Anonymous: Music
Narration I (1)
"By Her Mere Presence, Folly Dissipates the Cares of Her Audience"
Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, 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)
Philippe Pierlot, Fahmi Alqhai, Rafael Bonavita, Jordi Savall, 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, Pedro Estevan, Jordi Savall, Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall
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)
Michael Behringer, Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, Pedro Estevan, Jordi Savall, Emily Wallis
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)
Jordi Savall, Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, Michael Behringer, Emily Wallis, Pedro Estevan
Si Habrá en Este Baldrés (C. M. Palacio No. 179)
Laurence Bonnal, Hespèrion XXI, Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Ricart, 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, Emily Wallis, Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, David Mayoral, Xavier Puertas
"Of Folly’s Pre-Eminence in the World" / Music: Harke, harke (Gamba Viol)
Emily Wallis, Jordi Savall
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)
Andrew Lawrence-King, Emily Wallis
Juan del Enzina. Cucú, cucú, cucucú! (C. M. Palacio No. 94)
Jordi Ricart, Montserrat Figueras, Joan Cabero, Laurence Bonnal, Jordi Savall
Anonymous: Narration XXI (14)
"Folly Is the Blessing of Human Society" / Music: Paduana del re (Mss Venezia)
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Jordi Savall, Emily Wallis, Sergi Casademunt, Fahmi Alqhai, Philippe Pierlot, Dimitri Psonis
Flecha
Janequin: 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)
Andrew Lawrence-King, Emily Wallis
Anonymous
Saltarello (Mss. Venezia)
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Philippe Pierlot, Sergi Casademunt, Fahmi Alqhai, Jordi Savall, Dimitri Psonis
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, Eunice Brandao, Sergi Casademunt, Lorenz Duftschmid, Emily Wallis
Narration XXXII (20)
"Of the Relationship Between Folly and Ignorance" / Music: Desperada (Elizabethan)
Jordi Savall, Sergi Casademunt, Emily Wallis, 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)
Jordi Savall, Sergi Casademunt, Andrew Lawrence-King, Emily Wallis, Eunice Brandao, Sophie Watillon
J. Cornago: Narration LXVI (23)
"Relationship Between the Christian Religion and Folly" / Music: Patres nostri peccaverunt (C. M. Montecassino No. 2)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Emily Wallis, Hespèrion XXI
Anonymous: Narration LXVII (24)
"Folly is the Sovereign Good" / Music: Dios te salve, Cruz preciosa (Instrumental C. M. Palacio No. 434)
Hespèrion XXI, Emily Wallis
A. de Cabezón
Diferencias Sobre ‘Las Vacas’ (Harp)
Robert Clancy, Roberto Gini, Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin, Sergi Casademunt, Hespèrion XXI, Montserrat Figueras
Anonymous: Narration LXVIII (25)
Encina: Villancico (Égloga 6)
Hoy comamos y bevamos (C. M. Palacio No. 174)
Joan Cabero, Montserrat Figueras, Jean Ricart, Laurence Bonnal, Daniele Carnovich, Jordi Savall
Anonymous
Anonymous: Narration 1
"Letter by Erasmus. The War Against the Turks" / Music: Taksim (Improvisation Santur)
Dimitri Psonis, Harry Livingstone
Anonymous
A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Jordi Savall, Béatrice Delpierre, Sophie Watillon, Sergi Casademunt, Jean-Pierre Canihac, Daniel Lasalle, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
"Fortune Smiles on the Bold" / Music: Fortuna desperata
Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Daniel Lasalle, Sergi Casademunt, Max Wilson
Audi, benigne Conditor (C. M. Montecassino No. 40)
Lluis Vilamajo, Furio Zanassi, Francesc Garrigosa, Daniele Carnovich, Pascal Bertin, 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)
David Mayoral, Harry Livingstone, Jordi Savall
Anonymous
Lavava y suspirava (Anonymous Sephardic)
Andrew Lawrence-King, Pedro Estevan, Dmitri Psonis, Driss El Malouni, Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
Jean d’Ockeghem
Sermisy
Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3)
Daniele Carnovich, Luca Guglielmi, Lambert Ciment, Lluis Vilamajo, Pascal Bertin
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)
Jordi Savall, Eunice Brandao, Harry Livingstone, Sergi Casademunt
In te Domine speravi (C. M. Palacio No. 84)
David Sagastume, Furio Zanasi, Jordi Ricart, Lluis Vilamajo, Hespèrion XXI
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)
Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Harry Livingstone
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)
Dmitri Psonis, Philippe Pierlot, Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall, Xavier Díaz-Latorre
Gesualdo: Narration 10
A. de Cabezón: Narration 11
"Erasmus. Education of the Christian Prince" (1516) / Music: imno XVI (Instrumental)
Sergi Casademunt, Harry Livingstone, Jordi Savall, Lorenz Duftschmid, Eunice Brando
Dimitri Cantemir: Music
John Lloyd: Narration 12
"Thomas More’s Utopia: On Justice and Social Prosperity" / Music: Puzzle-canon I
Sergi Casademunt, Fahmi Alqhai, Jordi Savall, Max Wilson, Philippe Pierlot
Anonymous
Adoramus te Domine (Montecassino mss. No. 4)
"Erasmus. The Complaint of Peace" / Music: Mille regrets (Viols)
Johanna Valencia, Jordi Savall, Fahmi Alqhai, Harry Livingstone, Imke David
Anonymous: 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
Harry Livingstone, Hespèrion XXI
Du Caurroy
H. L. Hassler: Christ ist erstanden
"Letter from Martin Luther to Erasmus (15 April 1524)" / Music: Psalm: Christ ist Erstanden (Organ)
Max Wilson, Carlos Garcia-Bernalt
Tye: Narration 17
"Erasmus of Rotterdam to Luther - On Free Will" (1524) / Music: In Nomine a 5 Free from All
Hespèrion XXI, Harry Livingstone
Janequin
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)
Hespèrion XXI, Harry Livingstone
Mehmet bin Süleyman
Gazel (Ottoman Song)
Yurdal Tokcan, Murat Salim Tokac, Derya Türkan, Gursoy Dinçer, Fahrettin Yarkin
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
Jordi Savall, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Max Wilson
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)
Jordi Savall, Imke David, Harry Livingstone, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Sergi Casademunt, Xavier Puertas, Philippe Pierlot
