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GOTHIC WINDS

WIND MUSIC FROM THE 13th-15th CENTURIES FOR THE 'ALTA CAPELLA'

Shawms: Gesine Bänfer, Ian Harrison

Slide trumpet: David Yacus

Tower music, tafelmusic, dances and songs: an overview of the loud musicians' art from the 300-year history of the mediaeval wind band or 'Alta Capella'. Includes music by Dufay, Binchois, the Monk of Salzburg, Oswald von Wolkenstein, G. Ebreo da Pesaro, Loyset, Ffrankes and others.

'Electrifying' - Early Music

'thrilling' Badische Zeitung

'brilliant' - Alte Musik Aktuell

CD: Gothic Winds on Christophorus Digital (1996) no. 77193

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