The Scottish Lute
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This disc offers 56 pieces from 17th-century compilations, probably best described as early equivalents of the fake books that popular musicians use today. These dance tunes and songs were the pop music of their time, now turned into "classical music" entirely by the aging process. McFarlane bounces through these catchy tunes with great verve; he's obviously having a good time with the music. The mandora is a small member of the lute family, pitched an octave higher than the two other early lutes McFarlane plays. It sounds rather like a ukulele. There is no profundity to be heard on this disc, but it's highly entertaining. As usual with Dorian, the sound quality is superb. --Leslie Gerber
The Scottish Lute, Music, Anonymous, Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book Anonymous, Scottish Anonymous, Scottish Traditional, Ronn McFarlane, Chamber, Chamber Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Vocal, Vocal Music, Wedding Music
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- GREAT!
- A relaxing journey into our Colonial past
- Fantastic!
- Cold Mountain type music that's great
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Colonial America
Manufacturer: Maggie's Music
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ASIN: B0000C9Z9X
Release Date: 2003-09-01 |
Tracks:
- Rickett's Hornpipe/ Fishers Hornpipe
- Maiden Lane/ Jack O' Lent/ Chestnut/Bonny Broom
- Parting Friends/Primrose
- Flowers of Edinburgh/East Neuke of Fife
- Prelude / La Catherine
- Planxty Browne/Planxty Burke
- Cutie Clat Her
- John Come Kiss me Now
- Scots Tune
- Carolan's Farewell to Music
- A Port
- Yeil, yeil
- Kedron/Saint's Delight/Promised Land
- Gird the Logie
- La Belle Cavalier
- La Luxillier/La Balanje
- Federal Overture
- Death & Life
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Spirited new sounds from across the sea to the shores of the New Land. From the first colonists to the American Revolution and the birth of our republic Hesperus Early Music Ensemble's music reflects a time of new ideas, freedom and vitality. In town and village, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalachians to the great concert halls hear the musical pulse of early American music performed on a wide variety of folk and early music instruments. Includes: lively country-dance tunes, evocative Shape Note Hymns, old time Appalachian fiddle tunes, graceful European parlor music, French cotillions, divisions and improvisations. Introduction -The English Colonies in America were a patchwork-not just of territories whose boundaries became state lines, but of people from different places and classes with widely different values and experiences. This recording presents music from that patchwork; from England, the Colonial homeland; Scotland and Ireland, the homes of the largest groups of immigrants outside England; and France, the ally of the Patriots, and music written in the United States. More recordings by HESPERUS from Maggie's Music are Celtic Roots featuring Scottish fiddler, Bonnie Rideout and Early American Roots. Hesperus Ensemble is THE sought after musical group for period music that is both authentic, and most important fun, lively and spirited. They are frequent performers at the Smithsonian's Institute of American Music and can be heard on the soundtrack or the Paramount film with Johnny Depp entitled Sleepy Hollow! Excerpts from liner notes:2.A Set of English Country Dance Tunes: Maiden Lane, Jack O'Lent, Chestnut, Bonny Broom - The visionary London music publisher John Playford first published his English Dancing Master in 1651. It was reprinted 18 times over the next 77 years and is still popular today. 3. Parting Friends/Primrose - These tunes have come down to us in choral arrangements called shape-note hymns .
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GREAT!.......2007-05-20
This cd travels everywhere with me and you can easily imagine a ball at Monticello given by Mr. Jefferson when you hear it.
Try not to daydream too much while driving as i had done several times..lol..it's hard not to with this cd..:)
Perfect for a colonial reenactment or party.
A relaxing journey into our Colonial past.......2006-03-16
I bought this CD to provide me with another dimension to my studies of period events. It truly contains a wealth of music, and takes it place as an important addition to my musical library. Living in the Mt Vernon area, I often travel with the CD playing while visiting historical places, and it provides a wonderful companion to "set the mood" for the myriad locations in the area. The quality of the sound is remarkable, the musicians superb, and the breadth of song selection provides a musical landscape for the period. Highly recommended!!
