Campion: Lute Music

On this CD:

1. Come let us sound with melody the praises
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

2. Tune thy Musicke to thy hart
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

3. Come, You Pretty False-Ey'd Wanton for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

4. There is none, O none but you
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

5. Sweet Exclude Me Not nor Be Divided for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

6. I Care Not for These Ladies for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

7. Though You Are Yoong and I Am Olde for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

8. Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

9. What Then Is Love but Mourning
Composed by Philip Rosseter
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

10. Shall I Come Sweet Love to Thee? for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

11. Beauty Since You So Much Desire for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

12. What is it all that men possesse?
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

13. Sypres Curten of the Night Is Spread, for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

14. Jacke and Jone They Thinke No Ill for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

15. It Fell on a Sommers Daie for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

16. When to her lute Corinna sings
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

17. My sweetest Lesbia
Composed by Philip Rosseter
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

18. Her rosie cheekes, her ever smiling eyes
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

19. Faire If You Expect Admiring for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

20. There is a garden in her face
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

21. Author of Light, Revive My Dying Spright for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

22. Never Weather-Beaten Sail for voice, lute & bass viol
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

23. Most sweet and pleasing are thy wayes
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

24. To musicke bent is my retyred minde
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

25. Thou joy'st, fond boy
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

26. Turne all thy thoughts to eyes
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

27. Vaile, love mine eyes
Composed by Thomas Campion
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

28. Miserere My Maker
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Dorothy Linell, Steven Rickards

Tracks:

Jane Pickering Lute Book: The Queen's Treble
Consort Lessons: O Mistris Mine (Twelfth Night)
Consort Lessons: My Lord Oxenfords Maske
Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
Why Ask You
Paduana - Lachrymae
The Fifth Galliard (My Lady Nevell's Book)
Shall I Come Sweet Love To Thee?
In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Packington's Pound
Never Weather-Beaten Sail
It Was A Lover And His Lass
Howells Delight
Green Garters
There Were Three Ravens
(Ballet Lute Book c.1590): Greensleeves
(Thysius Lute Book c.1600): Greensleeves
Greensleeves
See, See The Shepherd's Queen
Willy Prithee Go To Bed
Now Is The Month Of Maying
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
Beauty, Since You So Much Desire
Fine Knacks For Ladies
Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
Melancholy Galliard
My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe
Fortune My Foe
Queen Elizabeth's Galliard
Mrs. Winter's Jump

Customer Reviews:

You don't need a Wayback machine.......2001-12-05

Just get a CD like this one to get a broad brush review of the popular hits of the late 1500s. While I would have liked a few more recorder pieces, almost every cut was interesting in its own way. If you want just one early music CD with English songs, this is probably the one to get.

A Very Good Compilation of Elizabethan Music.......2001-09-27

"Elizabeth's Music" is a great cd to listen to if you are an enthusiast of ballads, the lute or old fashioned jigs. This cd really puts you in the alehouses, courts and courtyards of the Elizebethan age. The music is preformed well and the voices are very authentic and beautiful. The CD loses one star because most of the songs are on other Dorian-released CDs! I got the cd and found out most of the songs were the exact same ones on my "Shakespeare's Music" CD and other Dorian CDs. Ah well. All Elizabethan enthusiasts will enjoy this eclectic collection.

Light classics with historical charm.......2000-01-07

Really enjoyed this CD. Light and pleasant, without being too pretentious. Great background music for home or office.

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Interesting music interestingly sung
The marriage of skill and magic
There is no such thing as too much Emma Kirkby
emma's pure and magical voice.
Voice of an Angel!

