Instrumental and Vocal Recordings

1. Rehavi Pesrev

2. Makam Sultaniyegah

3. Makam Mustear

4. Classical Turkish Music Chorus

5. Segah Pesrev; Group Taksim; Suznak Saz Semaisi

6. Isfahan Taksim & Pesrev; Violin Taksim; Neva Saz Semai

7. Bestenigar Taksim and Bestenigar Pesrev

8. Gerdaniye Pesrev & Saz Semaisi; Huseyni Oyun Havasi

9. Tahirbuselik Taksim

10. Sedd-i araban Pesrev; Nihavent Taksim; Nihavent Saz Semai

Instrumental and Vocal Recordings,Mesut Cemil

Average customer rating: Absolutely The Best! More than just an alcoholic drink Watkins ale is very well performed Watkins Ale Joyful and Unique

Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Mad Buckgoat - Ancient Music of Ireland La Rocque 'n' Roll - Popular Music of Renaissance France / The Baltimore Consort The Art of the Bawdy Song On the Banks of Helicon: Early Music of Scotland Sinners & Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection ASIN: B000001Q8Q Release Date: 1992-05-22

Tracks:

1. The Buffens
2. Nuttmigs And Ginger
3. Green Garters
4. There Were Three Ravens
5. Howells Delight
6. Goe From My Window
7. Green Sleeves
8. La Sampogna
9. Unto The Prophet Jonas I Read
10. The Carmans Whistle
11. Galliard Can Shee Excuse
12. Lachrimae Pavin
13. The Quadro Pavin
14. Singers Jig
15. Grimstock
16. De la Tromba Pavin
17. Jewes Daunce
18. Pavane Quadro And Galliard
19. Joyne Hands
20. Watkins Ale

Amazon.com

If you think people didn't have much fun in the 16th century, you may change your mind after you hear the kind of music the ordinary folks were singing, playing, and listening to. The Baltimore Consort, internationally recognized for its outstanding programs and performances of early music, offer us an immediately appealing--and irresistible--assortment of popular tunes from 16th-century England, some of which you may recognize in their modern incarnations. "There were three ravens," "Greensleeves," and John Dowland's famous "Lachrimae Pavan" are a few of the better-known pieces. The Baltimore Consort is known not only for its fabulous musicianship but also for its arrangements, which always seem to perfectly suit the tunes; this disc comprises 20 examples of that virtuosity, and you'll want to hear them again and again. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely The Best!.......2004-12-31

I love this CD. The music is soothing, fun and romantic. My suggestion is to play this CD while you are having a lovely dinner with friends or with just one "special" friend. This music in the background during your meal will be awesome!

More than just an alcoholic drink.......2004-08-09

The Baltimore Consort are performers in the truest sense -- the energy and sheer brilliance they exude during performances is infectious and heady. Luckily for those of us who rarely or never get to see them perform, all of this comes across in their recordings. This CD makes both an excellent introduction for those uninitiated in the joy that is English Renaissance music, and an important addition to the library of anyone already familiar with such music. The emotion, grace and at times sheer bawdiness of the Baltimore Consort's performances will entertain you and make you smile with glee; "Watkins Ale" is *not* just some sort of alcohol proffered to a young maiden by a strapping young lad -- it may take some careful listening and thinking about the text to realize this! Custer LaRue's flawless vocals, here sounding like a young woman and there like a young lad, are breathtaking. Check your pulse if you don't find yourself dancing along.

Watkins ale is very well performed.......2003-12-23

Miss LaRue is excellent singing Watkins ale, a funny tale about the effects of some alcoholic drink on a young woman. I am writing this to stress that Americans are at times also able to produce excellent performances of "older music". Have an open mind!

Watkins Ale.......2003-10-03

You'll love this one. Don't pass it up.

Joyful and Unique.......2001-12-25

The first time I heard the first track of this CD at Amazon.com homepage, I had the wish of buying it. The English Renaissance songs are performed in a very happy and different way. The version to the Green Sleeves is unique and joyful. The Baltimore Consort performs Renaissance music with very sensitivity. The sound is so pure and transmits happiness and peace.

Average customer rating: Can't say it enough... OUTSTANDING RECORDING! Magnificent! Wow! The best!

Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Sondheim, Stephen | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Live Albums | R&B | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sondheim Tonight: Live From The Barbican Centre, London (1998 Concert Cast) Sondheim Evening: A Musical Tribute (1973 Concert Cast) Flower Drum Song (2002 Broadway Revival Cast) Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration Putting It Together: A Musical Review ASIN: B00000AE2Z Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

1. We Said We Wouldn't Look Back
2. Cats Overture
3. Food Glorious Food
4. Wouldn't It be Loverly?
5. Quit Professor Higgins
6. The Rain In Spain
7. Get Me To The Church On Time
8. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
9. Introduction (Julie Andrews)
10. One Two Three
11. Little Shop Of Horrors
12. Somewhere That's Green
13. Suddenly Seymour
14. Day By Day
15. I Get A Kick Out Of You
16. Variations
17. Unexpected Song
18. Nicer In Nice
19. I Love A Lassie
20. Five Guys Named Moe/ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
21. Pick A Pocket
22. As Long As He Needs Me
23. Introduction (Julie Andrews)
24. I'm Martin Guerre
25. How Many Tears?
26. The Heat Is On In Saigon
27. The Wedding
28. Last Night Of The World
29. This Is The Hour
30. American Dream

Tracks:

1. The Phantom Of The Opera
2. Music Of The Night
3. Broadway Baby
4. Oh, What A Beautiful Ornin'
5. Carousel Waltz/Ballet
6. Porch Scene
7. You'll Never Walk Alone
8. Introduction (Ned Sherrin)
9. Side By Side
10. You Could Drive A Person Crazy
11. Send In The Clowns
12. Losing My Mind
13. Being Alive
14. You've Gotta Have A Gimmick
15. Introduction (Stephen Sondheim)
16. Duelling Pianos
17. Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
18. Jellicle Songs
19. Memory
20. At The End Of The Day
21. Stars
22. Do You Hear The People Sing ?
23. On My Own
24. Bring Him Home
25. One Day More
26. We Said We Wouldn't Look Back

Customer Reviews:

Can't say it enough..........2004-10-23

the best musical theater concert in history!

From classic musicals such as My Fair Lady to mega-productions such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and Miss Saigon, this star-studded musical event showacses the best of musical theater history. A definite must-have for lovers of musical theater!

OUTSTANDING RECORDING!.......2004-04-30

Probably the greatest musical theater album ever released! Where else can you find the best and brightest theater stars?

Lea Salonga's voice and Bernadette Peters' presence alone are enough reason to get this recording (but you'll get more!)

Magnificent!.......2004-02-26

This is perhaps the best musical theater CD ever produced! The biggest theater stars of this day are here: Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga (very beautiful and powerful performances!), Colm Wilkinson, and many, many more.

Get the CD now; better yet, get the video, so you can watch this wonderful extravaganza!

Wow!.......2004-01-30

Where else can you find the most memorable musicals performed on stage in one night? This is probably THE best musical theater album ever recorded. Topnotch performers (esp. Ms. Salonga and Ms. Peters), wonderful songs, brilliant staging -- it's breathtaking!

Get both the video and the CD.

The best!.......2004-01-22

Lea Salonga, Bernadette Peters, Jonathan Price, Ruthie Henshall, and many more brilliant actors performing all the wonderful songs from different musicals in one recording - nothing beats this!

Average customer rating:

Christmas Gift: Dorian Holiday Celebration Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Te Deum | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000001Q7J Release Date: 1997-10-14

Tracks:

1. A Suite of English Carols: The First Noel; Coventry Carol, Deck The Halls - Solid Brass
2. Christmas Day in da Mornin - The Baltimore Consort
3. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
4. In dulci jubilo
5. In dir 1st Freude
6. Greensleeves / What Child is This? - Ken Kolodner, Hammer Dulcimer
7. In the Bleak Midwinter
8. Concerto grosso en G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 ( Vivace - Grave) - Les Violons du Roy
9. Allegro
10. Adagio-Allegro-Adagio
11. Vivace
12. Allegro - Pastorale ad libtium
13. Lulle, Lullay - Ronn McFarlane, Lute
14. Lulle, Lullay - Custer LaRue, Soprano
15. Maria Through the Thornwood Goes - Ronn McFarlane, Lute; Custer LaRue, Soprano
16. Christen atzet diesen Tag - Bach Choir of Bethlehem
17. Greensleeves - Ronn McFarlane, Lute
18. Anklopfelweise - Manfred Schuler Zither and Fold Music Ensemble
19. Te Deum laudamus
20. Three JGerman Carols: In dulci jubilo, Silent NIght, Hark the Hearald Angles Sing - Solid Brass

