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[ellid]

A serpent. A theorbo. Natural trumpets, expertly played. Kettle drums with the correct sticks. Violins tuned at 415 instead of 440. Singers using the correct pronunciation for 17th century France.

Good gentles all, may you enjoy the work of Martin Gester and Le Parlement de Musique as much as I did:

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Thank you!

[cathouse-mary.livejournal.com]

Full version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzyZ0alcDDY&feature=related

New musical turn on! :)

Re: Thank you!

[ellid.livejournal.com]

I'm especially fond of the theorbo playing the continuo instead of the harpsichord. And the DRUMMER! Who says classical music can't be fun?

Re: Thank you!

[cathouse-mary.livejournal.com]

Are you familiar with these guys? The Tallis Scholars are one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4VoKso5ERI

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[ellid.livejournal.com]

Yep. :)

This isn't my favorite performance of this, but here's the music for the Medici wedding of 1589, La Pellagrina. Wonderful stuff, and I swear I could almost *hear* it in the courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfakbN_6Zzs

[aseneth.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice, indeed! Thank you!

[persevero.livejournal.com]

I love it/them! I am awed by natural trumpets; I can clearly remember the first time I heard them, in The Messiah at Ely Cathedral, with the two trumpeters playing from the tribune, far above the rest of the orchestra.