The Emma Kirkby Collection
Claudio Monteverdi , George Frideric Handel , Johann Sebastian Bach , Sigismondo D'India , John Dowland , Guillaume de Machaut , Hildegard of Bingen , Thomas Campion , Henry Lawes , Henry Purcell , Michael East , The Consort of Musicke , Taverner Consort Players , Roy Goodman , Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Christopher Page , Denys Darlow , Andrew Parrott , Parley of Instruments , London Handel Orchestra , Gothic Voices , David Reichenberg , and Instrumental Ensemble
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ASIN: B000002ZJG
Release Date: 1993-11-12

Tracks:

Confiterbor tibi, Domine (Psalm 110)
Now Hath Flora Robbed Her Bowers
Stript Of Their Green Our groves Appear
Voglio di vita uscir
Piangono al pianger mio
Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
Foy Porter
Columba aspexit
Sheep May Safely Graze
Time Stands Still
Diana
Quel squardo sdegnosetto
Maledetto sia l'aspetto
The Lark
Move Now With Measured Sound
Sharp Thorns Despising
Sich tiben im Lieben
You Meaner Beauties Of The Night

Customer Reviews:

Interesting music interestingly sung.......2007-02-01

Much of this vocal music is from an era with which I am unfamiliar. It ranges from the work of Hildegarde of Bergen (1098-1179) to Handel (1685-1759); obviously, this album covers much territory! Emma Kirkby displays her virtuosity on this CD. The notes from the CD say that "One of the favorite adjectives used by critics. . .is the word 'celestial.'" At a later point, the notes speak of Kirkby further: "There is a freshness, an openness, an honesty about her voice. . ."

Some comments on works randomly selected.

Monteverdi's "Confitebor tibi, Domine." Here, Kirkby displays a clean light voice. She exhibits a spirited "Gloria Patri" with some spare but interesting ornamentation.

Campion's "Now hath Flora robbed her bowers." This cut shows off to good effect the agility in her voice.

John Dowland, "Flow not so fast, ye fountains." Here is displayed her smooth voice; her singing flows smoothly from one note to the next. There is a poignancy in her singing on this piece.

Guillaume de Machaut, "Foy porter." She treats the redoubtable de Machaut well; his works are some of the best of his time. This is smoothly song and does his work justice.

Hildegarde of Birgen, "Columba aspexit." This is the oldest composition on this CD by far. The work is spare, but well sung. There is a hypnotic quality to the work and Kirkby sings it well.

Lawes, "The Lark." Again, nice agility of her voice is displayed.

Other compositions on this CD are by Purcell, J. S. Bach, Sigismondo d'India, and Handel.

All in all, a nice sampling of the work of Emma Kirkby. I was not much familiar with her work before listening to this CD, but I am delighted that I did purchase this work.

The marriage of skill and magic.......2007-01-12

Ms. Kirby's voice is limpid, exquisitely pitched, strong, and yet beautifully refined. Her command of her voice is extraordinary, with phrasing, delicate embellishments and what I think are some vocal cadenzas, all showing the skill and craft of an artist who has brought her artistry to its highest state. But she makes her artistry sound so easy, so natural: nothing of bravura, nothing forced here. The selections are wonderfully chosen; together, they give us the whole range of early to late Baroque, in every mood. Each listening refreshes the spirit. What an artist!

There is no such thing as too much Emma Kirkby.......2002-07-16

The only defect in this disk is that it isn't a three or four disk set. Some people don't appreciate her beautiful voice and I feel sorry for them. I first heard her voice live in a concert here in Ann Arbor in December of 1980 and she stunned me. The memory of her beautiful voice still lives in my mind and heart.

Well, this disk gives us 18 selections from a number of different composers from the Baroque. Every one of them is a treasure and has its own charms. I can't pick a favorite, but I can say that each of these pieces show off her voice and singing style in different ways.

Yes, I wish she had included more Purcell and something even nicer than what we have on track 3, but what would I give up? Well, that is where I say we need this to have been a two or three disk collection.

You won't go wrong with this wonderful disk!

emma's pure and magical voice........2000-10-16

This cd shows Emma's versatility as a Baroque and early music performer. Her pure voice matches the music so well. I really enjoy the song "You meaner beauties of the night." This is only one among many cd's which shows Emma's great voice. I highly recommend the Emma Kirkby collection.

Voice of an Angel!.......1999-07-20

One of the most beautiful angelic voice in the world! But I don't think this collection shows her best recording pieces.

Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1612)

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Fabulous performances, but this is NOT just violin music!!
Praetorius without his crumhorn

Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1612)

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ASIN: B00005LDAW
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous performances, but this is NOT just violin music!!.......2005-06-02

Praetorius's famous collection of dances entitled 'Terpsichore' (1612) surely needs no introduction - indeed recordings of it are available in abundance. What undoubtedly sets this one apart from previous readings is that this is the first to use predominantly stringed instruments - violin band, violin consort, lutes (only track 23 departs from this norm, where bagpipes and pipe & tabor are added to the violin band to bring out the rustic element of the title - 'Bransle de villages'). This excellent recording can be recommended without hesitation. The playing is generally superb, and includes some of the best available performances of some of the more famous dances (e.g. tracks 13 and 31). The lute intabulation arrangements also work well (most obviously in track 32) creating a distinctly French sound-world rarely exploited on previous 'Terpsichore' renditions. Praetorius's dances are complemented with some attractive contemporary lute works by Nicolas Vallet and Jean-Baptiste Besard, amongst which listeners will probably recognize the 'Bransles de villages' (track 22) from Respighi's 'Ancient Airs and Dances' suite.

However, is it fair to argue (as Holman does, liner notes p.7) that 'the collection was primarily intended for violins'...? Evidence to support this hypothesis comes primarily from Praetorius's preface, which indicates that the dances were composed by French dancers known chiefly as good violinists or lutenists (in particular Pierre Francisque Caroubel, who contributed many of the dances and had recently spent some time at the Wolfenbuttel court, where Terpsichore was published). Yet Praetorius's preface also refers to 'bowed and wind instruments' when describing 'loud and soft' repetitions within a dance, and also explicitly notes the suitability of adapting the dances for domestic ensemble ('...oder fur furstliche Tafeln / oder nur "in convivius" enzig zum Vergnugen...'). Given that Praetorius was in fact German (NOT French!) and that Terpsichore was published in Germany rather than for a French market in France, it is impossible to isolate his comments on this topic from similar collections published in Germany which testify to the continued popularity of the viol consort there. William Brade's collections of near identical music (of Paduanas, Galliards, Ballets,...etc) from Hamburg, 1614 and 1617, for example, indicate that they can be 'pleasingly executed on all kinds of instruments' and 'particularly on viols' ('...auf allen musicalischen Instrumenten und insonderheit auff Fiolen lieblich zu gebrauchen...').

In addition, it is equally illogical to suggest that the 'Passameze pour les cornetz' [CCLXXXVIII a 6, F.C.] - the only dance in Terpsichore with a specified instrumentation - represents the exception rather than the rule, i.e. only one dance out of 312 not intended for violin band/consort. Both contemporary accounts and other French music collections of the period confirm that the repertory of the French violinists was not as separate as Holman implies (liner notes p.7). The 'Recueil de plusieurs airs par Andre Danican Philidor' [B.N. de France, Res. F. 494] - again of music near identical to Terpsichore in style/form - includes numerous contemporaneous pieces which are given the addendum 'joue par les Grands hautbois' or 'fait pour les Cornetz [1601]' alongside (for example) a suite of music for a 'Concert donne a Louis 13 en 1627 par les vin[g]t quatres viollons et les 12 Grand Hautbois.' Let us not forget that the 'Passameze pour les cornetz' in Terpsichore was in fact written by one of the French violinists (Caroubel)!!!!!!!!

In short, this CD presents one very plausible way in which these dances from Terpsichore were played, and the performances can definitely be recommended - just so long as the justification behind excluding any other instruments (viols or wind instruments) is accepted with a degree of caution!

Praetorius without his crumhorn.......2003-06-14

If you've been put off Praetorius in the past by the liberal use of flatulent period wind instruments and harsh percussion, you might try this fine recording. Strings, bowed and plucked, take the spotlight here and the result is very pleasing. Hyperion can always be relied upon to provide nice sonics and the performers are in excellent form. Some might prefer more demonstrative playing, but the slightly laid-back approach here is highly enjoyable and sounds totally valid.

