 | Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Anonymous 4 with Andrew Lawrence-King [Read More ...]
Description: This offbeat disc of seasonal songs and carols by the Anonymous 4 will delight their fans and please everyone else. The 19 selections include traditional folk melodies and texts, some of which date back to the Middle Ages, interspersed with fitting selections by contemporary comp... |
 | Carols From the Old & New Worlds [Read More ...]
Description: This is one of the most original and musically satisfying Christmas programs on disc. And it features some of the most characterful and proficient ensemble singing you'll find anywhere. It's not that the music is obscure--in fact, most of the texts and/or tunes are familiar. From... |
 | Henry VIII & His Six Wives [Read More ...]
Review: Desert Island Early Music Disc:I actually heard this on Ohio State's Radio Station, WOSU, way
back in the summer of 1971, I'd just picked up my dog from the vet's, there was a thundershower going on, and this fantastic
album came on the air. I was immediately entranced with it, ... |
 | Royal Lewters: Music of Henry VIII & Elizabeth I's [Read More ...]
Review: I keep returning to it...:There is no doubt that Dowland is a great composer and that this collection is somewhat miscellaneous. However the performances here are transcendant (as we would expect from Paul O'Dette) and I don't think the pieces are second-rate. I'm no musicologist... |
 | Renaissance Winds [Read More ...]
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 | Music from the Reign of Henry VIII [Read More ...]
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 | Wolcum Yule [Read More ...]
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 | English Music from Henry VIII to Charles II [Read More ...]
English Music from Henry VIII & Chas II:This disk is a must for anyone into Early/Late Medieval Court Music. The recording is crystal clear, the period instruments are superb, the tonal variances of the sagbutts and cornetts are wonderfully crisp! |
 | The Book of Madrigals [Read More ...]
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 | Noël [Read More ...]
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 | Carols from the Old & New Worlds [Read More ...]
Review: Justifiably obscure:Carols from the Old & New Worlds was a bit of a dissapointment for me. Not in terms of the performances; they were uniformly polished and precise in several languages and dialects. But the range of choices was just a bit too narrow. As a church musician I was ... |
