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 Medieval MML471 MEDIATRACKS    MT CLASSICS

Medieval

Take a journey to the past and picture large banquets, dances, rituals, knights and maidens with this evocative, reflective and uplifting collection of medieval and renaissance gems.
  • 1. ST. PATRICK'S STOUT 00:01:31 "GRIMSTOCK" IS A TRADITIONAL ENGLISH FOLK TUNE THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS AND IS PLAYED ON VARIOUS TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THE GUITAR, MANDOLIN, AND FIDDLE. THE MELODY OF "GRIMSTOCK" IS LIVELY AND SPIRITED, WITH A DISTINCT AND MEMORABLE CHARACTER. HERE IT IS PERFORMED IN A LIVELY TEMPO, SHOWCASING THE ENERGETIC NATURE OF THE FOLK TRADITION.

     

    2. ST. PATRICK'S STOUT 00:00:30 30 SECS

    BPM
    84
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    recorder, bass viol, bass viol, great bass viol, treble viol, lute, bass viol, rebec, cittern,
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Anon Anon
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447101
    Tags
    Upbeat, dance, folk, folk tune, Henry VIII
  • 3. HENRY'S LAMENT 00:01:30 ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY VIII (ALTHOUGH HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY HIM), GREENSLEEVES IS PERHAPS THE MOST POPULAR OF FOLK SONGS FROM THE THAT PREDATES THE 16TH CENTURY. THIS MELANCHOLIC AND HAUNTING MELODY HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY MANY COMPOSERS, INCLUDING THE C20TH COMPOSER VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.

     

    4. HENRY'S LAMENT 00:00:29 30 SECS

    BPM
    60
    Tempo
    Slow
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    recorder, bass viol, bass viol, great bass viol, treble viol, lute, bass viol, rebec, cittern,
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Anon Anon
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447103
    Tags
    Folk, melancholic, evocative, lyrical, contemplative
  • 5. BRAVE SCOT 00:01:28 MY LADY CAREY'S DOMPE FEATURES A LUTE MELODY WITH CHORDAL ACCOMPANIMENT. IT OPENS WITH A "PREAMBULUM" OF DRUMS AND DRONES ESTABLISHING THE THEME. THE PIECE THEN BUILDS VARIATIONS ON THIS THEME THROUGH CHANGES IN RHYTHM, ORNAMENTATION, AND HARMONIES WITHIN THE MODAL RENAISSANCE STYLE. OVERALL, IT DEMONSTRATES INTRICATE INSTRUMENTAL WRITING OF THE ERA.

     

    6. BRAVE SCOT 00:00:30 30 SECS

     

    7. BRAVE SCOT 00:00:05 STING 1

     

    8. BRAVE SCOT 00:00:05 STING 2

    BPM
    100
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    Flute, recorder, pipe, tabor, soprano, viola da gamba, fiddle, Gothic harp, double harp, psaltery, lute, guitar
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Anon Anon
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447105
    Tags
    Dompe, dance, medieval, Renaissance, modal, evocative, processional
  • 9. VILLAGE GATHERING 00:01:31 THIS IS PERFORMED WITH A LIVELY TEMPO AND FEATURES A CATCHY MELODY. THIS BUOYANT AND SPRITELY FOLK SONG HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS AND REMAINS A POPULAR PIECE WITHIN THE ENGLISH FOLK MUSIC REPERTOIRE. THE DRUM DRIVES THE MELODY, EVOKING THE SENSE OF COMMOTION OR A BUSY VILLAGE FETE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED "THE HUNT IS UP" ,DEPICTING THE END OF A HUNT, THE LEAPING 4THS DEPICT THE HUNTING HORN.

     

    10. VILLAGE GATHERING 00:00:30 30 SECS

    BPM
    105
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    pipe, tabor,
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Anon Anon
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447109
    Tags
    Hunt, uplifting, happy, dance, Renaissance, medieval, drum, pipe, fete, peasants, community
  • 11. GUINEVERE'S DREAM 00:01:29 LA SPAGNA IS A SET OF VARIATIONS BASED ON A POPULAR MELODY OF THE TIME, WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SPANISH DANCE. THE COMPOSITION SHOWCASES C16TH ITALIAN COMPOSER AND LUTENIST DA MILANO'S VIRTUOSITY ON THE LUTE, WITH INTRICATE FINGERPICKING PATTERNS, MELODIC EMBELLISHMENTS, AND EXPRESSIVE PHRASING. THE PIECE IS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS RHYTHMIC DRIVE, MELODIC RICHNESS, AND HARMONIC INVENTIVENESS. THERE IS A LOVELY EBB AND FLOW THAT EVOKE A DREAMLIKE QUALITY TO THE MUSIC.

