This item in Raum Klang's Souvenir series is an instance where the German concern is delving very deeply in its archives; the debut album of Leipzig-based group Ioculatores is deep indeed, as it dates from 1993, the very first year of Raum Klang's existence. The subtitle "Songs and Dances of the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries" would indicate an impressively wide array of styles, but for some reason it doesn't lead to an equally wide array of realizations; this band of eight -- at least in 1993 -- tended to treat ...
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This item in Raum Klang's Souvenir series is an instance where the German concern is delving very deeply in its archives; the debut album of Leipzig-based group Ioculatores is deep indeed, as it dates from 1993, the very first year of Raum Klang's existence. The subtitle "Songs and Dances of the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries" would indicate an impressively wide array of styles, but for some reason it doesn't lead to an equally wide array of realizations; this band of eight -- at least in 1993 -- tended to treat repertoire as mere grist for the instrumentally conceived mill. Some of it, such as the treatment of Guillaume de Machaut's ballade Quant je sui mis au Retour as a dance piece, is spectacularly successful and will make you want to write home to Mom. However, certain other pieces are just as spectacularly unsuccessful; witness the cautious, tortoise-like tread in La Seconda estampie royal. This would be in keeping with the period description of the Estampie as a solemn and courtly affair, but...
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Add this copy of Ioculatores to cart. $25.02, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Raumklang.