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4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music

CHRISTMAS at King's College

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ASIN: B000009RSR
Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

Once In Royal David's City - King's College Choir, Cambridge
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Palestrina
The First Nowell - King's College Choir, Cambridge
I Saw Three Ships - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Personent hodie - Byrd
Myn Lyking - Byrd
A Spotless Rose - Gibbons
Away In A Manger - Weelkes
I Sing Of A Maiden - Weelkes
O Come, O Come Emmanuel - King's College Choir, Cambridge
While Shepherds Watched - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Up! Good Christian Folk And Listen - King's College Choir, Cambridge
In The Bleak Midwinter - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Silent Night - King's College Choir, Cambridge
The Holly And The Ivy - King's College Choir, Cambridge
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Taylor
The Three Kings - King's College Choir, Cambridge
On Christmas Night - King's College Choir, Cambridge
A Child Is Born In Bethlehem - King's College Choir, Cambridge
In dulci jubilo - King's College Choir, Cambridge
O Come, All Ye Faithful - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Warlock

Tracks:

Once In Royal David's City - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Bidding Prayer - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Resonet in laudibus - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Genesis 3 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Adam lay ybounden - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Sussex Carol - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Isaiah 9 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Joseph And Mary - King's College Choir, Cambridge
St Luke 1 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
A Maiden Most Gentle - King's College Choir, Cambridge
St Luke 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Stille Nacht! - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Chester Carol - King's College Choir, Cambridge
St Luke 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Angels, From The Realms Of Glory - King's College Choir, Cambridge
St Matthew 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
A Babe Is Born - King's College Choir, Cambridge
St John 1 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
O Come, All Ye Faithful - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Collect For Christmas Eve And The Blessing - King's College Choir, Cambridge
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - King's College Choir, Cambridge
In dulci jubilo - King's College Choir, Cambridge

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Hodie Christus natus est - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Hodie Christus natus est - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
O magnum mysterium - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Senex puerum portabat - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Senex puerum portabat - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Hodie beata virgo - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Hosanna To The Son Of David - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Hosanna To The Sun Of DAvid - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Gloria in excelsis Deo - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
When To The Temple Mary Went - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
The Holly And The Ivy - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
I Sing Of A Maiden - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Watt's Cradle Song - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
My Dancing Day - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Sing A Song Of Joy - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Jesus Christ The Apple Tree - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Most Glorious Lord Of Life - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
That Lord That Lay In Asse Stall - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
Where Riches Is Everlastingly - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger

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I Look From Afar - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Come, Thou Redeemer Of The Earth - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Isaiah 40: 1 - 8 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Drop Down, Ye Heavens, From Above - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Jeremiah 23: 5 - 6 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
O Come, O Come Emmanuel! - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Haggai 2: 6 - 9 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Up, Awake And Away! - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
All And Some - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Isaiah 35: 1 - 6 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
'Twas In The Year - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
The Cherry Tree Carol - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
King Jesus Has A Garden - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
On Jordan's Bank The Baptist's Cry - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
St. Luke 1: 26 - 35 And 38 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Gabriel's Message - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Wake, O Wake! With Tidings Thrilling - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
St. Mark 1: 1 - 4a And 7 -15 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
I Wonder As I Wander - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
My Dancing Day - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Judah And Jerusalem, Fear Not - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Prayers And Blessing - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

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4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music.......2003-04-19

It's in there.. this is a great collection of Anglican Cathedral Christmas music. Highly recommended.

