Fragments From France

Around 40,000 years ago, towards the end of the last Ice Age, the upper Danube region was settled by anatomically modern humans. Traces of their daily life have been found at several cave sites in the south of modern Germany, including fragments of perforated bird bones and mammoth ivory. Representing the oldest evidence of musical creation worldwide, these prehistoric flutes – two from caves at Geissenklösterle, one from Hohle Fels, and a slightly later, more fully preserved find from Isturitz cave in the French Pyrenees – have been reconstructed in the modern era.

Atrium Musicae de Madrid - Musique de la Grèce Antique / Music Of Ancient Greece
FLAC, EAC, LOG & CUE | Full Artwork | Size: 241 MB + Recovery Info & PAR2
Label/Cat#: Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901015 | Country/Year: France 2000, 1979 (ReIssue)
Genre: Old Music, Classical | Hoster: Filepost/Filefactory

… Portions of the music included may remind listeners of very early classical music such as Gregorian chant, whereas other pieces will certainly cause an astonished reaction as they sound unlike any other music recorded. Some is sparse, floating, the melodic ideas developing very slowly. A few of the old-world Greek percussion instruments wind up sounding quite a bit like new-world electronic music.