Anonymous: Music
Narration I (1)
"By Her Mere Presence, Folly Dissipates the Cares of Her Audience"
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Emily Wallis
Henry Du Bailly: La Folia
D. Ortiz: Narration III (2)
"On How Folly Is Prompted to Sing Her Own Praises" / Music: Passamezzo Antico
Emily Wallis, Thor-Harald Johnsen, Rolf Lislevand
Narration VII (3)
Folly’s Origins
Emily Wallis
Anonymous: Narration VIII (4)
Anonymous: Narration IX (5)
V. Ruffo
La gamba in basso, e soprano (1564)
Rafael Bonavita, Philippe Pierlot, Jordi Savall, Fahmi Alqhai, Hespèrion XXI
"Folly’s Claims to Be Admitted to the Council of the Goddesses / Music: Romanesca
Emily Wallis, Enrique Solinís
Anonymous: Folía
"Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)
Michael Behringer, Jordi Savall, Arianna Savall, Rolf Lislevand, Pedro Estevan
Anonymous: Narration XI (7)
"On How She Perpetuates the Human Race" / Music (Cont.): Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)
Rolf Lislevand, Pedro Estevan, Michael Behringer, Emily Wallis, Jordi Savall, Arianna Savall
Anonymous: 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)
Michael Behringer, Emily Wallis, Arianna Savall, Jordi Savall, Pedro Estevan, Rolf Lislevand
Si Habrá en Este Baldrés (C. M. Palacio No. 179)
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Ricart, Montserrat Figueras, Laurence Bonnal, Jordi Savall, John Cabero
Anonymous: Narration XIII (9)
"Of the Connection Between Folly and Childhood and the Second Childhood of Old Age" / Music: Las Vacas (Improvisation Harp)
Emily Wallis, Andrew Lawrence-King
Anonymous
Diferencias Sobre Las Vacas (Anonymous Improvisation) [C. M. Medinaceli]
Anonymous: Narration XIV (10)
"On How She Prolongs Infancy and Halts Old Age" / Music: Folías antiguas (C. M. Palacio No. 121)
Carlos Garcia-Bernalt, Jordi Savall, Rolf Lislevand, David Mayoral, Arianna Savall, Xavier Puertas, Emily Wallis
"Of Folly’s Pre-Eminence in the World" / Music: Harke, harke (Gamba Viol)
Jordi Savall, Emily Wallis
C. Woodcock
"Folly Is Necessary to Friendship" / Music: Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation)
Emily Wallis, Andrew Lawrence-King
"There Is No Lasting Marriage Without the Complicity of Folly" / Music (Cont.): Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation)
Emily Wallis, Andrew Lawrence-King
Juan del Enzina. Cucú, cucú, cucucú! (C. M. Palacio No. 94)
Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Ricart, Laurence Bonnal, Joan Cabero, Jordi Savall
Anonymous: Narration XXI (14)
"Folly Is the Blessing of Human Society" / Music: Paduana del re (Mss Venezia)
Philippe Pierlot, Fahmi Alqhai, Emily Wallis, Dimitri Psonis, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall
Flecha
Susato: Narration XXIII (15)
Anonymous: Narration XXV (16)
"Of the Inferiority of Wisdom in all of Life’s Circumstances" / Music: Vederlo (Improvisation)
Emily Wallis, Thor-Harald Johnsen, Rolf Lislevand
Narration XXVIII (17)
"She Is the Mother of the Arts" / Music: My Lady Carey’s Dompe / Danse Tune English Tradition (Harp)
Emily Wallis, Andrew Lawrence-King
Anonymous
Saltarello (Mss. Venezia)
Dimitri Psonis, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Philippe Pierlot, Fahmi Alqhai, Jordi Savall, Sergi Casademunt