What Then Is Love, An Elizabethan Songbook

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What then is taste?
Why no listing of the songs?
Lacks that extra drop of refinement

What Then Is Love, An Elizabethan Songbook

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I - Sing A Song Of Joy: Sing A Song Of Joy
I - Sing A Song Of Joy: Eliza Is the Fairest Queen
I - Sing A Song Of Joy: The Honeysuckle
II - What Then Is Love?: What Then Is Love Sings Coridon
II - What Then Is Love?: What Then Is Love But Mourning
II - What Then Is Love?: What Thing Is Love?
III - Sorrow, Come: Galliard 'Shall I Strive'
III - Sorrow, Come: I Sigh, As Sure to Wear the Fruit
III - Sorrow, Come: Sorrow, Come
IV - Shall I Sue?: Heigh-Ho Holiday
IV - Shall I Sue?: Shall I Sue
IV - Shall I Sue?: Breake Now My Heart And Dye
IV - Shall I Sue?: Woo Her And Win Her
V - Witty Wanton: The Peaceful Western Wind
V - Witty Wanton: Sweet Philomel
V - Witty Wanton: I Care Not For These Ladies
V - Witty Wanton: Courante On 'I Care Not For These Ladies'
V - Witty Wanton: A Pretty Duck There Was
V - Witty Wanton: Witty Wanton
VI - Faine Would I Wed: Faine Would I Wed
VI - Faine Would I Wed: Mother, I Will Have A Husband
VI - Faine Would I Wed: Now Hath Flora Robb'd Her Bow'rs
VII - Sing We And Chant It: Move Now With Measured Sound
VII - Sing We And Chant It: Rest, Sweet Nymphs
VII - Sing We And Chant It: Sing We And Chant It

Customer Reviews:

What then is taste?.......2000-04-10

The very reason I purchased this CD was the fact that it used reconstructed Elizabethan accents; attempts at accuracy are always preferable to bowing to popular misconceptions (like in Shakespeare in Love--ack). I found this recording both aesthetically pleasing and intellectually stimulating--one can clearly see through this recording the branch-off point between the modern British and American accents, something which had always mystified me before.

Musically, this recording is full of little-known gems of the English Renaissance. This is a sample of what's on it, for Kenneth Melia: Sing a song of joy; Eliza is the fairest Queen; What then is love but mourning; Shall I sue; Heigh-ho holiday; I care not for these ladies; Mother, I will have a husband; Rest, sweet nymphs (a beautiful rendition with soaring harmonies on the chorus); and Sing we and chant it. Kenneth, if you still want a more complete list, just e-mail me (mitsuo@uclink4.berkeley.edu). But I insist that if you buy it now, without knowing all the songs, you will not be disappointed. They are subdued and genteel, with that hint of playfulness which one could say characterized the court under Elizabeth I. The vocalists are excellent, never succumbing to the operatic vocal style so popular with renditions of this repertoire, and, I think, the least authentic. Once again, Anne Azema charms with her supple, almost serpentine stylizations, and you also get a wealth of other talented vocalists who speak the Elizabethan tongue with convincing fluency. The instrumentalists play with passion and a feline subtlety that will catch you and never let go.

Why no listing of the songs?.......1999-12-04

I'll admit, right away, that I haven't heard the music on this CD. What I want to comment about is the fact that it is impossible to FIND OUT WHAT MUSIC IS ACTUALLY ON IT! I thought Amazon would have the list of songs, because I couldn't find out what they were at the local music shop. I already have a good number of Boston Camerata CD's and I wanted to find out what was on this one before I purchased it. The local store even has a software program which normally allows customers to find out what's contained on a CD if it isn't on the cover. The only listing for this CD was "songs." This isn't the first time that a Boston Camerata CD has not had the musical selections listed on the outside. Why not ALWAYS have a listing of the music on the cover? Even if it's in small font it would still be worth it. So, as of yet I haven't purchased it. How does one find out what's on it? K.Melia

Lacks that extra drop of refinement.......1999-05-23

This is a hard one to call. Brought up as I was on the ultra-modulated renditions of this and like material on Vanguard LPs by Alfred Deller and his consort, I find this Erato effort lacks that extra drop of refinement that is needed for the courtly music of the Elizabethan period. (The street and theater music might be another story, but beside the point here.) I know it is Anglophilic bias working here, but I found (for example) tenor William Hite's East Coast accent distracting. The women have accents that, while not all that appropriate, at least do not jar. It is of course true that Elizabethan English was closer to what Ringo Starr sounded like than Laurence Oliver. Play the track that contains "I care not for these ladies," which is indeed sung with a regional accent and you will see what I mean. However, in general "an Elizabetan Songbook" should sound at least what we accept today as British-sounding, if you follow. This said, I cannot fault the vocalizing or the playing. But I will still return to my Vanguard sets before playing this again. Still--who can dispute taste?

