Florilegium Series - Medieval & Renaissance (50 Cd

Various Artists

CD1: Music For Holy Week CD2: Ce Diabolic Chant - Ballades, Rondeaus & Virelais of the Late Fourteenth Century CD3: Carmina Burana 1 CD4: Llibre Vermell - Pilgrim Songs & Dances CD5: The Feast Of Fools CD6-7: Pilgrimage To Santiago CD8: Machaut: 2 Polyphonic Lais CD9: Wolkenstein: Knightly Passion CD10-11: Ockeghem: Secular Music CD12: Perugia: Secular Works [ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME] CD13: Sweet Is The Song CD14: Dufay: Secular Music CD15: Des Pres: Masses CD16: Des Pres: Complete Three-Part secular music [ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME] CD17: Isaac: Chansons [ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME] CD18: Tromboncino: Frottole [ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME] CD19-21 Chansonnier Cordiforme CD22: My Verry Joy CD23: Lassus: Le lagrime di San Petro; Marini: Le lagrime d'Erminia CD24: Holborne: Pavans & Galliards CD25: Susato: Dansereye CD26: A Musicall Banquet CD27: Gesualdo: Quinto Libro CD28: Morley: Ayres & Madrigals CD29: Wilbye: First & Second Set of Madrigals CD30: Gabrieli: Symphoniae Sacrae CD31: Coprario: Vocal & Consort Music CD32: Gibbons: Madrigals & Motets CD33: Music From The Time of Elizabeth I CD34: Byrd: Psalmes, Sonets & Songs CD35: Byrd: Consort Music [ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME] CD36: Byrd: My Ladye Nevells Book [selection] CD37: Cozens Lute Book CD38-39: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book [selection] CD40-41: Frescobaldi: Il Primo Libro di Toccate CD42: Monteverdi: Quarto Libro di Madrigali CD43: Amorous Dialogues CD44: Lawes: Setts [ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME] CD45: Maynard: XII Wonders of the World CD46: Dowland: First Booke of Songes CD47: Dowland: Lachrimae CD48: Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore CD49: Sylvan & Oceanic Delights of Posilipo CD50: Jenkins: Consort Music

This final L'Oiseau-Lyre set presents some of the most significant Medieval & Renaissance albums recorded by one of the most authoritative Early Music labels. Ranging from Anonymous 13th century hymns to Dowland's Lachrimae, the works explored in this 50CD collection effectively represent the dawn of Western Music Tradition. Included are 6 albums new to CD, plus a 200-page booklet featuring historical overviews of the recorded works and a history of the label.