Fantastic!.......2004-03-04
I first heard the "Colonial America" CD by Hesperus when I visited Monticello recently (the home of Thomas Jefferson) where they were playing the songs in the gift shop. Imagine my dismay to find that only one cassette tape was left of the fabulous music of Hesperus; however, that tape held me spell-bound all the way home, from Virginia to North Carolina.
It was an incredible journey from the past that has stayed with me since, and every day I drive that one hour back and forth to work. This music has changed everything about the trips, and I can't wait for more.
Thanks to Amazon.com I was able to buy all three CD's, including "Early American Roots," "Colonial America" and the incredible "Celtic Roots" with the most beautiful violas imaginable.
Thank you Hesperus! Please play more!
Cold Mountain type music that's great.......2003-11-15
Novels and movies like Cold Mountain, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? and Song Catchers are showing the growing interest in traditional music and this recording hits the mark. It is music from the days of early America--the time when the first colonists come to America. You can hear the fiddle playing tunes still popular in the Appalachian mountains today and also hear shape note music arranged by Hesperus as wonderful instrumentals. The music takes you to a time when folks were making music in their homes-before TV, before the internet! This recording is good for teachers or educational purposes too- with informative liner notes. All the music is played on folk and early music instruments and it's lively and an enjoyable listen.
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ASIN: B00000G1JO
Release Date: 2000-07-07 |
Tracks:
- The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 1 In E Major 'Spring,' I. Allegro
- Overture No. 3 BWV 1068: Air
- Water Music: Alla Hornpipe
- Orpheus and Eurrdice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
- Piano Sonata In A Major K. 331: Alla turca
- Symphonie No. 3: Allegretto
- String Serenade: Waltz
- Foreign Countries And People op. 15 No. 1
- Flute Concerto No. 1 In G Major, K. 313: Rondo. Tempo di Minuett
- Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor Op. 21: Larghetto
- Quintet In A Major 'Trout': Theme & Variations
- Waltz In A Flat Major
- Impromptu In G Flat Major D 899,3
- Sinfonia concertante In E Flat Major K 364: Presto
Tracks:
- Voices Of Spring Waltz Op. 410
- Serenade Op. 3 No. 5
- Songs Without Words In E Major Op. 19,1
- Horn Concerto No. 3 In E Flat Major K. 447: Allegro
- Fausts Verdammnis: Dances Of The Sylphes
- Flute Concerto In G minor
- Salomon: Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
- Piano Concerto No. 23 In A Major K 488: Andante
- Holberg Suite Op. 40: Prelude
- Carmen: Intermezzo
- String Serenade op. 22: Tempo di valse
- Impromptu In B Flat Major D 935 No. 3
- I Love You Op. 5 No. 3
- Roses From The South, Waltz Op. 388
Tracks:
- Peer Gynt: Morning
- The Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarole
- Melody In F, Op. 3 Nr. 1
- The Nutcracker: Waltz Of The Flowers
- Standchen
- Etude In G Sharp Minor 'La Campanella'
- Peer Gynt: Anitras Dance
- Moment Musical D 780 No. 3
- Canon In D
- Overture No. 2: Menuet & Badinerie
- Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major: Andante
- Carmen: Seguedille
- 'Songs without Words': The Venetian Gondola
- Eugen Onegin: Waltz
- Romance For Violin And Orchestra In G major Op. 26
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- Die Fledermaus: Overture
- Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song
- Waltz No. 1 Op. 18 In E flat major 'Grande Valse brillante'
- Lullaby
- L'Arlesienne: Intermezzo
- The Seasons Op. 37b: Barcarole
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fairies' March
- Clarinet Concerto In A Major K 622: Adagio
- The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
- La Traviata: Prelude
- Carmen, Suite No. 2: Chanson du Toreador
- Happy Farmer
- Menuet
- On The Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz Op. 314
