Notes and Editorial Reviews
In its role of showcasing women in music, the Leonarda label has assembled a potpourri of compositions by or related to women between the 12th and 17th centuries. There's an historical lesson in the liner notes and lyrics, as well as a delightful view in miniature of the evolution of song and instrumental airs preceding the boom of the Baroque. Aside from the recently resurrected Hildegard of Bingen, whose 12th Century compositions bear the church's influence of plainsong, most of the women here are unknown, at least as composers. Anne Boleyn, more famous for having lost her head to Henry VIII, is represented by a song supposedly composed by her in the Tower, a precursor to the forms that would blossom under her daughter, Elizabeth
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Andrea Folan's youthful, sweet soprano is well-suited to Boleyn's and later dance-influenced English-language songs. Her broad knowledge of the repertoire is evidenced in her decoration of the melody line of a poem by the Countess of Dia from 12th Century southern France; there are suggestions of Ladino and later Spanish stylings. The accompaniments and non-vocal numbers are performed gently but confidently on period instruments, including lute, recorder, and symphonia. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
A chantar m'er de so qu'en no volria by de Dia, Beatriz, Comtessa
Performer:
Andrea Folan (Soprano),
Susan Sandman (Fiddle),
Derwood Crocker (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Written: 12th Century; France
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 7 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: French
2.
Mout m'abelist quant je voi revenir by Maroie de Dregnau
Performer:
Susan Sandman (Fiddle),
Andrea Folan (Soprano),
Derwood Crocker (Psaltery)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Written: 13th Century
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 1 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: French
3.
Amours, u trop tart me sui pris by Blanche of Castile
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Psaltery),
Susan Sandman (Fiddle),
Andrea Folan (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Written: 13th Century
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: French
4.
Trotto by Anonymous
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Nakers),
Susan Sandman (Recorder)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Renaissance
Written: 14th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 1 Minutes 23 Secs.
5.
In Evangelium by Hildegard of Bingen
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Organetto),
Andrea Folan (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Written: 12th Century; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: Latin
6.
O viridissima virga, Ave by Hildegard of Bingen
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Psaltery),
Susan Sandman (Fiddle),
Andrea Folan (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Written: 12th Century; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: Latin
7.
O Jerusalem aure civitas by Hildegard of Bingen
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Hurdy-gurdy),
Susan Sandman (Fiddle),
Andrea Folan (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Written: 12th Century; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 7 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: Latin
8.
Saltarello by Anonymous
Performer:
Susan Sandman (Recorder),
Derwood Crocker (Pipe & Tabor)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs.
9.
La Manfredina by Anonymous
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Lute),
Susan Sandman (Fiddle)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Written: 14th Century
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.
10.
O deathe, rock me asleepe by Anne Boleyn
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Lute),
Susan Sandman (Bass Viola da gamba),
Andrea Folan (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 7 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: The attribution of this song to Anne Boleyn is uncertain.
11.
Sweetest love I do not goe by Killegrew,
Performer:
Susan Sandman (Bass Viola da gamba),
Andrea Folan (Soprano),
Derwood Crocker (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: English
12.
Tower Hill by Giles Farnaby
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Lute),
Susan Sandman (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs.
13.
Greensleeves by Traditional
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Lute),
Susan Sandman (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
14.
When first I saw Fair Dorris' eyes by Mary Harvey Dering
Performer:
Andrea Folan (Soprano),
Derwood Crocker (Lute),
Susan Sandman (Bass Viola da gamba)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1635; England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: English
15.
And is this all? What one poor kisse? by Mary Harvey Dering
Performer:
Susan Sandman (Bass Viola da gamba),
Andrea Folan (Soprano),
Derwood Crocker (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1635; England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 0 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: English
16.
In vain fair Chloris, you design by Mary Harvey Dering
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Lute),
Susan Sandman (Bass Viola da gamba),
Andrea Folan (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1635; England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: English
17.
The Nightingale by Anonymous
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Lute),
Susan Sandman (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Baroque
Written: England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.
18.
Nobody's Jig by Richard Farnaby
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Lute),
Susan Sandman (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs.
19.
Estampie by Anonymous
Performer:
Derwood Crocker (Hurdy-gurdy),
Susan Sandman (Recorder)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elizabethan Conversation
Period: Medieval
Written: France
Date of Recording: 09/1994
Venue: Alice Barler Hall, Wells College, NY
Length: 1 Minutes 25 Secs.
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