Baptiste Romain, director of the ensemble Le Miroir de Musique, has just been appointed professor at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. To mark this occasion, he enriches the ‘Instruments’ series on the Ricercar label with a recital devoted to the medieval vielle (bowed fiddle): troubadour songs and dances and polyphonic compositions from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries illustrate the various stages in the evolution of this instrument, the ancestor of the violin.
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anon.: Ar ne kuth ich sorghe non (The Prisoner's Song)
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anon.: Bele ysabelot - Je me cuidoie - Entre Copin et Bourjois
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anon.: Esperance mi fait vivre en doulour
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anon.: In seculum viellatoris
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anon.: Istampitta Ghaetta
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anon.: Istanpitta 'Belicha' - Italian 14th century
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anon.: J'aime La Biaute
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anon.: La uitime estampie real
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anon.: Non credo, donna, che la dolçe fiamma
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anon.: Soyés loyal a vo povoir
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anon.: Tenor La belle se siet au pied de la tour
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Ciconia: O Rosa bella