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At times there is a tendency to 'over-orchestrate', as in the anonymous Tordion 2 where a phrase repeated three times is given to a different combination of instruments on each occasion, this Wagnerian view of the possibilities is contrary to what we know of the practices of the period. Variety is more legitimately introduced by the insertion of some vocal items, and by keyboard intabulations (stylishly delivered by Ton Koopman) of some of the pieces. To the bare bones of Moderne's versions, the members of Hesperion have added passage-work and ornamentation, not always appropriately or in the correct style. The result is entertaining and easy to listen to, though the view of the Rumbustious Renaissance presented by the dance performances in particular is now a little old-fashioned with more than a whiff of David Munrow about it, a fashion that was still. prevalent when the record was made in 1978.

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Voici un disque "...évoquant le XVIe siècle lyonnais (et qui) présente le côté parfois archaïque d'une musique située à la croisée des chemins. Lyon, carrefour des cultures, est le théâtre des échanges entre France et Italie. Si la variété des instruments italiens et la construction contrapuntique furent le point de départ d'une nouvelle inspiration, on retrouve parmi ces quelques extraits du recueil publié vers 1550 par Jacques Moderne à la fois la rusticité des danses françaises campagnardes et la finesse des madrigaux italiens. Les instruments de danse (tambours, bombardes et cornets) sont supportés par la noblesse aristocratique des violes".