 | Romance of the Violin [Read More ...]
Description: Every track on this CD contains a beautiful melody, many of them easily recognizable, all of them exuding tranquility. "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi opens the disc, with Bell delicately accompanied by a harp and spinning the long melody with great sensitivit... |
 | Discover Music of the Baroque Era [Read More ...]
Review: Terrific Introduction to Baroque Music:I really love this collection of Baroque music! Back in the 1990s, when Naxos was a new company, there was a lot of talk about their recordings not being as good as those of some other music labels, but I believe that Naxos has much improved... |
 | Dowland: Consort Music [Read More ...]
Review: Okay for the Price:The Rose Consort of Viols lacks the richness of tone of Fretwork and the incisiveness of rhythm of Phantasm, the two finest gamba ensembles on the block. There are some soft spots in their ensemble technique, to be heard especially in the lack of dance-step in ... |
 | Shakespeare's Musick (Songs & Dances from Shakespeare's Plays) / Pickett, Musicians of the Globe [Read More ...]
Review: Excellent argument for watching Shakespeare's plays:'Shakespeare's Musick' by Musicians of the Globe, lead by Philip Pickett is, like a similar recording, 'Songs and Dances from Shakespeare' by The Broadside Band' is a very nice recreation of what you would have heard at the Glob... |
 | The Radiant Voice of Barbara Bonney [Read More ...]
Description: Of all the laudatory epithets applicable to Barbara Bonney, the term "radiant" might not be the one that springs to mind--at least, not insofar as it suggests the warm luxuriance of sunshine. Bonney's light, bright lyric soprano is something else: a voice of delicate refinement a... |
 | Ben Jonson's The Masque of Oberon (reconstruction) /Musicians of the Globe * Pickett [Read More ...]
Review: Worthy reconstruction of Renaissance Courtly Dance Music:The text of `The Masque of Oberon' is credited to the great Elizabethan dramatist, Ben Jonson with music written by many Renaissance composers, including the namesake of the great blues performer, Robert Johnson.
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 | Romance Of The Violin (Live From New York In Concert) [Read More ...]
Description: CD AUDIO SIDE: Entire Album DVD SIDE: * Entire album in Enhanced LPCM Stereo * Video of highlights from Joshua Bell Romance of the Violin Live from Lincoln Center with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra * Complete Discography This disc is intended to play on standard DVD and CD play... |
 | On the Banks of the Seine-Music of the Trouovères [Read More ...]
Review: Delightful:I've only just listened to a few samples of this album, and I, too, strongly disagree with the poor review below. Vivien Ellis has a wonderfully sweet soprano. As for the men, well, classically trained singers hardly existed in the 12th and 13th Centuries (unless you s... |
 | The Siena Lute Book [Read More ...]
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 | Ars Subtilior [Read More ...]
Review: Captivating medieval mastery:Sadly,the amount of early music and of medieval ensembles that are still in existence has decreased since the 1990's.There was the Ferrara Ensemble directed by Crawford Young,La Reverdie,the Newberry Consort,and some others.I put Phillip Picket somew... |
 | William Lawes: Consort Music for Viols, Lutes & Theorbos [Read More ...]
Music with substance:I love this cd because the music has substance. It gets the substance from Lawes use of counterpoint and fugue to increase the complexity of the music. This is a nice cd. Most music I hear from this period in England has a similar level of complexity. |
![]() | Fire and Ice: Frottole from Venice [Read More ...]
Review: Great New Early Music CD:Both the instrumental and vocal music here are very good. This CD contains the first recording of a work by Venetus that I have been able to find. Keep an eye out for Ms. Wilkinson's work. She is young and her voice is not yet fully developed. This means ... |
 | Madame d'Amours: Songs, Dances & Consort Music for the Six Wives of Henry VIII [Read More ...]
Review: 2* Scholarship; 4* Performances:This CD is segmented into 6 parts, one for each wife averaging 5 tracks each (for full track listing, go to Signum Records Homepage). The conception is original and interesting; but the oft-bizarre allocation of material warns of the impracticality... |
 | The John Dowland Collection [Read More ...]
Wonderful!:Although some of the words may be a little sad, listening this collection makes me happy. Barbara Bonney is one of my favorites and she is here, too. Dowland's songs are hypnotic. It is also nice background music, if one wants to do something. |
 | Dowland: Ayres [Read More ...]
Description: Dowland’s penchant for gloomy subjects was well-known – his most representative piece is the pavane Lachrimae – but this exceptionally rich and varied program also shows him at ease with humor, amorous dalliance, virile and extrovert dance music. This recording features the... |
 | Holburns Passion: Music for lute, cittern & bandora [Read More ...]
Review: Good...and not so good.:Heringman is very effective with the lute pieces, but in an attempt to provide contrasts, he strays to a particularly scratchy-sounding cittern and a rather bland bandora for several tracks. A viol is also added in a couple of places, but this has a rather... |
 | Verdelot: A Renaissance Songbook - The Complete Madrigal Book of 1536 /C King * C Daniels * Heringman [Read More ...]
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 | Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. 9 [Read More ...]
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 | My Lady Rich -- Elizabethan Songs [Read More ...]
Review: A gorgeous masterpiece; my favorite CD all year!:Emily Van Evera is the Penelope Rich of the 21st century... beautiful, brilliantly gifted, and a scrupulous steward of those gifts. Her voice is pure magic, passionate and fiercely intelligent, both elegant and sensual. She is mo... |
 | The French Ambassadors, Music based on Holbein's 'The Ambassadors' [Read More ...]
Art and Music:A fascinating music survey of the music of Henry VIII's early reign all linked closely to Holbein's famous painting (Classic CD) |
