It is that moment in time and place when the soul catches a slow motion glimpse of itself traveling willy-nilly through the maelstrom of the great vortex. At once noble and base, it is coloured in a chromatic blue melancholy and dry red pathos. There too is the peace that comes with acceptance of one's fate... and the anguished impossibility of not struggling against this same fate... La Follia Itinerante holds up a mirror that we may see ourselves as we really are: beggars before God. And makes us laugh at our own pitiful and ludicrous condition.

A true Follia is unique at each playing. It exists for a moment and then vanishes. This one was caught on a warm and sunny afternoon in a garden house on the southern slopes of the Schwarzwald. It takes as inspiration the Follias of Nicholas Chédeville, Corelli, Vivaldi, Marais and the many other composers, known and unknown, who have added to our treasure store of Follias.

1. Troisieme Suitte Fanfare (Jacques Hotteterre)-The Hurdy
2. Rondeau Le Complaisant Six Galante Duos - Suite I (EP Chedeville)-The Hurdy
3. Sellingers Round - Marlborough (English Traditional)-The Hurdy
4. Amusements en Duo - Tambourins 1 - 2 (Jean-Baptiste Dupuits)-The Hurdy
5. Les Fleurs - Les Margeurites (Philibert Delavigne)-The Hurdy
6. Commedia - Danze Curiose per Teatro - Nos 9 (Gregorio Lambranzi)-The Hurdy
7. Les Fleurs - Les Penseees (Philibert Delavigne)-The Hurdy
8. Commedia - Danze Curiose per Teatro - Nos 11 (Gregorio Lambranzi)-The Hurdy
9. Les Fleurs - Les Prime-Veres (Philibert Delavigne)-The Hurdy
10. Commedia - Danze Curiose per Teatro - Nos 18 (Gregorio Lambranzi)-The Hurdy
11. La Follia Itinerante (Anonymous)-The Hurdy

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 5/28/2010
The Hurdy-Gurdy Band lives in Massachusetts USA

Tagged as: Classical, Medieval, Baroque, Classical Period, Instrumental, Hurdy Gurdy

1. Dancing in the Isles by Musica Pacifica: Baroque and traditional music from England, Scotland and Ireland
2. Gabriels Message - Festive Music From Medieval England by Mediva: medieval music made enticingly modern
3. La Domna Ditz - Songs of the Trobairitz by Rossignol: spare and lyrical medieval troubadour songs
4. Commusicare by Commusicare: musical conversation from the Renaissance to the Baroque
5. Confluentes by Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks: virtuoso viola da gamba
6. Elizabeth's Lutes by Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
7. Passion, Pestilence and Polyphony by Misericordia: sickeningly good Medieval
8. Harpsichord suites of Chambonnieres by Hanneke van Proosdij: vibrant harpsichord-music
9. A Spagna in the Works by Alison Crum and Roy Marks: Ethereal, enigmatic and exhilarating renaissance miniature masterpieces for viol and lute
10. Influenza Italiana by Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
11. Dolci Miei Sospiri by Ensemble Carpe Diem: Early music featuring Italian affetti from Switzerland
12. German Viola da Gamba Sonatas by Ernst Stolz: Renaissance and Baroque beautiful music revealed by Dutch gambist and multi-instrumentalist
13. Il Rossetto, Domenico Bianchini's Lute Book (1546) by Richard MacKenzie: Virtuoso English Lutenist and Guitarist
14. Baroque Lute Duets by Edward Martin and Paul Berget: vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute
15. Poeticall Musicke Live by Poeticall Musicke: Late Renaissance and Early Baroque music, historically performed
16. English Renaissance Music by La Primavera: English Renaissance music.
17. Italian Music of the 17th Century by Altri Stromenti: 17th century baroque ensemble
18. Sister Awake - music only by Jeni Melia: Elizabethan lute and folk song
19. Ludwig Senfl by Farallon Recorder Quartet: renaissance recorder ensemble
20. Cifras Selectas de Guitarra, Santiago de Murcia 1722 by Eduardo Figueroa and Oscar Ohlsen: Chilean baroque guitar duo

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