A worthy and inspiring combination of music and the formidable essay from Erasmus van Rotterdam.
The project was put together by Jordi Savall. It gives you an light and enjoyable window into the essay while treating you with some wonderful tunes. The narration was voiced in a multitude of languages but I much prefer the english interpretation as my Catalan, French and Dutch isn’t that fluent. I could listen to the German version but it somehow doesn’t appeal to me. If you have an subscription to Apple Music you can preview and listen to the english album here.
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus University Rotterdam (Dutch: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam [eːˈrɑsmʏs ynivɛrsiˈtɛit rɔtərˈdɑm]; abbreviated as EUR) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian.
Erasmus MC is the largest and one of the foremost academic medical centers and trauma centers in the Netherlands, whereas its economics and business school, Erasmus School of Economics and Rotterdam School of Management are well known in Europe.
Definition from Wikipedia – Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall i Bernadet (Catalan: [ˈʒɔɾði səˈβaʎ i βəɾnəˈðɛt]; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of instruments (notably the viola da gamba) in contemporary performance and recording. As a historian of early music his repertoire features everything from medieval, Renaissance and Baroque through to the Classical and Romantic periods. He has incorporated non-western musical traditions in his work; including African vernacular music for a documentary on slavery.
Definition from Wikipedia – Jordi Savall