Average customer rating: Superb single volume collection of John Dowland's lute music Wow El Espíritu del Renacimiento

Lute Music Of John Dowland Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Instruments | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Seaven Teares A Distant Shore Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol.1-5 Early Venetian Lute Music Songs from the Labyrinth (Music by John Dowland) ASIN: B000001Q8W Release Date: 1993-08-02

Tracks:

1. Sir John Smith's Almain
2. Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
3. My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
4. Melancholy Galliard
5. My Lady Hundson's Puffe
6. Piper's Pavan
7. The Earl Of Essex Galliard
8. Fantasie #1
9. Fortune My Foe
10. Lady Laiton's Almain
11. Lachrimae
12. Queen Elizabeth's Galliard
13. Tarleton's Resurrection
14. Mrs. Winter's Jump
15. Preludium
16. Dowland's Galliard
17. Go From My Window
18. Round Battle Galliard
19. What If A Day
20. The Shoemaker's Wife
21. A Fancy #5
22. Mr. Dowland's Midnight
23. Dr. Case's Pavan
24. Orlando Sleepeth
25. Lady Clifton's Spirit
26. Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens
27. The Frog Galliard
28. Mrs. White's Nothing

Amazon.com

Dowland's lute works are among the most beautiful compositions of the Renaissance period. Because so many of his pieces are wistful and sad, he was known as "the melancholy Dowland," although McFarlane's selection offers a fair number of more cheerful pieces. These performances are extremely stylish, alert and expressive in every moment of the music. Paul O'Dette's Dowland recordings for Harmonia Mundi are also very well played and include all of the composer's music on five discs. For a single-disc introduction to the composer, this Dorian CD is ideal. Dowland fanatics will need O'Dette's series, and perhaps McFarlane's also. Dorian's sound is extremely realistic. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Superb single volume collection of John Dowland's lute music.......2005-12-15

I first heard John Dowland's lute music many years ago as a classical guitar student, thought it, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and the Spanish repertoire the cream of the music for the guitar - and still feel mostly that way. But it was awhile before I was able to find recordings of Dowland's music.

Ronn McFarlane's "Lute Music of Dowland" is a wonderful introduction to John Dowland's lute music. His playing is delightful, the digital recording itself captures his lute beautifully, and the CD offers 28 Dowland compositions, a number well known, some not, all performed stylishly in a way that captures your attention from the very beginning, to the end, of the CD.

Dowland's music represents the very peak of Elizabethan lute music in late sixteenth centry England, a period which began with lutenist John Johnson, and whose music spread in popularity across Europe.

There is an unmistakable melancholy quality about Dowland's music, but it also contains numerous memorable pieces, such as Sir John Smith's Almaine, My Lady Hudson's Puffe, The Earl of Essex Galliard, Melancholy Galliard, Queen Elizabeth's Galliard, Lachrimae, The Frog Galliard etc,; some extraordinary passagework, and appeal that very much transcends time.

Ronn McFarlane's Dowland CD on the Dorian label, along with Jakob Lindberg's Dowland CD on BIS, are the two best single CD collections I know of Dowland's lute music, apart from Paul O'Dette's five volume collection of Dowland which the serious or compleat Dowland collector might prefer. (Julian Bream also offers Dowland on his lute recital CDs, but these include other composers.)

Strongly recommended.

Wow.......2002-10-22

This one's a winner. The music of Dowland is eternal. The lute playing and recording here is peerless. The Amazon review is right on. I'm not such a lute fan, but I return to this CD often. I want more from lutenist Ronn McFarlane! Bravo to all involved here.

