Anónimo: 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
Rolf Lislevand · Thor-Harald Johnsen · Emily Wallis
Narration VII (3)
Folly’s Origins
Emily Wallis
D. Ortiz
Anónimo: Narration VIII (4)
"Her Birthplace, Her Infancy" / Music: Folias de la costa (Harp)
Emily Wallis · Andrew Lawrence-King
Anónimo: Narration IX (5)
V. Ruffo
La gamba in basso, e soprano (1564)
Rafael Bonavita · Jordi Savall · Philippe Pierlot · Fahmi Alqhai · Hespèrion XXI
Mudarra, Alonso de: Narration X (6)
"Folly’s Claims to Be Admitted to the Council of the Goddesses / Music: Romanesca
Emily Wallis · Enrique Solinís
Anónimo: Folía
"Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12)
Jordi Savall · Rolf Lislevand · Michael Behringer · Arianna Savall · Pedro Estevan
Anónimo: 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 · Arianna Savall · Pedro Estevan · Emily Wallis · Jordi Savall · Rolf Lislevand
Anónimo: 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)
Rolf Lislevand · Arianna Savall · Emily Wallis · Michael Behringer · Pedro Estevan · Jordi Savall
Si Habrá en Este Baldrés (C. M. Palacio No. 179)
Jordi Ricart · Laurence Bonnal · Hespèrion XXI · Montserrat Figueras · Jordi Savall · John Cabero
Anónimo: 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
Anónimo
Diferencias Sobre Las Vacas (Anonymous Improvisation) [C. M. Medinaceli]
Anónimo: Narration XIV (10)
"On How She Prolongs Infancy and Halts Old Age" / Music: Folías antiguas (C. M. Palacio No. 121)
Emily Wallis · Arianna Savall · Jordi Savall · Carlos Garcia-Bernalt · Xavier Puertas · Rolf Lislevand · 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)
Andrew Lawrence-King · Emily Wallis
Arbeau: Narration XX (13)
"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)
Laurence Bonnal · Montserrat Figueras · Joan Cabero · Jordi Ricart · Jordi Savall
Anónimo: Narration XXI (14)
"Folly Is the Blessing of Human Society" / Music: Paduana del re (Mss Venezia)
Jordi Savall · Philippe Pierlot · Dimitri Psonis · Xavier Díaz-Latorre · Sergi Casademunt · Fahmi Alqhai · Emily Wallis
Flecha
Susato: Narration XXIII (15)
Anónimo: 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
Anónimo
Saltarello (Mss. Venezia)
Philippe Pierlot · Jordi Savall · Xavier Díaz-Latorre · Sergi Casademunt · Fahmi Alqhai · Dimitri Psonis
Anónimo: 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
Sergi Casademunt · Emily Wallis · Jordi Savall · Eunice Brandao · Lorenz Duftschmid · Rolf Lislevand
Narration XXXII (20)
"Of the Relationship Between Folly and Ignorance" / Music: Desperada (Elizabethan)
Sergi Casademunt · Jordi Savall · Hespèrion XXI · Emily Wallis
Anónimo
Anónimo: Narration LV (21)
Anónimo: 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 · Jordi Savall · Sophie Watillon · Eunice Brandao · Andrew Lawrence-King · Emily Wallis
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
Anónimo: 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)
Christophe Coin · Sergi Casademunt · Roberto Gini · Robert Clancy · Jordi Savall · Hespèrion XXI · Montserrat Figueras
Anónimo: Narration LXVIII (25)
Encina: Villancico (Égloga 6)
Hoy comamos y bevamos (C. M. Palacio No. 174)
Daniele Carnovich · Joan Cabero · Montserrat Figueras · Laurence Bonnal · Jean Ricart · Jordi Savall
Anónimo
Anónimo: Narration 1
"Letter by Erasmus. The War Against the Turks" / Music: Taksim (Improvisation Santur)
Harry Livingstone · Dimitri Psonis
des Prez: Saltarello
Anónimo
A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)
Jordi Savall · Xavier Díaz-Latorre · Sergi Casademunt · Daniel Lasalle · Sophie Watillon · Jean-Pierre Canihac · Béatrice Delpierre · La Capella Reial de Catalunya
"Fortune Smiles on the Bold" / Music: Fortuna desperata
Max Wilson · Daniel Lasalle · Sergi Casademunt · Jordi Savall · Philippe Pierlot
Audi, benigne Conditor (C. M. Montecassino No. 40)
Daniele Carnovich · Lluis Vilamajo · Francesc Garrigosa · Furio Zanassi · Pascal Bertin · Jordi Savall
Anónimo
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
Anónimo
Lavava y suspirava (Anonymous Sephardic)
Pedro Estevan · Dmitri Psonis · Montserrat Figueras · Andrew Lawrence-King · Driss El Malouni · La Capella Reial de Catalunya · Hespèrion XXI · Jordi Savall
Jean d’Ockeghem
Sermisy
Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3)
Luca Guglielmi · Lluis Vilamajo · Daniele Carnovich · Lambert Ciment · 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
Anónimo: Narration 5
"Panegyric to Philip the Fair" (1504) / Music: Adieu mes amours (Improvisation Harp)
Andrew Lawrence-King · Harry Livingstone
Anónimo
"Love Makes Men Musicians" / Music: De tous biens plaine (C. M. Montecassino No. 85)
Jordi Savall · Harry Livingstone · Sergi Casademunt · Eunice Brandao
In te Domine speravi (C. M. Palacio No. 84)
David Sagastume · Hespèrion XXI · Jordi Ricart · Furio Zanasi · 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
Anónimo
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
Anónimo
Narration 9
"Erasmus of Rotterdam to his Dear Friend Thomas More on the Publication of Praise of Folly"
Harry Livingstone
Anónimo
Paduana del Re (Mss. Venezia)
Dmitri Psonis · Philippe Pierlot · Jordi Savall · Xavier Díaz-Latorre · Sergi Casademunt
Gesualdo: Narration 10
A. de Cabezón: Narration 11
"Erasmus. Education of the Christian Prince" (1516) / Music: imno XVI (Instrumental)
Sergi Casademunt · Eunice Brando · Jordi Savall · Lorenz Duftschmid · Harry Livingstone
Dimitri Cantemir: Music
John Lloyd: Narration 12
"Thomas More’s Utopia: On Justice and Social Prosperity" / Music: Puzzle-canon I
Max Wilson · Sergi Casademunt · Fahmi Alqhai · Jordi Savall · Philippe Pierlot
Anónimo
Adoramus te Domine (Montecassino mss. No. 4)
"Erasmus. The Complaint of Peace" / Music: Mille regrets (Viols)
Johanna Valencia · Jordi Savall · Imke David · Fahmi Alqhai · Harry Livingstone
Anónimo: Balad
Anónimo: 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)
Max Wilson · Carlos Garcia-Bernalt
"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)
Anónimo: 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)
Derya Türkan · Murat Salim Tokac · Fahrettin Yarkin · Yurdal Tokcan · Gursoy Dinçer
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
Dowland: Narration 20, Adage 2100
"Words Are the Physicians of Ailing Souls" / Music: Now o Now
Max Wilson · Xavier Díaz-Latorre · Jordi Savall
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)
Jordi Savall · Harry Livingstone · Philippe Pierlot · Sergi Casademunt · Imke David · Xavier Puertas · Xavier Díaz-Latorre
