Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version)

Album by Sophie Watillon.

Release date: 1970-01-01

Tracks (50)

  1. Music: Folias (Imperfectas) [Harp]
  2. Makam “Muhayyer pesrev” (Ottoman War March) [15th Century]
  3. Narration I (1): "By Her Mere Presence, Folly Dissipates the Cares of her Audience"
  4. Narration 1: "Letter by Erasmus. The War Against the Turks" / Music: Taksim (Improvisation Santur)
  5. La Folia: "Yo Soy La Locura"
  6. Saltarello: Une musque de Buscaye (Instrumental)
  7. Narration III (2): "On How Folly Is Prompted to Sing her Own Praises" / Music: Passamezzo Antico
  8. A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)
  9. Narration VII (3): Folly’s Origins
  10. Narration 2, Adage 145: "Fortune Smiles on the Bold" / Music: Fortuna desperata
  11. Recercada quarta sobre la Folia
  12. Audi, benigne Conditor (C. M. Montecassino No. 40)
  13. Narration VIII (4): "Her Birthplace, Her Infancy" / Music: Folias de la costa (Harp)
  14. Taskim & Dance (Ottoman)
  15. Narration IX (5): "Her Followers" / Music: Folias de la costa (Cont.)
  16. Narration 3: "Erasmus of Rotterdam and the Jews" / Music: Las estrellas de los cielos (Sephardic)
  17. La Gamba In Basso, E Soprano (1564)
  18. Lavava y suspirava (Anonymous Sephardic)
  19. Narration X (6): "Folly’s Claims to be Admitted to the Council of the Goddesses / Music: Romanesca
  20. Malor me bat (Odhecaton, No. 63)
  21. Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)
  22. Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3)
  23. Narration XI (7): "On How She Perpetuates the Human Race" / Music (Cont.): Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)
  24. Narration XII (8): "On How She is the Source of Happiness in Life" / Music (Cont.): Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)
  25. Si habrá en este baldrés (C. M. Palacio No. 179)
  26. Narration XIII (9): "Of the Connection Between Folly and Childhood and the Second Childhood of Old Age" / Music: Las Vacas (Improvisation Harp)
  27. Diferencias Sobre Las Vacas (Anonymous Improvisation) [C. M. Medinaceli]
  28. Narration XIV (10): "On How She Prolongs Infancy and Halts Old Age" / Music: Folías antiguas (C. M. Palacio No. 121)
  29. Narration XVI (11): "Of Folly’s Pre-Eminence in the World" / Music: Harke, harke (Gamba Viol)
  30. Browning my Dear
  31. Narration XIX (12): "Folly Is Necessary to Friendship" / Music: Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation)
  32. Narration XX (13): "There Is No Lasting Marriage Without the Complicity of Folly" / Music (Cont.): Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation)
  33. Juan del Enzina. Cucú, cucú, cucucú! (C. M. Palacio No. 94)
  34. Narration XXI (14): "Folly Is the Blessing of Human Society" / Music: Paduana del re (Mss Venezia)
  35. Todos los buenos soldados (La Guerra)
  36. Narration XXIII (15): "She Inspires Warfare" / Music: Pavana La Battaglia
  37. Narration XXV (16): "Of the Inferiority of Wisdom in all of Life’s Circumstances" / Music: Vederlo (Improvisation)
  38. Narration XXVIII (17): "She Is the Mother of the Arts" / Music: My Lady Carey’s Dompe / Danse Tune English Tradition (Harp)
  39. Saltarello (Mss. Venezia)
  40. Narration XXIX (18): "She Claims the Credit for True Wisdom" / Music: Las Vacas (Harp Improvisation)
  41. Narration XXX (19): "On Folly as a Guide Towards Wisdom" / Music: Pavana con su Glosa
  42. Narration XXXII (20): "Of the Relationship Between Folly and Ignorance" / Music: Desperada (Elizabethan)
  43. La Spagna (XVth Century)
  44. Narration LV (21): "Folly of Kings" / Music: Las Vacas (Romanesca)
  45. Narration LVII – LIX (22): "Folly of Bishops, Cardinals and Supreme Pontiffs" / Music: Estas noches a tan largas (Instrumental - C. M. Calabria No. 26)
  46. Narration LXVI (23): "Relationship Between the Christian Religion and Folly" / Music: Patres nostri peccaverunt (C. M. Montecassino No. 2)
  47. Narration LXVII (24): "Folly is the Sovereign Good" / Music: Dios te salve, Cruz preciosa (Instrumental C. M. Palacio No. 434)
  48. Diferencias Sobre ‘Las Vacas’ (Harp)
  49. Narration LXVIII (25): "Farewell to the Reader" / Music: Folias Portuguesas (Harp)
  50. Villancico (Égloga 6): Hoy comamos y bevamos (C. M. Palacio No. 174)

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