Ludi Musici (Hamburg 1621)

Album by Samuel Scheidt & Hespèrion XXI & Jordi Savall

Ludi Musici (Hamburg 1621) is a collection of instrumental works by German composer Samuel Scheidt, published in 1621. It comprises consort and organ pieces that blend late Renaissance polyphony with early Baroque textures, featuring contrapuntal writing, dance-derived rhythms and idiomatic treatments for keyboard and small ensembles, and it illustrates Scheidt's contribution to the development of German instrumental practice in the early seventeenth century.
First released: 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Paduan à 4 Voc. Cantus IV
    6:55
  2. 2.
    Galliard à 4 Voc. Cantus VIII
    3:05
  3. 3.
    Courant à 4 Voc. Cantus XI
    1:44
  4. 4.
    Courant à 4 Voc. Cantus XIX
    2:31
  5. 5.
    Canzon à 5 Voc. Ad Imitationem Bergamas, Angl. Cantus XXVI
    4:45
  6. 6.
    Courant à 4 Voc. Cantus XXIII
    1:31
  7. 7.
    Galliard à 5 Voc. Cantus XXV
    2:54
  8. 8.
    Courant à 4 Voc. Cantus XVII
    1:34
  9. 9.
    Galliard Battaglia à 5 Voc. Cantus XXI
    3:38
  10. 10.
    Paduan à 4 Voc. Cantus VI
    5:43
  11. 11.
    Galliard à 4 Voc. Cantus VII
    1:15
  12. 12.
    Allamande à 4 Voc. Cantus XVI
    2:31
  13. 13.
    Canzon à 5 Voc. Super Cantionem Gallicam Cantus XXIX
    5:05
  14. 14.
    Paduan à 4 Voc. Cantus V
    7:31
  15. 15.
    Courant Dolorosa à 4 Voc. Cantus IX
    2:28
  16. 16.
    Courant à 4 Voc. Cantus XIII
    2:23
  17. 17.
    Canzon à 5 Voc. Super o Nachbar Roland. Cantus XXVIII
    5:56

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