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Neidhart - Minnesinger and His Vale of Tears (Songs and Interludes)

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572449

Barcode: 0747313244973

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 3rd January 2012

Works

Romain
Der han (The cock) (after Neidhart)

Romain
Clausula (after songs by Neidhart and 13th Century English monodies)

Romain
Non veul mari (I do not want a husband) (after a 13th Century motet)

Romain
Der hedamerschol (The hedamerschol) (stantipes) (after a trouvere song, 13th Century)

Neidhart
Mir ist ummaten leyde (I am grieved beyond all measure) (arr. Marc Lewon)

Neidhart
Summer unde winder (Summer and winter) (arr. Marc Lewon)

Neidhart
Sinc eyn gulden hoen - Der munich (Sing, you golden hen - The monk) (stantipes) (arr. Marc Lewon)

Neidhart
Willekome eyn sommerweter suze (Welcome the sweet summer weather) (arr. Marc Lewon)

Neidhart
Guoten wib wol uch der eren (Gracious ladies, you deserve honour) [adapted from Jena Liederhandschrift, 14th Century] (arr. Marc Lewon)

Neidhart
Ich claghe de blomen (I mourn for the flowers) (arr. Marc Lewon)

Neidhart
Allez daz den sumer (Everything that all summer long) (arr. Marc Lewon)

Vogelweide
Vil wol gelopter got (God, so highly extolled) (completed by Marc Lewon)

De La Halle
Je muir, je muir (I die, I die) (arr. Marc Lewon)

Artists

Els Janssens-Vanmunster (voice)
Baptiste Romain (vielle, bagpipes)
Ensemble Leones

Conductor

Marc Lewon

Works

Artists

Els Janssens-Vanmunster (voice)
Baptiste Romain (vielle, bagpipes)
Ensemble Leones

Conductor

Marc Lewon

About

Neidhart was one of the most popular Minnesingers – or “poet-musicians” – of the late Middle Ages. His songs deal with rustic, erotic and violent topics mediated, however, through court culture, which gives them a stylised, ironic sense of detachment. His division of songs into “summer” or “winter” adds another layer of complexity, with melancholy or dance-orientated topics prevailing, depending on the season. The instrumental music carries a rural character.

The “Frankfurt Fragment” manuscript has never been recorded in full, and is here performed by one of the most outstanding ensembles in the field.