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- A Little Night Music K 525: Allegro
- Sonata No. 2 In E Major BWV 1031: Siciliano
- Op. 11 No. 5: Menuet
- Songs Without Words: Duetto
- The Nutcracker: Dance of the Toy Flutes
- Fruhlingslied (Spring Song)
- Waldszenen: Abschied
- Mandolin Concerto: Allegro
- Music For The Royal Fireworks: La paix: Largo alla Siciliana
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: Allegro
- Waltz In B Minor Op. 69 No. 2
- Romance Op. 5
- Impromptu In A Flat Major D 935 Nr. 2
- Tales from the Vienna Woods, Waltz Op. 325
Tracks:
- Ave Maria
- Humoresque Op. 101
- Sleeping Beautiful: Panorama
- Impromptu In E Flat Major, D899 No. 2
- Melancholy
- Waltz Op. 54,1
- Nocturne In B Major Op. 9 No. 3
- Caro mio ben
- PARTITA IN D FLAT MAJOR: Pastorale
- An den Fruhling
- The Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre, Adagio
- Rosamunde - Ballet In G Major
- Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor Op. 37: Largo
- Emperor Waltz, op. 437
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- Harp Concerto In B Flat Major: Andante allegro
- Oboe Concerto In D Minor: Adagio
- Flute Concerto In F Major, Op. 10 'La Tempesta di Mare': Presto
- Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor Op. 13 'Pathetique': Adagio cantabile
- Horn Concerto In E Flat Major K 495: Rondo. Allegro vivace
- Poeme Op. 41 No. 6
- Wilhelm Tell: Soldier's Dance
- Liebestraum No. 3 In A flat Major
- Violin Romance No. 2
- Flute Concerto In E Minor: Rondo
- Intermezzo In E Flat Major Op. 117,1
- Carmen: Habenera
- Symphony No. 3 'Scottish': Vivace non troppo
- Vienna Bonbons: Waltz Op. 307
Tracks:
- Symphony No. 40 In G Minor K. 550: Molto Allegro
- Preghiera - Mozarianna Suite: Ave Verum
- Arietta Op. 12,1
- Concerto BWV 1056: Arioso
- The Four Seasons: Concerto Nr. 3 Autumn: Allegro
- Des Abends (Evening)
- Holberg Suite Op. 40: Gavotte
- Melancholy Galliard
- Flute Concerto No. 2 In D Major K. 314: Rondo. Allegretto
- Spinning Song
- Orchestral Suite No. 3: Valse Melancolique
- Flute Quartet K. 285a: Tempo di Minuetto
- Moment Musical In A Flat Major, D 780 No. 2
- Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat Major K 271 'Jeunehomme': Rondo - Presto
Tracks:
- String Serenade: Moderato
- Traumerei Op. 15
- Ave Maria
- Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Major: Allegro
- Minuet In D Minor
- Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Notturno
- Mazurka In D Major Op. 33 No. 2
- Divertimento K 251: Andantino
- On Wings Of A Song
- Carmen: Nocturne
- Melody
- Sonata In C Major BWV 1033: Allegro
- Symphony No. 1 In G Minor 'Winter Dreams': Adagio cantabile
- Sound Of The Spheres, Waltz Op. 235
Tracks:
- The Marriage Of Figaro: Overture
- Sonata In C sharp Minor Op. 27,2 'Moonlight Sonata': Adagio sostenuto
- German Dance No. 1
- Nocturne In C Sharp Minor Op.posth.
- Haffner Serenade: Minuet
- Septet In E Flat Major Op. 20: Tempo di Minuetto
- Symphony No. 4 Italian: Andante con moto
- Prelude In D Flat Major Op. 28, No. 15 'Rain Drops'
- '3 Small Pieces': Impromptu
- 'The Nutcracker': March
- Romance In E Flat Major Op. 44
- Piano Sonata No. 16 In C Major 'Sonata facile': Allegro
- 'The Nutcracker': Scene No. 10
- Enjoy Your Life Waltz, Op. 340
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Robin is to the Greenwood Gone: Elizabethan Lute Music
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
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ASIN: B000005IXQ
Release Date: 1992-05-28 |
Tracks:
- Mounsier's Almaine
- Ballad Tunes
- Early Elizabethan Music
- Scottish Music
- Music of Anthony Holborne
- Fantasie
- Music of Thomas Robinson
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Wonderful!.......2007-04-14
After watching the Sting debacle, we needed a Lute Fix. If you own only one lute album, this is the one to own. Paul Odette is a Lute player only, and does a better job of it than some otherwise fine guitar players. His style moves from sensitive to forceful, as the music dictates.
