Anonymous: Music
Narration I (1)
"By Her Mere Presence, Folly Dissipates the Cares of Her Audience"
Emily Wallis, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI
Henry Du Bailly: La Folia
D. Ortiz: Narration III (2)
"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
Anonymous: Narration VIII (4)
Anonymous: Narration IX (5)
V. Ruffo
La gamba in basso, e soprano (1564)
Fahmi Alqhai, Rafael Bonavita, Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Hespèrion XXI
"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)
Michael Behringer, Arianna Savall, Pedro Estevan, Rolf Lislevand, Jordi 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)
Pedro Estevan, Arianna Savall, Michael Behringer, Jordi Savall, Emily Wallis, Rolf Lislevand
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, Arianna Savall, Pedro Estevan, Jordi Savall, Rolf Lislevand, Emily Wallis
Si Habrá en Este Baldrés (C. M. Palacio No. 179)
Montserrat Figueras, Hespèrion XXI, Laurence Bonnal, Jordi Ricart, 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)
Carlos Garcia-Bernalt, Jordi Savall, David Mayoral, Rolf Lislevand, Emily Wallis, Xavier Puertas, Arianna Savall
"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)
Joan Cabero, Laurence Bonnal, Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Ricart, Jordi Savall
Anonymous: Narration XXI (14)
"Folly Is the Blessing of Human Society" / Music: Paduana del re (Mss Venezia)
Dimitri Psonis, Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Sergi Casademunt, Emily Wallis, Fahmi Alqhai
Flecha
Janequin: Narration XXIII (15)
Anonymous: Narration XXV (16)
"Of the Inferiority of Wisdom in all of Life’s Circumstances" / Music: Vederlo (Improvisation)
Rolf Lislevand, Emily Wallis, Thor-Harald Johnsen
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)
Sergi Casademunt, Fahmi Alqhai, Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, 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
Lorenz Duftschmid, Rolf Lislevand, Emily Wallis, Jordi Savall, Eunice Brandao, Sergi Casademunt
Narration XXXII (20)
"Of the Relationship Between Folly and Ignorance" / Music: Desperada (Elizabethan)
Sergi Casademunt, Hespèrion XXI, Emily Wallis, Jordi Savall
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, Jordi Savall, Emily Wallis, Sophie Watillon, 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, Emily Wallis, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
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)
Roberto Gini, Christophe Coin, Jordi Savall, Robert Clancy, Sergi Casademunt, Montserrat Figueras, Hespèrion XXI
Anonymous: Narration LXVIII (25)
Encina: Villancico (Égloga 6)
Hoy comamos y bevamos (C. M. Palacio No. 174)
Montserrat Figueras, Daniele Carnovich, Joan Cabero, Laurence Bonnal, Jean Ricart, 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)
Sergi Casademunt, Béatrice Delpierre, Jean-Pierre Canihac, Daniel Lasalle, Sophie Watillon, Jordi Savall, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
"Fortune Smiles on the Bold" / Music: Fortuna desperata
Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Max Wilson, Sergi Casademunt, Daniel Lasalle
Audi, benigne Conditor (C. M. Montecassino No. 40)
Daniele Carnovich, Lluis Vilamajo, Furio Zanassi, Francesc Garrigosa, 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)
Harry Livingstone, David Mayoral, Jordi Savall
Anonymous
Lavava y suspirava (Anonymous Sephardic)
Montserrat Figueras, Driss El Malouni, Andrew Lawrence-King, Pedro Estevan, Dmitri Psonis, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
Jean d’Ockeghem
Sermisy
Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3)
Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Luca Guglielmi, Lambert Ciment, Lluis Vilamajo
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)
Andrew Lawrence-King, Harry Livingstone
Anonymous
"Love Makes Men Musicians" / Music: De tous biens plaine (C. M. Montecassino No. 85)
Harry Livingstone, Eunice Brandao, Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall
In te Domine speravi (C. M. Palacio No. 84)
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Ricart, Lluis Vilamajo, Furio Zanasi, 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)
Hespèrion XXI, Harry Livingstone, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
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)
Sergi Casademunt, Dmitri Psonis, Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Xavier Díaz-Latorre
Gesualdo: Narration 10
A. de Cabezón: Narration 11
"Erasmus. Education of the Christian Prince" (1516) / Music: imno XVI (Instrumental)
Eunice Brando, Sergi Casademunt, Lorenz Duftschmid, Harry Livingstone, Jordi Savall
Dimitri Cantemir: Music
John Lloyd: Narration 12
"Thomas More’s Utopia: On Justice and Social Prosperity" / Music: Puzzle-canon I
Max Wilson, Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Fahmi Alqhai
Anonymous
Adoramus te Domine (Montecassino mss. No. 4)
"Erasmus. The Complaint of Peace" / Music: Mille regrets (Viols)
Johanna Valencia, Harry Livingstone, Imke David, Jordi Savall, Fahmi Alqhai
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
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
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)
Gursoy Dinçer, Derya Türkan, Yurdal Tokcan, Fahrettin Yarkin, Murat Salim Tokac
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, Max Wilson, Jordi Savall
Isaac
"Words Are the Physicians of Ailing Souls" / Music: Now o Now
Max Wilson, Jordi Savall, Xavier Díaz-Latorre
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)
Sergi Casademunt, Jordi Savall, Philippe Pierlot, Xavier Puertas, Imke David, Harry Livingstone, Xavier Díaz-Latorre
