A la via! - Street music from XIII to XVI cent - Ensemble Anonymous & Strada

Album: A la Via! - Street music from XIII to XVI cent. Ensemble: Anonymous & Strada http://patreon.com/musicamedievale • For many years now, ensemble Strada has been exploring Mediterranean music which continues to draw from medieval tradition. Strada's rendition of the few scores that have been handed down to us from Middle Ages, which they perform in that most excellent of medieval forums, "nella strada", in the street, makes their music aliveand colorful, and much like the music which rang through southern Europe from thirteenh to the sixteenth centuries. The selection chosen for this recording were performed by Strada during the first Medievales de Québec festival in 1993 - music that the washerwoman and the court jester once dance to, music that cotribuited to magical atmosphere of the carnival. Every other eyars, for five days in mid-August, an unforgettable celebration of the Renaissance and the Middle Ages takes place against the charming backdrop of the walled city of Old Queb