Genre: Middle Ages, Baroque
Country: Austria
Quality: 256 kbps, mp3
Size: 127 Mb

Tracklist:

1. Ave regina coelorum – O decus innocentie
2. Gaudeamus omnes
3. In pace
4. Ave maris stella
5. La Spagna
6. Je suis d’Allemagne – Je suis trop jeunette
7. Falla con misuras
8. Chiara fontana – Laude e grazie – J’ay pris amours
9. Ballo ‘La Giloxia’
10. Carro della morte
11. Pavana ‘Le forze d’Hercole’ – Saltarello ‘Giorgio’
12. El grillo
13. Paduana – Galliarda
14. Non e tempo
15. La pastorella
16. L’altr’ hiere de la mia villa
17. In questo ballo
18. In questo ballo – Petits riense

Music by Alexander Agricola, Josquin Desprez, Johannes Ghiselin, Johannes de Stokem, Marchetto Cara

This uniquely cross-sectional approach to culture combines great art with great music, and examines the connections between the two. Each piece of music from the carefully chosen selection takes on a new dimension and provides a musical context to the work of leading painters and sculptors. This fascinating series, with a colour booklet including a chronology of the principal artistic and political developments of the period, broadens our view of the music itself.

The influence of Raphael (1483-1520) has perhaps exceeded that of any other painter in history. For centuries his works were revered as perfect models of grace and harmony, to the point where every creator of a kitsch madonna felt obliged to plunder his manner and techniques. On this CD, the world of Raphael is given a musical perspective with a carefully chosen selection of pieces by the finest composers of his time. Inside, Hugh Griffith provides explanatory notes on his life and musical environment.

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