Six songs transcribed and arranged by Egon Wellesz
Myra Verney (soprano)
Wilfred Brown (tenor)
Harry Danks (viola d'amore)
Introduced by Denis Stevens
Be m'an perdut tai enves Ventadorn; Lancan vei la folha; Amors, e que us es vejaire?; Can voi ta lauzeta mover; Era m cosselhatz, senhor; Can I'herba fresch' elh folha par
Bernart de Ventadorn, whose youth was passed in the service of the dukes of Ventadorn in Corrèze, was the only troubadour known to have visited England. He came in response to a royal invitation a year after the marr.age of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine, perhaps the greatest protectresa and advocate of courtly love in the twelfth century. Eighteen of Bemart'a songs have survived with their original melodies. U.S.