Anonymous: Narration XXIX (18)
"She Claims the Credit for True Wisdom" / Music: Las Vacas (Harp Improvisation)
Emily Wallis, Andrew Lawrence-King
"On Folly as a Guide Towards Wisdom" / Music: Pavana con su Glosa
Rolf Lislevand, Jordi Savall, Lorenz Duftschmid, Eunice Brandao, Emily Wallis, Sergi Casademunt
Narration XXXII (20)
"Of the Relationship Between Folly and Ignorance" / Music: Desperada (Elizabethan)
Jordi Savall, Emily Wallis, Sergi Casademunt, Hespèrion XXI
Anonymous
Anonymous: Narration LV (21)
Anonymous: Narration LVII – LIX (22)
"Folly of Bishops, Cardinals and Supreme Pontiffs" / Music: Estas noches a tan largas (Instrumental - C. M. Calabria No. 26)
Sergi Casademunt, Eunice Brandao, Emily Wallis, Sophie Watillon, Jordi Savall, Andrew Lawrence-King
J. Cornago: Narration LXVI (23)
"Relationship Between the Christian Religion and Folly" / Music: Patres nostri peccaverunt (C. M. Montecassino No. 2)
Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Emily Wallis
Anonymous: Narration LXVII (24)
"Folly is the Sovereign Good" / Music: Dios te salve, Cruz preciosa (Instrumental C. M. Palacio No. 434)
Emily Wallis, Hespèrion XXI
A. de Cabezón
Diferencias Sobre ‘Las Vacas’ (Harp)
Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin, Roberto Gini, Sergi Casademunt, Robert Clancy, Hespèrion XXI, Montserrat Figueras
Anonymous: Narration LXVIII (25)
Encina: Villancico (Égloga 6)
Hoy comamos y bevamos (C. M. Palacio No. 174)
Jean Ricart, Daniele Carnovich, Joan Cabero, Montserrat Figueras, Laurence Bonnal, Jordi Savall
Anonymous
Anonymous: Narration 1
"Letter by Erasmus. The War Against the Turks" / Music: Taksim (Improvisation Santur)
Harry Livingstone, Dimitri Psonis
Anonymous
A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)
Jean-Pierre Canihac, Sophie Watillon, Sergi Casademunt, Daniel Lasalle, Béatrice Delpierre, Jordi Savall, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
"Fortune Smiles on the Bold" / Music: Fortuna desperata
Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall, Daniel Lasalle, Max Wilson, Philippe Pierlot
Audi, benigne Conditor (C. M. Montecassino No. 40)
Daniele Carnovich, Pascal Bertin, Lluis Vilamajo, Furio Zanassi, Francesc Garrigosa, Jordi Savall
Anonymous
Taskim & Dance (Ottoman)
Nedyalko Nedyalkov, David Mayoral
Narration 3
"Erasmus of Rotterdam and the Jews" / Music: Las estrellas de los cielos (Sephardic)
Harry Livingstone, David Mayoral, Jordi Savall
Anonymous
Lavava y suspirava (Anonymous Sephardic)
Pedro Estevan, Dmitri Psonis, Andrew Lawrence-King, Driss El Malouni, Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI
Jean d’Ockeghem
Sermisy
Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3)
Daniele Carnovich, Lambert Ciment, Lluis Vilamajo, Pascal Bertin, Luca Guglielmi
J. Vincenet: Narration 4
"Epitaph for the Peerless Musician Johannes Ockeghem" / Music: Fortune par ta cruaulté
Harry Livingstone, Luca Guglielmi
des Prez
Antoine Bruhier
Anonymous: Narration 5
"Panegyric to Philip the Fair" (1504) / Music: Adieu mes amours (Improvisation Harp)
Harry Livingstone, Andrew Lawrence-King
Anonymous
"Love Makes Men Musicians" / Music: De tous biens plaine (C. M. Montecassino No. 85)
