Annotated Bibliography of Renaissance Dance - Shadow Island ...

Annotated Bibliography of Renaissance Dance 69Music from theTime of Elizabeth IThe Acadamy of Ancient Music, and Sneak's Noyse, and Hogwood,Christopher CD: Decca Record / L'oiseau-lyre, 433 193-2, 1982.Instruments: Viols (SATB), lute, cornett, sackbut (ATB), Virginals, rebec,recorder, tambourine, lute, cittern, curtall, and crumhorn.Track Listing: The old Spagnoletta (works with the version found in theInns of Court manuscripts); the flat pavan and galliarde; John Bull: TheSpanish pavan (works with Arbeau's choreography), Coranto 'Alarm',Coranto 'Battle'; Holborne: Tinternell. Various ballads.JPD: All of the dances are a little slow and dragging-feeling Aestheticappeal: *** Usability: **Music from theTime of Richard IIIYork Waites CD: Saydisc, CD SDL 364, 1995.VS: Has Mercantia (doesn't work - only 2 repeats, confusing), Anello, andAmoroso (works). Also Danse de Cleves (works), and La Spagna. Bassa conmisurias. Aesth:**** U:** (not too many pieces, and not always clear orworkable).Music in the Age ofLeonardo da VinciEnsemble Claude Gervaise CD: Musica Viva, MVC 1022, 1993.Track Listing: Domenico: Giloxia, Pizochara, La fia Guilmin. Ebreo: LaBassa Castiglia, Rostiboli Gioioso.JPD: This is a very nice-sounding recording. However, there are someproblems with it that make it far less useful than some of the otherrecordings of this repertoire. First, 27 separate "tracks" are reallycombined into 4 tracks, thus, you have to scan around inside the track tofind the exact dance you want (thus losing the advantage of it being onCD, rather than being a tape you have to rewind and fast-forwardthrough). Second, none of the dances I checked matched myreconstruction... (On Pizochara, the bassadanza section seems off, and theRostiboli has a strange repeat structure: it starts off well on one full repeatof the dance, but then varies. Gelosia has only one repeat.) They could allbe fussed with to make them completely workable, but why bother whenthere're other good recordings. Aesthetic Appeal: **** Usability: **VS: Rostiboli Gioioso and Pizocara match their dances. I believe La fiaGuilmin is usable, but the speeds are on the slow side, especially the lastsection. Gelosia is only repeated once, and the section where the menweave is slightly different from the usual versions, so it isn't as useful.Also has Vida de Culin and La Bassa Castiglia. The one drawback to theCD is that the 22 pieces have been grouped into four tracks, so one can'tfind pieces easily. A=****, U=***Music of theGothic Period,Renaissance andEarly BaroqueCollegium Musicum Aldovadensis CD: PILZ 160261, 1992.