     

    12. GUINEVERE'S DREAM 00:00:30 30 SECS

    BPM
    80
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    Lute, Viol da Gamba
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Francesco Milano
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447111
    Tags
    Dreamy, medieval, Renaissance, Spanish, lyrical, evocative
  • 13. RITUAL OF THE VESTAL VIRGIN 00:01:30 THE "LAMENTO DI TRISTANO" IS A MEDIEVAL INSTRUMENTAL WORK LINKED TO THE TRAGIC LEGEND OF TRISTAN AND ISOLDE. PERFORMED ON LUTE OR HARP, ITS SOMBRE, ORNATE MELODY CAPTURES THE SORROW OF THE TALE, SHOWCASING MUSICAL TECHNIQUES AND EXPRESSIVENESS REFLECTIVE OF THE ERA.

     

    14. RITUAL OF THE VESTAL VIRGIN 00:00:29 30 SECS

    BPM
    66
    Tempo
    Slow
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    vielle
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Anon Anon
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447113
    Tags
    Melodic, medieval, Renaissance, evocative, viol, sad, serious
  • 15. MUSES' DANCE 00:01:32 THE ESTAMPIE REAL IS A MEDIEVAL, INSTRUMENTAL DANCE PIECE IN TRIPLE METRE FEATURING REPETITIVE, IMPROVISATIONAL MELODIES. PERFORMED ON FIDDLE, PIPE AND TABOR, OR PERCUSSION, THIS REGAL 13TH CENTURY FORM SHOWCASES LIVELY RHYTHMS AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH ROYAL COURTS.

     

    16. MUSES' DANCE 00:00:30 30 SECS

    BPM
    70
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    Tabor, Pipe, vielle
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Trad Trad
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447115
    Tags
    Upbeat, dance, folk, Renaissance, Medieval, modal, pipe, hedonistic
  • 17. MAID MARION'S GIFT 00:01:32 THIS UPBEAT FOLK PIECE EVOKES IMAGES OF FESTIVITIES IN SHERWOOD FOREST, THE LEGENDARY HOME OF ROBIN HOOD, WITH THE TABOR ACCOMPANYING A MELODY INSTRUMENT THAT REPEATS THE MAIN THEME TO A PEDAL NOTE IN THE TONIC AND DOMINANT. BAGPIPES OFFER A MORE CELTIC MOOD AS IT ALSO PLAYS ALONG TO THE MAIN THEME.

     

    18. MAID MARION'S GIFT 00:00:30 30 SECS

    BPM
    100
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    violes, citoles, bagpipes, recorder, tabor
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Trad Trad
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447117
    Tags
    Upbeat, dance, folk, Renaissance, Medieval, fun
  • 19. EMPEROR'S BANQUET 00:01:30 THIS ENERGETIC FOLK PIECE IS PLAYED ON PIPE ACCOMPANIED BY A DRONE IN A BRISK TRIPLE METER. THE ORNAMENTED MODAL MELODY IS REMINISCENT OF MEDIEVAL BANQUETS BRIMMING WITH JESTERS, DANCERS AND REVELRY. AS AN "ESTAMPIE REAL", IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH REGAL COURT DANCING, ITS REFINED STYLE DISTINGUISHING IT FROM OTHER CONTEMPORANEOUS DANCE GENRES. THE IMPROVISATORY NATURE AND REPETITION IN THE MUSIC EVOKES THE FEASTING AND MERRIMENT OF A MEDIEVAL NOBLE CELEBRATION.

     

    20. EMPEROR'S BANQUET 00:00:30 30 SECS

    BPM
    80
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    Pipe, Vielle,
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Trad Trad
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447119
    Tags
    Upbeat, dance, folk, Renaissance, Medieval, modal, pipe, hedonistic
  • 21. THE LAST VOYAGE 00:01:34 THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF MEDIEVAL MUSIC, CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THE ERA AND PROVIDING A GLIMPSE INTO THE MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF THE TIME BY USING PARALLEL HARMONIES AND OSTINATO. THE SLOW EBB AND FLOW OF THE LILTING LUTE CRADLES THE SINGER AND FLUTE LIKE A BOAT ON A CALM SEA.

     

    22. THE LAST VOYAGE 00:00:30 30 SECS

     

    23. THE LAST VOYAGE 00:01:30 INSTRUMENTAL

    BPM
    100
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Folk, Medieval, Renaissance
    Mood
    Epic, majestic, regal, chivalrous, mystical, spiritual, Gregorian, folksy, rustic, earthy, ancient, brooding, sombre, mysterious, ecclesiastical, chorale, traditional, baroque, renaissance, Celtic, crusader, monastic, primeval, antiquity, prehistoric
    Instruments
    Lute, Pipe, Voice
     
     
    Label
    MEDIATRACKS
    Sub-label
    MEDIATRACKS CLASSICS
    Album
    Medieval
    Album code
    MML471
    Year
    01
    Composers
    Trad Trad
    Publishers
    Mediatracks Music Ltd
    ISRC code
    GBKZY2447121
    Tags
    sad, calm, lulling medieval, renaissance
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