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Too cool for some
Ethereal and Hauntingly Beautiful

The English Lute Song

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Woods, Rocks And Mountains
April Is In My Mistress' Face
No More Shall Meads Be Deck'd With Flow'rs
Lute Solo: The French King's Masque
Come My Celia
O Death, Rock Me Asleep
Where The Bee Sucks
Full Fathom Five
Come Away, Hecate
The Willow Song
Lute Solo: Alman, 'Hit And Take It'
Dear, Do Not Your Fair Beauty Wrong
Come Hither You That Love
Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow
I Must Complain
Nothing On Earth
Fain Would I Wed
Miserere, My Maker
O That Mine Eyes
Lite Solo: Alman
Care, Charming Sleep
Cupid Is Venus' Only Joy
O Let Us Howl
As Life What Is So Sweet
Turn, Turn Thy Beauteous Face Away!
Take, O Take Those Lips Away

Customer Reviews:

Too cool for some.......2005-02-22

Julianne Baird is breathtakingly good at what she does: intelligent, stylistically convincing, technically brilliant ornamentation, in a sweet, phenomenally accurate voice. I love it. Those not accustomed to this sort of thing, though, may find it lacking emotional immediacy. Consider also Kathleen Battle with some of the same material: not that she's better, but the appeal is more directly sensual rather than intellectual.

Ethereal and Hauntingly Beautiful.......2003-11-05

How could you go wrong with the clear seraph voice of Julianne Baird accompanied by the delicate skill of Ronn McFarlane on the Lute. Not only is the talent exceptional but the composed works of Lute music divine.

You listen to each song and are carried away to time/place devoid of any worry let alone any task other than to listen to Julianne and Ronn execute perfection. You truely feel part of the Elizabethan Court listening to this CD it is both beautiful and dark simutaneously.

Another fabulous feature to this CD is the simplicity of the recording of only lute and vocals with no special effects. To retain the warmth and purity of the composition it was recorded on location in 'The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall' in Upstate New York and is one of the finest acoustical settings in the world. Unlike modern pop music Lute music as written needs no manipulation or adjustment in the studio if executed by skilled artists and musicians in an acoustical atmosphere and this recording does exactly that.

Tracks:

All Creatures Now Are Merry-Minded
Now Hath Flora Robbed Her Bowers
Move Now With Measured Sound
Shows And Nightly Revels
Triumph Now With Joy And Mirth
Time, That Leads The Fatal Round
Come, Gentle Swains
Welcome, Black Night ... Cease These False Sports
Hark! All Ye Lovely Saints
The Lady Oriana
Hence Stars! Too Dim Of Light
As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending
Bring Away This Sacred Tree
Go, Happy Man
While Dancing Rests
Come Ashore, Merry Mates
Woo Her And Win Her
You Meaner Beauties Of The Night
The Marigold: Mark How The Blushful Morn
Long Live Fair Oriana

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Madrigals and Wedding Songs for Diana.......2002-12-11

This is one of my favorite albums! I had this album on "LP" and have been looking for it for a while!

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A nice collection!

Summer Classics

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ASIN: B000007QGN
Release Date: 1998-06-16

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Customer Reviews:

A nice collection!.......2005-05-08

A nice, bright collection of classical tunes! The sound and quality of the pieces are excellent!

