95 mixes taggedmedieval

''It always seems those castles and dreams fade with the morning light...''

9 Classical and Romantic works written in tribute to medieval music. Includes pieces by Warlock, Respighi and Faure.

MEDIAEVAL / PAGAN MUSIC BY DCD, Mediaeval Baebes, Loreena McKennitt, Azam Ali and many brilliant others from all over Europe. WELCOME TO the heaven, purgatory and hell of the human soul. OVER 80 TRACKS OF IT

We´re in 12th century Beuern. If you´re in your thirties, you´re already considered lucky to have lived to a ripe old age. We´re sitting in a tavern, in an inn, stooped over a beer stein. Death comes swift in this world. Wars, epidemics. You learn to enjoy life and all the earthly pleasures. Forget Paris and fin du siecle. MEDIAEVAL TIMES - THAT WAS THE AGE OF REAL DECADENCE! I give you the entire work by Orff with English translations of the Latin and Middle High German lyrics.

Dux Berriensis cum ea ultima diuitissima hora in mense Martii auditoribus viii cantorum quæ musicam e tempore Dantis item unum canticum de tres sororibus, & aliquot trobadorum coronæ Aragonensis & Franciæ medieualis continent ualet.

12 tracks for enduring the merciless indifference of your beloved.

Final instalment in my series of 'Classic' mixes.

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth
-Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)

Painting by Francesco Hayez.

He was the flower of chivalry, she was a pearl beyond price.

2 hours of music telling a tale of high chivalry, for the knights and maidens out there. Includes Soil Bleeds Black, Sopor Aeternus, Qntal, Medieval Baebes, Ophelias Dream and Blackmore's Night.

Eight tracks including music by Faun, Omnia and Sava.

The sweet smell that in mine heart I find,
Hath changed me, all of another kind.

- Chaucer, translating 'Cecilia' from 'The Golden Legend'

11 tracks.

Delving into secrets is perilous business!

25 tracks that bring the folk and sacred sounds of the Middle Ages to the present day, with style.
Including both electric and acoustic songs from all over Europe. With artists like Qntal, Faun and Azam Ali.

If you enjoy this you might like my other neo-medieval mix: http://8tracks.com/idril/the-maiden-and-the-knight