Harry Livingstone, Eunice Brandao, Jordi Savall, Sergi Casademunt
In te Domine speravi (C. M. Palacio No. 84)
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Ricart, Furio Zanasi, David Sagastume, Lluis Vilamajo
Petrus Damiani: Narration 7
"Enchiridion. The Importance of the Classics" / Music: Ave maris stella (C. M. Montecassino No. 76) [Harp]
Harry Livingstone, Andrew Lawrence-King
Anonymous
Narration 8, Adage 3001
"War Is Sweet to Those Who Have Not Experienced It" / Music: Fanfares & Tambours Vexilla Regis (C. M. Montecassino No. 106)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Harry Livingstone, Hespèrion XXI
De la Torre
Narration 9
"Erasmus of Rotterdam to his Dear Friend Thomas More on the Publication of Praise of Folly"
Harry Livingstone
Anonymous
Paduana del Re (Mss. Venezia)
Jordi Savall, Dmitri Psonis, Sergi Casademunt, Philippe Pierlot, Xavier Díaz-Latorre
Gesualdo: Narration 10
A. de Cabezón: Narration 11
"Erasmus. Education of the Christian Prince" (1516) / Music: imno XVI (Instrumental)
Sergi Casademunt, Lorenz Duftschmid, Eunice Brando, Jordi Savall, Harry Livingstone
Dimitri Cantemir: Music
John Lloyd: Narration 12
"Thomas More’s Utopia: On Justice and Social Prosperity" / Music: Puzzle-canon I
Jordi Savall, Max Wilson, Sergi Casademunt, Fahmi Alqhai, Philippe Pierlot
Anonymous
Adoramus te Domine (Montecassino mss. No. 4)
"Erasmus. The Complaint of Peace" / Music: Mille regrets (Viols)
Harry Livingstone, Imke David, Johanna Valencia, Jordi Savall, Fahmi Alqhai
Lope De Vega: Balad
Anonymous: Narration 14
"Letter from Martin Luther to Erasmus (28th March 1519)" / Music: Psalm: A solis ortus cardine (Organ)
Max Wilson, Carlos Garcia-Bernalt
Narration 15
"Letter from Erasmus of Rotterdam to Martin Luther (30th May 1519)" / Music: In Nomine a 5
Hespèrion XXI, Harry Livingstone
Du Caurroy
"Letter from Martin Luther to Erasmus (15 April 1524)" / Music: Psalm: Christ ist Erstanden (Organ)
Carlos Garcia-Bernalt, Max Wilson
Tye: Narration 17
"Erasmus of Rotterdam to Luther - On Free Will" (1524) / Music: In Nomine a 5 Free from All
Harry Livingstone, Hespèrion XXI
Susato
Pavane “La Bataille” (Anonymous Published by Jacques Moderne in “Music de Joie” Lyon, ca. 1540)
Anonymous: Narration 18
"Letter from Erasmus of Rotterdam to King Francis I of France" (16th June 1526) / Music: Pavane 14 (Anonymous Published by Jacques Moderne in “Music de Joie” Lyon, ca. 1540)
Harry Livingstone, Hespèrion XXI
Mehmet bin Süleyman
Gazel (Ottoman Song)
Murat Salim Tokac, Fahrettin Yarkin, Derya Türkan, Gursoy Dinçer, Yurdal Tokcan
Luther: Narration 19
"Martin Luther to Erasmus, The Bondage of the Will" / Music: Psalm: Christ lag in Todes (Published by Martin Luther in 1533)
Carlos Garcia-Bernalt, Jordi Savall, Max Wilson
Isaac
"Words Are the Physicians of Ailing Souls" / Music: Now o Now
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Max Wilson, Jordi Savall
Narration 21
"Erasmus Dies at Basel" (Stefan Zweig, 1934)
Max Wilson
B. Appenzeller: Plangite Pierides
Trabaci: Narration 22
"Erasmus’s Spiritual Legacy" (Stefan Zweig) / Music: Durezze e ligature (Instrumental)
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Xavier Puertas, Imke David, Jordi Savall, Sergi Casademunt, Harry Livingstone, Philippe Pierlot