Greensleeves: A Collection of English Lute Songs

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Graceful music
Not what I wanted
Greensleeves (Baird/McFarlane)

Greensleeves: A Collection of English Lute Songs

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
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ASIN: B000001Q89
Release Date: 1993-08-31

Tracks:

It Was A Lover And His Lass
Author Of Light
Lute Solo: Watkin's Ale
So Beauty On The Waters Stood
When Laura Smiles
Lute Solo: Galliard
In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Lute Solo: Bonny Sweet Boy
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Wand' ring In This Place
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TIme Stands Still

Customer Reviews:

Graceful music.......2005-09-27

The lute is a string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep, round back. In many ways, it is related to later similar instructments such as the guitar and banjo. It descends from a Middle Eastern instrument similar to the oud. The lute was one of the major musical instruments of the Middle Ages, and much music was composed for the lute, both as a stand-alone instrument as well as an accompaniment for singers.

This disc has some samples of both. Some songs are anonymous compositions, often derivative of much older folk tunes. Others are original compositions whose composers are known by name. Among these names are John Dowland, Thomas Morley, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Michael Cavendish, Thomas Campion, Nicholas Lanier, and Anthony Holborne, all of the 1500s/1600s. The music here involves both the 8-course lute and the 10-course lute (during the later Baroque time, lutes could have as many as 28 strings!).

The lute was eventually displaced by keyboard and other instruments, so in many ways its life is that of the music of the past. However, with recordings such as these, the lute lives again in vibrant form. Ronn McFarlane learned to play on a cheap steel-string guitar, but continued to study in a rather eclectic fashion, eventually studying at the Shenandoah Conservatory and the Peabody Conservatory prior to settling upon the lute as his primary instrument. In this recording, he is paired with Julianne Baird, a soprano with significant recording experience.

McFarlane and Baird emphasise the simplicity and lightness of the songs here; while some lute music and some folk tunes can be very elaborately arranged, here the performers strive for a more direct elegance. The particular period emphasised is Elizabethean; McFarlane and Baird sound as if they have come directly from the Queen's court directly.

This is a beautiful recording.

Not what I wanted.......2002-02-13

i should have read the description more clearly...this is partially vocal, not all instrumental. Nothimg wrong with the CD, but I only like instrumental.

Greensleeves (Baird/McFarlane).......2000-09-30

Incredible! Stunning musicianship from beginning to end. For fans of Dowland, this recording is a gem. The blend of lute and voice on 'In darkness let me dwell' is downright haunting. This recording is an absolute pleasure. 5 stars just might be an understatement here...

Move Now with Measured Sound: Music by Thomas Campion

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a voice teacher and early music fan

Move Now with Measured Sound: Music by Thomas Campion
Robin Blaze , and Elizabeth Kenny
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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Release Date: 2001-12-11

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-01-19

This is a good representation of Campions' songs considering that he wrote so many of them. It is likely that Campion,not himself a professional performing musician, thought it the role of the performer to fashion their own lute parts:'For the notes and Tablature, if they satisfie the most, we have our desire; but let expert masters please themselves with better'. This seems to support the notion that Campion wished his own texts to be respected and not overshadowed by music. Far from being a foursquare musical Mr. Average, he shows himself to be a musical revolutionary. While the florid vocal writing of the Italians was an innovation to which his poetry was not suited, his sense of harmony and the responsibility given to the performer in 'creating' the music from a tune and a bass was new. One has to remember that his life was quite exciting living in the "fast lane" so to speak. I mention this fact because the emotional investment on the part of the singer must be great encompassing all sorts of tone color and vocal nuances. All of the singing is "pretty" but except for a couple of the songs such as "I Care Not For These Ladies" and "Fain Would I Wed" which showed some measure of drama, I didn't feel anything with the rest of them. Blaze has an excellent voice, but unfortunately the emotion is not always there. I think he comes across best in sacred music..Just my opinion.There are 23 songs on this disc. Many have been frequently recorded by other singers, particularly countertenors. Some of the most familiar are:'It Fell on a Summer's day'-'I care not for these Ladies'-Fire! Fire!'-'The cypress-curtain of the night'-'Fain Would I Wed'- and 2 sacred songs:'Author of Light' and 'Never Weather-beaten sail'.

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