El Espíritu del Renacimiento.......2001-05-25

Sir John Smith's Almain, pieza con la cual comienza el disco nos resume la idea básica del Renacimiento tanto en Inglaterra como en el resto de Europa. En dicha composición (como en el resto) se encuentran los razgos más característicos: repetición y parafraseo de los motivos en diferentes intesidades y compases. ¡Bienvenidos!

Average customer rating: Stunning & atmospheric EBQ Takes the Listener to the Next Passage Absolutely perfect.

Passage 138 B.C.-A.D. 1611 Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gesualdo | Gesualdo, Carlo | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hildegard of Bingen | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Greece | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: King's Court and Celtic Fair The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli Hildegard von Bingen: Canticles of Ecstasy ASIN: B000003CZU Release Date: 1994-11-08

Tracks:

1. Haec Dies
2. Spiritual Dance
3. Minimal
4. Sibley Sanctus Lydian
5. De Profundis
6. Hopper Dance
7. Instrumental
8. Si Dolce
9. Factus Est Repente
10. Sun Credo
11. Scandinavian Chant
12. First Delphic Hymn
13. Dilectus Meus
14. Peccaniem Me Quotidie
15. Lydian
16. The Melancholy Of Departure

Customer Reviews:

Stunning & atmospheric.......2003-11-23

Many casual listeners of classical music (like myself) are often drawn to particular albums within this genre because of the timeless atmosphere and mood that we hope any particular release will encompass. Something that sounds like it could have come from hundreds of years ago, dripping in history and long forgotten places and people, and yet still saying something to todays listener.
I am not even a fan in general of brass quintets, quartets, ect, so if it weren't for a friend at work having purchased this CD, and my own being a major fan of the under-recorded guitarist Peter Maunu (who guests here), I would have never picked up this disc.
I've been buying just about anything Peter Maunu plays on after buying, and loving, his single 1990 solo album as well as his many appearences with Mark Isham (often on soundtracks), so I borrowed this disc to listen to at work from my friend. Then I borrowed it again, then again. Sure, I could have easily burned a CD copy myself from his, but these guys aren't selling CD's like they were Brittany Spears and I thought buying my own copy is kind of like a vote for these guys saying "yeah, this is a classic work". Besides, I even like the cover and the liner info (I just NEED to know who plays what on each track, who the guest musicians are, ect).
So you have this excellently recorded disc with the brass quintet with ever so subtle additions of Peter Maunu's guitar, some voices, and some subtle percussion and fretless bass from two other Mark Isham associates, Kurt Wortman and Doug Lunn. They all add to the great atmosphere (there's that word again) of this disc.
I've had my own copy of this disc for a couple of weeks now and it's the one disc that has not left my cd changer. I just change all the other discs around it it seems.
To top it off, I am a major Mark Isham fan and among all of the ancient works on this disc they do a version of Isham's "The Melancholy Of Departure" from Isham's "We Begin" duet disc with Art Lande.
I would recommend this disc to ANY fan of classical music as well as fans of new age music. It really deserves 5 stars and I hope this disc receives the sales numbers that it truly deserves..
I have no idea how my friend at work discovered this CD, but I sure am glad he did.

EBQ Takes the Listener to the Next Passage.......2000-12-07

I have owned this album for five years now and I never grow tired of it. The music is in turns solemn, majestic, soothing, grandiose and intimate. In the liner notes EBQ trumpeter Rolf Smedvig says, "This represents our latest effort exploring, with new arrangements, the music of the modal system. Modal music is based on scales which dominated European music for 1,100 years, from approximately 400 to 1500 and strongly influenced composers for another one hundred years."

In addition to the members of the EBQ, guest musicians are incorporated into the music on guitar, fretless bass, synthesizer, percussion and wordless vocals.

What I love about this music is its ability to transport the listener to another palce and time. Smedvig summed it up best in the liner notes when he concluded," The music is timeless. The old becomes new, the new old. Melodies never end, they only lead to the next passage..." Beautiful music indeed. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Absolutely perfect........1999-07-02

This is a wonderful album, which I can't recommend strongly enough. On this disc, Empire Brass succeeds brilliantly in melding the passion and splendor of early music with the eclectic trickery of modern world-music percussion. The arrangements are intricate & delicate, yet powerful, and the sound is pristine. Think of it as the Roman Empire making a techno jazz album. I even used it at my wedding. Fans of acid/techno jazz, world music and brass should not miss this amazing disc.