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Lusty Gallant: England's Golden Age
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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- John Johnson: Lute Music
- Molinaro: Fantasia/Canzoni E Balli
ASIN: B00099FVCE
Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- I Cannot Keepe My Wyfe At Howme
- Up Tails All
- The Spanish Pavane
- Robin Hoode
- John Com Kisse Me Now
- Chromatica Pavana
- Galliard
- Sueit Smyling Katie Loves Me
- Put On Your Sark On Monenday
- Buckinghames Branle
- The LaydieLouthians Lilte
- La Volta
- Wolsey's Wilde
- Pavana Bray
- Galiarda
- Will Yow Walke The Woods Soe wylde
- My Lord Willoughbies Welcom Home
- Pavin
- Galliard
- Lusty Gallant
- A Ground
- Home Again, Market Is Done
- Trenchmore
- Mall Symes
Tracks:
- 'En Me Revenant
- Courante
- Courante 'Son Adieu'
- Courante Sur 'J'avois Brise Mes Fers'
- Chacogne
- 'Filou'
- Prelude
- Fantasie
- Galliard Upon A Galliard
- Pavin
- Almaine
- Fantasia
- Fantasia Sopra 'La Canzon Degli Ucelli'
- Fantasia
- Fantasia
- Fantasie
- Ballet
- Courante
- Courante Sur La Courante De Perrichon
- Sarabande
- Fantasia
- Sarabrand
- Pavin
- Courante
- Courante
- Courante
- 'La Jeune Fillette'
- Paven Of The Composition Of Mee Herbet Of Cherbury And Castle Island 1640
Average customer rating:
- Cardiologist and Poet Recommended.
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ASIN: B000060OQ3
Release Date: 2002-03-12 |
Tracks:
- Wild Mountain Thyme - Scott Tennant
- Bach: Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 in D Major [Trans. A Major], Air - The Brazilian Guitar Quartet
- Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
- Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, Arabian Dance
- Prelude No. 1 in C from the Well-Tempered Clavier
- Girl With the Flaxen Hair (La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin) - Angel Romero
- Paloma - Angel Romero
- Suite No. 2, BWV 1067 in B Minor [Trans. E Minor], Menuet - The Brazilian Guitar Quartet
- Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998 [Trans. D Major], P - Paul Galbraith
- Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight" Adagio - Angel Romero
- Rodeo, Corral Nocturne
- Introduction and Fandango, Introduction
- Amor Brujo, El Circulo Mco [Romance del Pescador]
- Concerto for Four Violins, Adagio
- Suite in C Minor, BWV 997 [Trans. B Minor], Fugue - The Brazilian Guitar Quartet
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, Adagio Ma Non Tanto
- Sonata Em RLargo/Andante Espressivo (Sprito Gentil)/Poco Pitato - The Brazilian Guitar Quartet
- Capriol Suite, Pieds-En-L'Air
Customer Reviews:
Cardiologist and Poet Recommended........2002-07-31
I got this CD as a gift for my 21st birthday and it is wonderful. It is delightful and dozy, complete with recommendation by Cardiologist and Poet, what more could a person ask for?!!
Granted, some tracks almost put me to sleep...
BABY NEEDS MORE!!!!
Average customer rating:
- Gorgeous music
- Unique!
- No other word but quiet.
