marriage Without the Complicity of Folly" / Music (Cont.): Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation)

Encina: Juan del Enzina. Cucú, cucú, cucucú! (C. M. Palacio No. 94)

mss Venezia: Narration XXI (14): "Folly Is the Blessing of Human Society" / Music: Paduana del re (Mss Venezia)

Mateo Flecha: Todos los buenos soldados (La Guerra)

clement Janequin, Tylman Susato: Narration XXIII (15): "She Inspires Warfare" / Music: Pavana La Battaglia

Savall, J: Narration XXV (16): "Of the Inferiority of Wisdom in all of Life’s Circumstances" / Music: Vederlo (Improvisation)

anon.: Narration XXVIII (17): "She Is the Mother of the Arts" / Music: My Lady Carey’s Dompe / Danse Tune English Tradition (Harp)

mss Venezia: Saltarello (Mss. Venezia)

anon.: Narration XXIX (18): "She Claims the Credit for True Wisdom" / Music: Las Vacas (Harp Improvisation)

Cabezón, A: Narration XXX (19): "On Folly as a Guide Towards Wisdom" / Music: Pavana con su Glosa

anon.: Narration XXXII (20): "Of the Relationship Between Folly and Ignorance" / Music: Desperada (Elizabethan)

anon.: La Spagna

anon.: Narration LV (21): "Folly of Kings" / Music: Las Vacas (Romanesca)

Cancionero de Calabria: Narration LVII – LIX (22): "Folly of Bishops, Cardinals and Supreme Pontiffs" / Music: Estas noches a tan largas (Instrumental - C. M. Calabria No. 26)

Cancionero de Palacio: Narration LXVI (23): "Relationship Between the Christian Religion and Folly" / Music: Patres nostri peccaverunt (C. M. Montecassino No. 2)

Cancionero de Palacio: Narration LXVII (24): "Folly is the Sovereign Good" / Music: Dios te salve, Cruz preciosa (Instrumental C. M. Palacio No. 434)

Cabezón, A: Diferencias Sobre ‘Las Vacas’ (Harp)

anon.: Narration LXVIII (25): "Farewell to the Reader" / Music: Folias Portuguesas (Harp)

Encina: Villancico (Égloga 6): Hoy comamos y bevamos (C. M. Palacio No. 174)

anon.: Makam “Muhayyer pesrev” (Ottoman War March) [15th Century]

Savall, J: Narration 1: "Letter by Erasmus. The War Against the Turks" / Music: Taksim (Improvisation Santur)

Josquin: Saltarello

Cancionero Montecassino: A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)

Josquin: Narration 2, Adage 145: "Fortune Smiles on the Bold" / Music: Fortuna desperata

Cancionero Montecassino: Audi, benigne Conditor (C. M. Montecassino No. 40)

anon.: Taskim & Dance (Ottoman)

Savall, J: Narration 3: "Erasmus of Rotterdam and the Jews" / Music: Las estrellas de los cielos (Sephardic)

anon.: Lavava y suspirava (Anonymous Sephardic)

Jean d'Ockeghem: Malor me bat (Odhecaton, No. 63)

Claude Sermisy: Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3)

Savall, J: Narration 4: "Epitaph for the Peerless Musician Johannes Ockeghem" / Music: Fortune par ta cruaulté

Johannes Vincenet: La déploration sur la mort de Johannes Ockeghem

Bruhier: “Latura tu” (Instrumental) [Odhecaton No. 94]

Savall, J: Narration 5: "Panegyric to Philip the Fair" (1504) / Music: Adieu mes amours (Improvisation Harp)

anon.: Hélas madame, passamezzo (Henry VIII mss.10)

Ghizeghem: Narration 6, Adage 3415: "Love Makes Men Musicians" / Music: De tous biens plaine (C. M. Montecassino No. 85)

Cancionero de Palacio: Frottola: In te Domine speravi (C. M. Palacio No. 84)

Cancionero Medinacelli: Narration 7: "Enchiridion. The Importance of the Classics" / Music: Ave maris stella (C. M. Montecassino No. 76) [Harp]

anon.: Puzzle-Canon II (Henry VIII mss.)

Josquin: Scaramella va alla guerra

Cancionero Montecassino: Narration 8, Adage 3001: "War Is Sweet to Those Who Have Not Experienced It" / Music: Fanfares & Tambours Vexilla Regis (C. M. Montecassino No. 106)

Torre, F: Basse Danse – Danza alta

Savall, J: Narration 9: "Erasmus of Rotterdam to his Dear Friend Thomas More on the Publication of Praise of Folly"

anon.: Home Again, Market Is Done (Margaret Board Lute Book)

Mss. Venezia: Paduana del Re (Mss. Venezia)

Gesualdo: Narration 10: "Machiavelli’s The Prince" / Music: Gallarda di Venosa (Harp)

Josquin: La Spagna

Cabezón, A: Narration 11: "Erasmus. Education of the Christian Prince" (1516) / Music: imno XVI (Instrumental)

mm. Cantemir: Music: Taksim & Makam 'Rast Murass’a' (mss. Cantemir No. 214)

Lloyd, John: Narration 12: "Thomas More’s Utopia: On Justice and Social Prosperity" / Music: Puzzle-canon I

Cancionero Montecassino: Adoramus te Domine (Montecassino mss. No. 4)

Josquin: Narration 13: "Erasmus. The Complaint of Peace" / Music: Mille regrets (Viols)

anon.: Balad: Ya es Tiempo de Recoger

anon.: Narration 14: "Letter from Martin Luther to Erasmus (28th March 1519)" / Music: Psalm: A solis ortus cardine (Organ)

Isaac: Benedictus (a 3)

anon.: Narration 15: "Letter from Erasmus of Rotterdam to Martin Luther (30th May 1519)" / Music: In Nomine a 5

Eustache du Carroy: Vingtcinquiesme Fantasie. A Quatre

Hassler, H L: Narration 16: "Letter from Martin Luther to Erasmus (15 April 1524)" / Music: Psalm: Christ ist Erstanden (Organ)

Tye: Narration 17: "Erasmus of Rotterdam to Luther - On Free Will" (1524) / Music: In Nomine a 5 Free from All

Moderne: Pavane “La Bataille” (Anonymous Published by Jacques Moderne in “Music de Joie” Lyon, ca. 1540)

Moderne: Narration 18: "Letter from Erasmus of Rotterdam to King Francis I of France" (16th June 1526) / Music: Pavane 14 (Anonymous Published by Jacques Moderne in “Music de Joie” Lyon, ca. 1540)

Anonymous, Fuzuli: Gazel (Ottoman Song)

Josquin: Tu Pauperum Refugium

Savall, J: Narration 19: "Martin Luther to Erasmus, The Bondage of the Will" / Music: Psalm: Christ lag in Todes (Published by Martin Luther in 1533)

Isaac: Christ ist Erstanden à 6

Dowland: Narration 20, Adage 2100: "Words Are the Physicians of Ailing Souls" / Music: Now o Now

Tye: In Nomine a 5 My Death

Morales, C: Pie Jesu (from Requiem)

Savall, J: Narration 21: "Erasmus Dies at Basel" (Stefan Zweig, 1934)

Benedictura Appenzeller: Plangite Pierides (Lament on the Death of Erasmus)

Trabaci: Narration 22: "Erasmus’s Spiritual Legacy" (Stefan Zweig) / Music: Durezze e ligature (Instrumental)