Average customer rating: Wonderful recording Bright and sparkling! why to get this disc (in rhyme) A Christmas Favorite Excellent performances and unique music

Bright Day Star: Music for the Yuletide Seasons Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Baltimore Consort | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: On the Banks of Helicon: Early Music of Scotland Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance The Mad Buckgoat - Ancient Music of Ireland Ancient Noels The Ladyes Delight ASIN: B000001QAB Release Date: 1994-10-04

Tracks:

1. Ding Dong Merrily
2. The Old Year Now Away Is Fled
3. Christmas Day in da Mornin'
4. The Cherry Tree Carol
5. Wir singen dir, Immanuel
6. The Wren Song
7. A Wassail Tune
8. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
9. Carol 'Een Kindeken is ons geboren'
10. The Bellman's Carol
11. A Christmas Jig
12. Es ist ein' Ros' entsprugen
13. In dulci Jubilo
14. Rorate coeli desuper
15. Drive the Cold Winter Away
16. Remember, O Thou Man
17. Quem pastores laudavere
18. Christmas Is My Name
19. In dir ist Freude
20. Hey for Christmas!

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful recording.......2004-11-18

This might be my favorite holiday album. It's one of the first I pull out in November and doesn't get put away until February.

Bright and sparkling!.......2002-11-29

A perfect way to celebrate the Christmas spirit any time of year with some truly "old" favorites, performed with spirit and heart by the Baltimore Consort. Period selections imbued here with the consort's singular sound and creative improvisations include "Ding Dong Merrily on High", "The Old Year Now Away is Fled", "The Cherry Tree Carol", "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", "Es ist ein Ros", "In Dulci Jubilo", and many more that may charm you for the first time. The Baltimore Consort is: Mary Anne Ballard, viols and rebec; Mark Cudek, cittern, guitar, viols and bandora; Custer LaRue, soprano soloist; Larry Lipkis, viol, recorder and gemshorn; Ronn McFarlane, lutes; and Chris Norman, wooden flutes and pennywhistle; with Webb Wiggins on organ.

why to get this disc (in rhyme).......2001-11-24

'Twas the day after Thanksgiving, and all through the house, Christmas spirit was stirring and starting to rouse feelings of joy and expectation in the hearts of the people who were there. Beautiful music and Custer LaRue's singing filled the air.

Wonderful songs, written by people long dead, caused pictures to form and stories to dance through each listening head. Stories of a virgin bearing a child, stories of the little Savior's entrance into this world...meek and mild.

Each song is sung with such haunting beauty and care. The Consort's playing could not be more wonderfully fair. Each song is a masterpiece--"The Cherry Tree Carol," "In dulci jubilo," and "Quem pastores laudavere." Each song's focus is on the true meaning of Christmas--no appearance made by St. Nick--but with singing like this, in your head they are sure to stick.

More beautifully than snowflakes this music drifts down. In sheer loveliness, "Christmas Is My Name" deserves the crown. Oh but each tune is strong--like "Ding Dong Merrily" and "The Wren Song." Most come in at under three minutes each, none is overlong. Each is stunning...how can the listener go wrong? How they twinkle...they are most merry. One even makes mention of Cherries.

(...)

I highly recommend this disc.

A Christmas Favorite.......2000-12-09

Had enough of animated snowmen and over-sweetened carol arrangements? Here's a hugely enjoyable recording of songs and dances done with flair by the Baltimore Consort. There are a few familiar tunes, such as the lilting arrangement of "Ding, Dong Merrily On High" and a beautiful solo flute version of "Lo, How a Rose 'Er Blooming." But most the songs are off the beaten track, and are therefore fresh and new despite their antiquity. Custer LaRue brings feeling and energy into the songs. This has become the most played Christmas CD in our household.

Excellent performances and unique music.......1999-12-13

This is my favorite Christmas CD, and it is very different from everything else we hear this time of year.

