Anonymous: Music
Narration I (1)
"By Her Mere Presence, Folly Dissipates the Cares of Her Audience"
Emily Wallis, Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Henry Du Bailly: La Folia
"On How Folly Is Prompted to Sing Her Own Praises" / Music: Passamezzo Antico
Emily Wallis, Rolf Lislevand, Thor-Harald Johnsen
Narration VII (3)
Folly’s Origins
Emily Wallis
D. Ortiz
Anonymous: Narration VIII (4)
Anonymous: Narration IX (5)
V. Ruffo
La gamba in basso, e soprano (1564)
Philippe Pierlot, Jordi Savall, Fahmi Alqhai, Rafael Bonavita, Hespèrion XXI
Mudarra, Alonso de: Narration X (6)
"Folly’s Claims to Be Admitted to the Council of the Goddesses / Music: Romanesca
Enrique Solinís, Emily Wallis
Anonymous: Folía
"Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)
Jordi Savall, Michael Behringer, Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, 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)
Emily Wallis, Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, Pedro Estevan, Jordi Savall, Michael Behringer
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, Pedro Estevan, Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, Jordi Savall
Si Habrá en Este Baldrés (C. M. Palacio No. 179)
Laurence Bonnal, Jordi Ricart, Hespèrion XXI, Montserrat Figueras, John Cabero, Jordi Savall
Anonymous: Narration XIII (9)
"Of the Connection Between Folly and Childhood and the Second Childhood of Old Age" / Music: Las Vacas (Improvisation Harp)
Andrew Lawrence-King, Emily Wallis
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)
Arianna Savall, Xavier Puertas, Carlos Garcia-Bernalt, Emily Wallis, Rolf Lislevand, Jordi Savall, David Mayoral
Hume: Narration XVI (11)
"Of Folly’s Pre-Eminence in the World" / Music: Harke, harke (Gamba Viol)
Jordi Savall, Emily Wallis
C. Woodcock
Arbeau: Narration XIX (12)
"Folly Is Necessary to Friendship" / Music: Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation)
Emily Wallis, Andrew Lawrence-King
Arbeau: Narration XX (13)
"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)
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)
Emily Wallis, Jordi Savall, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Sergi Casademunt, Fahmi Alqhai, Philippe Pierlot, Dimitri Psonis
Flecha
Susato: Narration XXIII (15)
Anonymous: Narration XXV (16)
"Of the Inferiority of Wisdom in all of Life’s Circumstances" / Music: Vederlo (Improvisation)
Rolf Lislevand, Thor-Harald Johnsen, Emily Wallis
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)
Philippe Pierlot, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Sergi Casademunt, Fahmi Alqhai, Jordi Savall, Dimitri Psonis
Anonymous: Narration XXIX (18)
"She Claims the Credit for True Wisdom" / Music: Las Vacas (Harp Improvisation)
Andrew Lawrence-King, Emily Wallis
"On Folly as a Guide Towards Wisdom" / Music: Pavana con su Glosa
Emily Wallis, Rolf Lislevand, Lorenz Duftschmid, Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall, Eunice Brandao
Narration XXXII (20)
"Of the Relationship Between Folly and Ignorance" / Music: Desperada (Elizabethan)
Emily Wallis, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall, Sergi Casademunt
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, Sophie Watillon, Emily Wallis, Eunice Brandao, Andrew Lawrence-King
J. Cornago: Narration LXVI (23)
"Relationship Between the Christian Religion and Folly" / Music: Patres nostri peccaverunt (C. M. Montecassino No. 2)
Emily Wallis, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI
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)
Sergi Casademunt, Robert Clancy, Roberto Gini, Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin, 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
DR: Narration 1
"Letter by Erasmus. The War Against the Turks" / Music: Taksim (Improvisation Santur)
Dimitri Psonis, Harry Livingstone
des Prez: Saltarello
Anonymous
A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)
Béatrice Delpierre, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Sergi Casademunt, Jean-Pierre Canihac, Jordi Savall, Sophie Watillon, Daniel Lasalle, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
"Fortune Smiles on the Bold" / Music: Fortuna desperata
Philippe Pierlot, Daniel Lasalle, Max Wilson, Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall
Audi, benigne Conditor (C. M. Montecassino No. 40)
Furio Zanassi, Lluis Vilamajo, 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, Jordi Savall, Harry Livingstone
Anonymous
Lavava y suspirava (Anonymous Sephardic)
Pedro Estevan, Dmitri Psonis, Andrew Lawrence-King, Montserrat Figueras, Driss El Malouni, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
Jean d’Ockeghem
Sermisy
Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3)
Lambert Ciment, Daniele Carnovich, Pascal Bertin, Luca Guglielmi, Lluis Vilamajo
J. Vincenet: Narration 4
"Epitaph for the Peerless Musician Johannes Ockeghem" / Music: Fortune par ta cruaulté
Luca Guglielmi, Harry Livingstone
des Prez
Antoine Bruhier
Anonymous: Narration 5
"Panegyric to Philip the Fair" (1504) / Music: Adieu mes amours (Improvisation Harp)
Andrew Lawrence-King, Harry Livingstone
Anonymous
"Love Makes Men Musicians" / Music: De tous biens plaine (C. M. Montecassino No. 85)
Eunice Brandao, Harry Livingstone, Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall
In te Domine speravi (C. M. Palacio No. 84)
Jordi Ricart, Lluis Vilamajo, Furio Zanasi, Hespèrion XXI, David Sagastume
Petrus Damiani: Narration 7
"Enchiridion. The Importance of the Classics" / Music: Ave maris stella (C. M. Montecassino No. 76) [Harp]
Andrew Lawrence-King, Harry Livingstone
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)
Harry Livingstone, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI
Anonymous
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, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Sergi Casademunt, Philippe Pierlot
Gesualdo: Narration 10
A. de Cabezón: Narration 11
"Erasmus. Education of the Christian Prince" (1516) / Music: imno XVI (Instrumental)
Harry Livingstone, Lorenz Duftschmid, Sergi Casademunt, Eunice Brando, Jordi Savall
Dimitri Cantemir: Music
John Lloyd: Narration 12
"Thomas More’s Utopia: On Justice and Social Prosperity" / Music: Puzzle-canon I
Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Sergi Casademunt, Fahmi Alqhai, Max Wilson
Anonymous
Adoramus te Domine (Montecassino mss. No. 4)
"Erasmus. The Complaint of Peace" / Music: Mille regrets (Viols)
Fahmi Alqhai, Jordi Savall, Harry Livingstone, Imke David, Johanna Valencia
Anonymous: Balad
Anonymous: Narration 14
"Letter from Martin Luther to Erasmus (28th March 1519)" / Music: Psalm: A solis ortus cardine (Organ)
Carlos Garcia-Bernalt, Max Wilson
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)
Max Wilson, Carlos Garcia-Bernalt
"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)
Derya Türkan, Gursoy Dinçer, Murat Salim Tokac, Fahrettin Yarkin, 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)
Jordi Savall, Max Wilson, Carlos Garcia-Bernalt
Dowland: Narration 20, Adage 2100
"Words Are the Physicians of Ailing Souls" / Music: Now o Now
Max Wilson, Jordi Savall, Xavier Díaz-Latorre
C. de Morales
Narration 21
"Erasmus Dies at Basel" (Stefan Zweig, 1934)
Max Wilson
Trabaci: Narration 22
"Erasmus’s Spiritual Legacy" (Stefan Zweig) / Music: Durezze e ligature (Instrumental)
Imke David, Harry Livingstone, Philippe Pierlot, Jordi Savall, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Sergi Casademunt, Xavier Puertas
