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Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music

Average customer rating:

Pifarro's Best Album!
Fun, syncopated music from Piffaro, the Renaissance Band.
Renaissance Music is Anything but Boring!
Fun music

Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music

Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
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Canzoni e Danze: Wind Music from Renaissance Italy
Chansons et Danceries (French Renaissance Wind Music)
Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century
Medieval Dance Music

ASIN: B000001GYR
Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

La guerra
Calata ala spagnola
Fantasia del cuarto tono
Chacona ytaliana: 'Sencilla pastora'
Chacona: 'Un sarao de la chacona'
Espanyoleta - Gayta
Adoramoste, Senor
Si habra en este baldres?
[Untitled motet]
Crux Fidelis - Panis Angelicus - Crux fidelis
Puesque me tienes, Miguel
De la piel de sus ovejas
Parce mihi
Alli in Midbar - Canario
Sospiros, pues que descansa
Recuerde el alma dormida
Huyd, huyd, o ciegos amadores
Propinan de Meylor
Ay Jhesual frayle!
Ojos claros y serenos
Yntolerable rrayo!
Pois con tanta graca
Villano
Paradetas
Baile a finale

Customer Reviews:

Pifarro's Best Album!.......2003-07-08

Although Pifarro has released some wonderful stuff in the past couple of years, "Los Ministriles" is still, in my opinion, their best offering to date. Simply, this recording is a delight, and although I've heard it dozens of times, it always remains fresh and enjoyable upon each re-aquaintance. There is something about music from the Spanish renaissance that sets it apart from almost anything being written in Europe at the time, and Pifarro captures the fun, spontanaity and pure beauty that this music exudes from note one. Highly recommended.

Fun, syncopated music from Piffaro, the Renaissance Band........2002-11-25

The full title of this album is "Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music", and it features a wide variety of genteel and folksy tunes that would have been played by multi-instrumentalist minstrels employed by the nobles and clergy of the time. Originally founded in 1980 as the Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band, Piffaro took its current name from the Italian version of "Pfeifer", or piper. And indeed, this group boasts a wide variety of wind instruments: entire families of shawms, recorders and crumhorns; along with sackbuts, a bass dulcian and various bagpipes; accompanied by Spanish essentials such as harp, vihuela, guitar and percussion. The lively and intricate syncopation of Renaissance Spanish compositions lends a distinctive character to this CD in comparison with the group's other releases, which are also very good. Try their Flemish and German recordings too--"A Flemish Feast: Flemish Renaissance Wind Music" and "Stadtpfeiffer: Music of Renaissance Germany".

Renaissance Music is Anything but Boring!.......2000-03-20

I will admit an immediate bias for this recording, as my Renaissance Music instructor's husband is one of the players. However, leaving that fact out entirely, this disc, like all of Piffaro's recordings, is a joy. I listen to them everywhere, especially when I need to stay awake on long drives. To hear such difficult ensemble instruments as shawms, krumhorns and recorders in a resonant environment, played perfectly in tune is rare. This particular disc ranges from organ-like works for recorder consort to rousing dances like ¡Si abrá in este baldres! Unlike CDs that contain lengthy masses with no lighter interludes (although these are equally gorgeous, especially the Gabrielli Consort's Moralès Mass for the Feast of St. Isidore), Piffaro's CDs are widely varied in terms of instrumentation, style, tempo and inflection. I have played this for many people who claim to not like early music and have had much favorable response, not to mention the personal enjoyment and sheer fun!

Fun music.......1998-11-21

Much of this CD is typical Renaissance music with period instruments: a delight to listen to, but sounding a lot like other Renaissance delights. What I found really unique is that this is the first selection of Renaissance music which I'm familiar with that includes bagpipes among the instuments. Crumhorns and sackbuts are nice but familiar; the bagpipe selections blew me away.

Average customer rating:

Haunting Renaissance music
Excellent, as usual.
Absolutely gorgeous!

Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music

Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Canzoni e Danze: Wind Music from Renaissance Italy
Pleasures of the Royal Courts
Music for the Spanish Kings
Panorama: Dances of the Renaissance
Isabel I: Reina de Castilla

ASIN: B00008AD9Z
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

La Guerra
Calata Ala Spagnola
Fantasia Del Cuarto Tono
Chacona Ytaliana: 'Sencilla Pastora'
Chacona: 'Una Sarao De La Chacona'
Espanyoleta - Gayta
Adoramoste, Senor
Si Habra En Este Baldres?
(Untitled Motet)
Crux Fidelis - Panis Angelicus
Puesque Me Tienes, Miguel
De La Piel De Sus Ovejas
Parce Mihi
Alli In Midbar - Canario
Sospiros, Pues Que Descansa
Recuerde El Alma Dormida
Huyd, Huyd, O Ciegos Amadores
Propinan De Melyor
Ay Jhesus, Que Mal Frayle!
Ojos Claros Y Serenos
Yntolerable Rrayo!
Pois Con Tanta Graca
Villano
Paradetas
Baile A Finale

Customer Reviews:

Haunting Renaissance music.......2006-07-03

I saw a performance by the Globe Theatre that included a wonderful 5-piece English Renaissance musical ensemble. I went looking for some music like that --- music that included viols, lute, wind, reed, and percussion instruments. The particular sound wasn't easy to find, despite a plethora of English Renaissance CDs. This album of Spanish music from the 15th and 16th centuries actually came closer to the sound I was looking for. It alternates between haunting minor key melodies --- pavanes and the like --- and faster, livlier dance tunes. They're a wind ensemble, but there's actually a tune for solo lute. A lot of variety in a memorable and reasonably priced CD. I highly recommend it. (Although I hope Piffaro will consider recording a CD of English Renaissance music!)

Excellent, as usual........2005-11-16

'Los Ministriles, Spanish Renaissance Wind Music' is, I believe, the Philadelphia band, Piffaro's second or third album and I really find it more enjoyable than their parallel album on Italian Rennaissance music. The instruments are virtually identical, with a fair mix of stringed instruments added to round out the sound, but I really enjoyed the overall listening experience more. So, if you are unfamiliar with this band, get this album before the Italian or French albums.

This is an interesting contrast to the works of Begona Olavide and the Eduardo Paniagua Group' of which Olavide is a member. This Spanish group specializes in Medieval and Renaissance stringed instruments. And, from a purely subjective reaction, I prefer their work to Piffaro. I also think their scholarship is more interesting, but then, they are all Spanish, and Spanish specialists, so that is to be expected.

The visceral preference may be the only one worth banking on.

Worth the money, Olavide and Paniagua may be greater value.

Absolutely gorgeous!.......2005-03-21

A magnificent recording with enthralling melodies that will lift up your spirits. The bagpipes and flute pieces are simply wonderful. In quality, variety and every other aspect, Los Ministriles is certainly comparable to "Sinners and Saints", the great amazon.com Renaissance dance music favorite, the only difference being that this CD only contains instrumental music (no songs).

It is just too bad very few people are aware of it.