Average customer rating: Beautiful melodies, impeccable performances Pills to Purge Melancholy

Tunes From the Attic Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Baltimore Consort | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Mad Buckgoat - Ancient Music of Ireland The Ladyes Delight Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance La Rocque 'n' Roll - Popular Music of Renaissance France / The Baltimore Consort On the Banks of Helicon: Early Music of Scotland ASIN: B000001QBC Release Date: 1997-04-10

Tracks:

1. Joyne Hands
2. Pills To Purge Melancholy: You Lasses And Lads
3. Jenny, My Blithest Maid
4. The Division Violin: Johnny Cock Thy Beaver
5. The Dublin Virginial MS: Paven & Galliard
6. The Mermaid's Song
7. The Old Maid Of The Mill Dust
8. Playford's 'Dancing Master': The Northern Lasse's Lamentation
9. Playford's 'Dancing Master': Well Hall
10. The Jewes Dawnce
11. Thomas Wode's Partbooks: Come Love, Let's Walk
12. Green Garters
13. Fitzwilliam Virginal Book MS: The Irish Ho-Home
14. Fitzwilliam Virginal Book MS: The Irishe Dumpe
15. Playford's 'Dancing Master': Oh! How Happy's He
16. Ballet Lute Book: Callino
17. William Stirling's Cantus Partbook: Joy To The Person Of My Love

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful melodies, impeccable performances.......2001-03-06

The Baltimore Consort have recorded the "leftovers" in this collection, songs that hadn't made other CD's, so it's an interesting mix of tunes from several time periods. It has on it a tune called "Well Hall" which I think ranks in my top five beautiful melodies of all time. As always with the Baltimore Consort, the arrangements are wonderful, the playing perfect, the engineering outstanding, and all the rest.

Pills to Purge Melancholy.......2000-06-18

Like the name of one of the collections that this music comes from, this title may have better suited this CD. The music is earthy enough for even non-fans of Early Music to enjoy (probably do to its affinity to our own American folk music). Absolutely delightful! I would consider this CD to be one of the better ones of the Baltimore Consort's excellent collection.

Average customer rating: When looking for "the most" A superb McCormack collection Simply the Best

John McCormack: The Acoustic Victor and HMV Recordings (1912-14) Manufacturer: Romophone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Boito, Arrigo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolf-Ferrari | Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000061K8 Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

1. Maire, My Girl
2. Like Stars Above
3. Take, O Take Those Lips Away
4. A Child's Song
5. Asthore
6. A Farewell
7. My Commander As Envoy Bids Me Come
8. I Know Of Two Bright Eyes
9. Eileen Aroon
10. The Wearing Of The Green
11. The Rosary
12. The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
13. Silver Threads Among The Gold
14. T'eri Un Giorno Ammalato
15. At Dawning
16. Dai Campi, Dai Prati
17. Giunto Sul Passo
18. Mi Par D'udir Ancora
19. Nirvana
20. There Is a Flower That Bloometh
21. My Dreams
22. Sweet Genevieve
23. I'll Sing Thee Songs Of Araby
24. Where The River Shannon Flows
25. Silver Threads Among The Gold

Tracks:

1. Within The Garden Of My Heart
2. Dear Love, Remember Me
3. Chiudo Gli Occhi 'Il Sogno'
4. Molly Brannigan
5. A Foggy Dew
6. The Low Back'd Car
7. Sospiri Miei, Andate Ove Vi Mando
8. Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Goodbye'
9. Mother O' Mine
10. Down In The Forest
11. Votre Mere Avec Moi Sortait De La Chapelle
12. I Hear A Thrush At Eve
13. Goodbye
14. A Little Love A Little Kiss
15. Questa O Quella
16. Nearer My God To Thee
17. Eileen Allanah
18. Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye
19. Le Portrait
20. Angel's Serenade
21. Le Nil
22. Beneath The Quivering Leaves
23. Ave Maria, D.839
24. Ave Maria 'Meditation On J.S. Bach's Prelude In C'

Customer Reviews:

When looking for "the most".......2001-05-14

A local New York professional opera enthusiast has concluded that Corelli is the most popular operatic tenor, followed by Jussi Bjoerling. But if the question is, who had the most beautiful tenor voice ever impressed upon wax, we must lift up John McCormack. Here is true bel canto which no one else has ever equalled. These two CD's contain some of the most exquisite sounds ever issued by a human throat. Let the galleries declare their enthusiasm for stentorian high C's, the real lover of great singing will find much more to their like her than in all the verisssimo arias. Listen to the two "Mefistofele" Arias (Boito) and ask yourself if they have ever since been so beautifully sung. This recording belongs in the collection of every aspiring tenor, just to remind what can be accomplished by art and perfect singing.

