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A selection of recordings with medieval music I've done over the years. See each track for a description.

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Medieval music

Dom4

Dominions and more Erik Ask-Upmark

Medeltida

medieval

Medieval

Traditional tune played on a "Zampogna a Chiave" (traditional Neapolitan bagpipe) made by Marco Cianciaruso. This one has the "modified drone" allowing you to, apart from the two melody chanters, to play three notes on the drone as well, making it the only (?) bagpipe on which you can play three-part-harmony...

Danza Di Ponte Vecchio (Zampogna)

Two conducti from the Ludus Danielis, a French mystery play of the 12th century. The first is called "Astra tenenti cunctipotenti", the second "simul omnes gratulemur" and refers to many different types of instruments that would presumably have been used in this context.

Astra tenenti cunctipotenti
Turba virilis et puerilis
Contio plaudit
Simul omnes gratulemur,
resonent et tympana;
citharistae tangant cordas,
musicorum organa
resonent ad ejus praeconia.


Astra Tenenti Cunctipotenti

A love song by the troubador Bernart de Ventadorn (c. 1130-1190).

Can Vei La Lauzeta

Villancico from Cancionero de Upsala, 1556. Despite the name it is a Spanish song collection with many great songs usually in 4 parts, which is the case here. I play a combination of shawms and crumhorns, as well as percussion. The track actually starts with another tune, "All Voll", from the German Glogauer Liederbuch, ca 1480. The wonderful lyrics go:
Bist du voll, so lege dich nieder / steh früh auf und fülle dich wieder
das ganze Jahr / den Abend und den Morgen / All voll, all voll, all voll / all voll, all voll, all voll.
Not exactly a song for the teetotaller, since it means:
If you are drunk, then lie down, but get up again early and start drinking again, the whole year, in the evening and in the morning. All drunk, all drunk, etc.

This recording was featured in the soundtrack to the computer game "Dominions 4" by Illwinter Game Design (www.illwinter.com).

Rey Aquien Reyes Adoran

A song about spring, from Piae Cantiones (1582). I play harp and Härjedalspipa in low D (a traditional Swedish folk whistle), made by Gunnar Stenmark.

Lyrics:
In vernali tempore ortu lætabundo,
Dum recedunt frigora nunciat hirundo,
Terræ, marries, nemoris decus adest deforis,
Renovato mundo
Vigor redit corporis cedit dolor pectoris,
Tempore iucundo.

This recording was featured in the soundtrack to the computer game "Dominions 4" by Illwinter Game Design (www.illwinter.com).

In Vernali Tempore

Originally a 3-part conductus of the Notre Dame school, this tune is also found in the medieval song collection Carmina Burana. I play two shawms and bass cornamuse (a type of straight crumhorn).

This recording was featured in the soundtrack to the computer game "Dominions 4" by Illwinter Game Design (www.illwinter.com).

Procurans Odium

Two traditional dance tunes from Brittany, played on harp and Härjedalspipa in low D (a traditional Swedish folk whistle), made by Gunnar Stenmark.

This recording was featured in the soundtrack to the computer game "Dominions 4" by Illwinter Game Design (www.illwinter.com).

An Dro

From the CD "Himlens Polska", Nordic Tradition  NTCD07 (2007).

Norsk Brudmarsch

A Ballata from the 14th century by Francesco Landini, played on a large Gothic harp together with percussion (frame drum, played by Anna Rynefors).

From the CD "Fikon, fiddlor och finlir".

Ne La Piu Cara Parte

A "folklig koral" (chorale) from Skåne, From the CD "Svanevit", Nordic Tradition NTCD01. Vocals: Anders Larsson.

Din Klara Sol

Anna Rynefors - Rebec; Erik Ask-Upmark - Harp


Trilltrall

Valltrall and vallpolska after Ludvig Eriksson, Grangärde.

Anna Rynefors - Swedish bagpipe; Erik Ask-Upmark - Harp

Valltrall

Improvisation

An Italian medieval dance melody from the late 14th century, one of the few examples of notated secular dance music that has survived (one of only a handful of examples). This is quite sophisticated and complex solo music that implies a very rich tradition of instrumental music making of which very few examples have survived. I play this on a reconstruction of a 13th-century organetto, also known as portative organ. Anna Rynefors plays percussion. (From the CD "Figs, fiddles and fine play".)

Istampitta Ghaetta

From a group of late Medieval German keyboard fragments.

medieval german fragment

A very melancholy song from Småland in southern Sweden, about love long lost... 
Musicians: Anders Larsson (voice), Erik Ask-Upmark (harp), Anna Rynefors (nyckelharpa), Maria Larsson (fiddle).

Jag minnes dig (I Remember You)

از آلبوم "چند نغمه ایرانی در گفت‌وگوی چنگ و نی"ء
چنگ: تارا جاف
نی: فردین لاهورپور
[تنبك: سميه عباسي]


From "Some Persian Songs in Dialogue of Harp and Ney" Album

Harp: Tara Jaff
Ney: Fardin Lahourpour
[Tombak: Somayeh Abbasi]



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Ayrligh  -- آیریلیق

A soundtrack I've made for a 'Time Towers' videogame made by Glasgow Caledonian University Students

1. Medieval Stage
2. Victorian Stage
3. Western Stage
4. Sci-Fi Stage