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Annie Laurie ~ Folksongs of the British Isles / Barrueco · The King's Singers

by: English Traditional, Scottish Traditional, Irish Traditional, Welsh Traditional, Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, Hugh Robertson, Manuel Barrueco, The King's Singers, Nancy Hadden

Release Date November 16, 1993
A very pleasing collection, tastefully arranged and very well performed. The recording is a bit too close.Annie Laurie ~ Folksongs of the British Isles / Barrueco · The King's Singers

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Les Travailleurs de la Mer: Ancient Songs from a Small Island

from: Harmonia Mundi Fr.

Release Date March 08, 2005
We ordered this CD after hearing excerpts from it on NPR. We find it an enchanting blend of vocal and instrumental music, part medieval, part Celtic folk. Listening to it envelopes us in the beauty and simplicity of an unspoiled natural landscape timeless in its spiritual purity. It's an antidote to the ego-obsessed ratrace of the present and reminds us of the essential human goodness that music can express.

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Michel De La Barre: Flute Sonatas

from: Gaudeamus

Release Date April 13, 1999
We ordered this CD after hearing excerpts from it on NPR. We find it an enchanting blend of vocal and instrumental music, part medieval, part Celtic folk. Listening to it envelopes us in the beauty and simplicity of an unspoiled natural landscape timeless in its spiritual purity. It's an antidote to the ego-obsessed ratrace of the present and reminds us of the essential human goodness that music can express.

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Renaissance Music: from the Courts of Mantua and Ferrara [Circa 1500]

from: Chandos

Release Date November 18, 1992
This CD is one of the best of the frottola genre that I have ever heard and it is no wonder that it won an award. This CD features probably the best soprano in early music - Emily Van Evera. Her performance of Tromboncino's "Ostinato vo' seguire" is the best version I have ever heard. The instrumentalists are also excellent. It influenced me to explore the frottola and now it has become the main focus of my musical activities. This gem gets my very highest recommendation.
Dr. Marion G. Ceruti, mezzosoprano, renaissance lute, guitar, mandolin, domra

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Fantasies, Ayres and Dances - Elizabethan and Jacobean Consort Music

from: RCA

Release Date October 25, 1990
This CD is one of the best of the frottola genre that I have ever heard and it is no wonder that it won an award. This CD features probably the best soprano in early music - Emily Van Evera. Her performance of Tromboncino's "Ostinato vo' seguire" is the best version I have ever heard. The instrumentalists are also excellent. It influenced me to explore the frottola and now it has become the main focus of my musical activities. This gem gets my very highest recommendation.
Dr. Marion G. Ceruti, mezzosoprano, renaissance lute, guitar, mandolin, domra

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In the Nursery: Music for My Baby, Vol. 2

from: EMI Classics

Release Date July 13, 2004
This CD is one of the best of the frottola genre that I have ever heard and it is no wonder that it won an award. This CD features probably the best soprano in early music - Emily Van Evera. Her performance of Tromboncino's "Ostinato vo' seguire" is the best version I have ever heard. The instrumentalists are also excellent. It influenced me to explore the frottola and now it has become the main focus of my musical activities. This gem gets my very highest recommendation.
Dr. Marion G. Ceruti, mezzosoprano, renaissance lute, guitar, mandolin, domra

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Julian Bream Edition (Complete)

from: RCA

Release Date August 10, 1993
If Julian Bream's recordings were letters, his would all be hand written rather than typed.

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Handel: Acis and Galatea

from: Dorian Recordings

Release Date May 01, 2001
If Julian Bream's recordings were letters, his would all be hand written rather than typed.

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Hasse: Cantatas, Ballads and Sonatas

from: Impressions

Release Date
If Julian Bream's recordings were letters, his would all be hand written rather than typed.

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Londons Flautists

by: Nancy Hadden

Release Date June 16, 1993
Flautist Nancy Hadden plays with other period-instrument musicians in a recording of flute music from London during the late baroque period.

The works on this recording:

1. Sonata in E minor, Op 3, No. 7
Composed by John Loeillet (1680-1730)

2. Scots Lament
Composed by James Oswald (1711-1769)

3. Greensleeves
Composed by James Oswald

4. Nancy's to the Greenwood Gone
Composed by James Oswald

5. Concerto in E minor, Op 2, No 6
Composed by Charles Weideman (c1705-1782)

6 Trio Sonata in D major, Op 3, No 4
Composed by Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

7. Seven Scotch, Irish & Welsh Aires

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