A superb McCormack collection.......2000-10-21

If you remember hearing transfers of acoustic recordings to LP, you remember how hard it was to really connect with the music and performer through all the rumble, noise and resonance. This audio restoration is the most astonishing technical feat I have ever heard. The noise is now only a gentle background presence, not the roar of yesteryear. And even more important, it is constant in volume- in other words not a distraction. The fidelity really lets us hear what the early recording engineers really achieved. That said, what this brings to us are the performances of one of the world's greatest singers in richly emotional popular songs (and a few opera arias). There are so many of those old sentimental pieces no one could get away with recording anymore, but hold such a splendid reward for those of us who love them. John McCormack's recordings receive with this reissue the wonderful presentation they so richly deserve. Many many thanks to the label and Mr. Marston who made it possible.

Simply the Best.......2000-01-27

This along with Vol. 1 is simply the best McCormack transfers available from this period. The master of the trade, Ward Marston has outdone himself this time. Waiting for Vols. 3,4,5!

Average customer rating: An absolutely perfect voice Betty's Hits - Vol. 2 Even more disappointing...

Betty's Hits - Volume 2 Betty Johnson Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Betty's Hits -- Vol. 1 ASIN: B00005R0A9 Release Date: 2001-08-01

Tracks:

1. Dream
2. Suddenly
3. I Get The Blues When It Rains
4. Red Sails in the Sunset
5. Out of This World
6. Once In A While
7. I'm Beginning To Wonder
8. I'll Follow You
9. I Need You Now
10. How Little We Know
11. Give Me Something I Can Dream About
12. Don't You Remember Me
13. There Will Never Be Another You
14. Dancing In The Dark
15. The Song You Heard When You Fell In Love

Album Description

A second collection of Betty's hits, digitally remastered from the original recordings.

Customer Reviews:

An absolutely perfect voice.......2007-03-13

If only she had been blessed with hit-producers, undoubtedly Betty Johnson would have remained on the charts for years, instead of the nine records that made BILLBOARD'S Top 100 between 1956 and 1959.

An absolutely perfect pitch and refreshing sound of purity. Every would-be singer should study these vocals.

This Voume 2 contains a great many "standards" and it is wonderful listening. What a talent!

Respectfully,

/s/ SH

Betty's Hits - Vol. 2.......2007-01-14

I have been looking for a cd that contains Betty's hits for a long time.
Amazon was the first site that was able to deliver the disc. Very happy with it.

Even more disappointing..........2002-10-05

Volume one of Betty Johnson's Hits was a considerable disappointment on many fronts. One would have hoped that some of the shortcomings of that piece would have been corrected here in the subsequent "hits" package. No such luck. And to label this a "hits" package is just plain misleading. No additional hits here at all with the exception of the inclusion of "Dream", a track that was listed but not included on the volume one CD. Again, sound quality is mediocre and obviously not taken from high-generation tapes. Unfortunately, for those seeking the music of this artist, there are no other options currently available. Johnson's contribution was a notable element of the music of the 50s and deserves much better treatment than that given here.

Average customer rating: The best "Trotto" I've ever heard. Quality early music experience

The Sport of Love Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Cornysh | Cornysh, William | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chansons | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000J86J Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Italy-The Trecento: Trotto - Allison Sahyoun/Art Sheinberg/Colleen Sheinberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Sheldon Kalberg/Jay Hill
2. Italy-The Trecento: Tosto Che L'alba - Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Colleen Sheinberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Art Sheinberg
3. Italy-The Trecento: L'aquila Bella - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill
4. Italy-The Trecento: Vola El Bel Sparver - Collen Sheinberg/Allison Sahyoun
5. Italy-The Trecento: Lasso! Di Donna - Jay Hill/Colleen Sheinberg/Art Sheinberg
6. Italy-The Trecento: Cosi Pensoso - Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Art Sheinberg
7. Italy-The Trecento: Salterello - Collen Sheinberg/Art Sheinberg/Allison Sahyoun/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg
8. Italy-The Renaissance: Canto Di Uccellatori Alle Starne - Collen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Allison Sahyoun/Art Sheinberg
9. Italy-The Renaissance: Caccia 'Alla Caccia Su Su' - Allison Sahyoun/Collen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Art Sheinberg/Sheldon Kalberg
10. Italy-The Renaissance: Correno Multi Cani - Jay Hill/Allison Sahyoun/Colleen Sheinberg/Art Sheinberg
11. Italy-The Renaissance: I Vostri Acuti Dardi - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson
12. Italy-The Renaissance: Questa Fera Gentil - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Sheldon Kalberg/Allison Sahyoun/Art Sheinbert
13. Italy-The Renaissance: So Ben, Mi C'ha Bon Tempo - Colleen Sheinberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Allison Sahyoun/Art Sheinberg/Sheldon Kalberg
14. Italy-The Renaissance: Pavana: La Traditora/Gagliarda: La Traditora - Dennis Davies-Wilson/Allison Sahyoun/Colleen Sheinberg/Art Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg
15. Der Jager Und Die Jagd: Das Jagerhorn - Allison Sahyoun/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Art Sheinberg/Sheldon Kalbert
16. Der Jager Und Die Jagd: Es Taget Vor Dem Walde - Sheldon Kalbert/Allison Sahyoun/Art Sheinberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Colleen Sheinberg
17. Der Jager Und Die Jagd: Ich Schwing Mein Horn - Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Colleen Sheinberg/Art Scheinbert
18. Der Jager Und Die Jagd: Es Jagt Ein Jager G'schwinde - Dennis Davies-Wilson/Allison Sahyoun/Colleen Sheinbertg/Art Sheinberg
19. Jolly Hunting: Pastime With Good Company - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Allison Sahyoun/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Art Sheinberg
20. Jolly Hunting: Blow Thy Horn, Hunter - Sheldon Kalberg/Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Allison Sahyoun/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Art Sheinberg
21. Jolly Hunting: Blow Thy Horn, Thou Jolly Hunter - Sheldon Kalberg/Jay Hill/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Art Sheinberg/Allison Sahyoun/Colleen Sheinberg
22. Le Jeu D'amours: Je Ne Fus Jamais Si Ayse - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Allison Sahyoun/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Art Sheinberg
23. Le Jeu D'amours: L'enfant Amour - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Allison Sahyoun/Art Sheinberg
24. Le Jeu D'amours: Pour Voz Plaisirs Et Solas - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Art Sheinberg
25. Le Jeu D'amours: Il Estoit Une Fillette - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Allison Sahyoun/Art Sheinberg
26. Le Jeu D'amours: M'amye A Eu De Dieu - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson
27. Le Jeu D'amours: Amours Me Trocte Pa La Pance - Colleen Sheinberg/Jay Hill/Sheldon Kalberg/Dennis Davies-Wilson/Allison Sahyoun/Art Sheinberg

Customer Reviews:

The best "Trotto" I've ever heard........2003-06-17

The arrangement of "Trotto" is worth the price of the entire CD. "Trotto" is a
very popular piece in early music, but no one has ever done it with such drama
and power. Over all, the material is less varied and to me a little less interesting than their other album "A Rose of Swych Virtu", but this is still some
of the best early music recorded.

Quality early music experience.......1999-10-04

I have attended many Musica Antigua de Albuquerque concerts. This CD captures the flavor of their live performances. The singing is strong, the instruments sound great, and there is a good balance between instrumental and vocal performances. The liner notes,just like their concert programs, are chock-full of useful information and translated lyrics. This and their previous CD: A Rose of Such Virtue, are excellent samplers of early music.

International Music:

1. Island Christmas
2. Isulanima [Import]
3. Kulna Sawa [Import]
4. L'une [Import]
5. La Fiesta Creole [Import]
6. La Vie Presque [Import]
7. Laylat Hob [Import]
8. Legacy
9. Lessa Faker [Import]
10. Live [Live] [Import]

International Music

International Music