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Celtic Roots
Hesperus
Manufacturer: Maggie's Music
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ASIN: B00000I12Z
Release Date: 1999-02-09 |
Tracks:
- Haste to the Wedding (Rural Felicity) /The Preist in His Boots/Off She
- Reel of Tulloch
- MacDonalds of the Isles March to Harlaw/Source of the Spy (Strathspey)
- Aileen Aroon
- Scotch Hornpipe (Souters of Selkirk)
- Scots Tune/Gypsie's Lilt
- Strike the Gay Harp (Jackson's Night Cap) /Langstrom's Pony (Farrell's
- When She Cam Ben, She Bobbit
- Thistle
- Gowd on You Gartens, Marion
- Cary Owen
- O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick
- Through the Wood, Laddie
- Minstrel of MacDonald's
- Old Simon the King
- Highland Laddie
- Highland Laddie [Variations]
- New Scotch Tune
- Eiliona R
- Meeting at Strathmore/Lumps of Pudding
- White Cockade/Soldier's Joy
Amazon.com
On Celtic Roots, the early-music revivalists Hesperus perform a selection of English, Irish, and Scottish tunes drawn from the earliest printed sources, some of which date back to the 17th century. Hesperus eschew modern instruments to play this ancient music, favoring instead period instruments like lutes, recorders, theorbos, and violas da gamba as well as the now standard harps and violins. Their performances are historically informed but there is nothing stuffy or academic about the way they play. They attack the dance tunes with a vigor that would pass muster in the rowdiest pub session and play the slow airs with deep emotion. A lot of the music will be familiar to fans of Celtic music even if the instruments used to play it are not. Hesperus have performed a valuable service in reminding us that tunes like "Soldier's Joy," "Haste to the Wedding," and "Cary Owen" are a vital link to the past. --Michael Simmons
Album Description
Musicians featured are Hesperus members:Tina Chancey - Treble (track # 6) and bass violas da gamba, fiddle (track # 1, 21) & recorder;Grant Herried - Lute, theorbo, early guitars and recorder;Scott Reiss - Recorders, whistle & hammered dulcimer;With special guests Bonnie Rideout - Scottish fiddle (Track # 3, 9, 14, 16, 17, 20 & 21);William Taylor - Wire harp (clarsach), Gothic "bray" harp;Philippe Varlet - Irish fiddle (Track #1, 7 & 12).Celtic Roots presents music of Ireland, Scotland and America from its earliest sources on traditional and early music instruments.
Customer Reviews:
Gorgeous music.......2004-03-04
This album is fantastic; I too have been "searching," without even really knowing it ~ in my heart and mind and soul ~ for a long time for music like this. The violas in particular really resonate and are featured along with all the other wonderful instruments. I need more! Hesperus, please do another album of the same style! I don't know where else to look for this music and I listen to it every day on my hour long ride in the car. I practically have it memorized; line by line heart and soul. Thank you so much.
Unique!.......2000-06-15
It's quiet. But nevertheless it has a lot of ambience. I have ben searching for an album like this for a long time, and I am very happy to have found it at last. It's an exceptionaly beautiful album.
No other word but quiet........2000-05-11
This C.D. is very good but a word of warning- it is very quiet. If you want a rollicking C.D. full of Gaelic jig then you probably wont want this.
Average customer rating:
- Beautiful melodies, impeccable performances
- Pills to Purge Melancholy
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Tunes From the Attic
Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
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ASIN: B000001QBC
Release Date: 1997-04-10 |
Tracks:
- Joyne Hands
- Pills To Purge Melancholy: You Lasses And Lads
- Jenny, My Blithest Maid
- The Division Violin: Johnny Cock Thy Beaver
- The Dublin Virginial MS: Paven & Galliard
- The Mermaid's Song
- The Old Maid Of The Mill Dust
- Playford's 'Dancing Master': The Northern Lasse's Lamentation
- Playford's 'Dancing Master': Well Hall
- The Jewes Dawnce
- Thomas Wode's Partbooks: Come Love, Let's Walk
- Green Garters
- Fitzwilliam Virginal Book MS: The Irish Ho-Home
- Fitzwilliam Virginal Book MS: The Irishe Dumpe
- Playford's 'Dancing Master': Oh! How Happy's He
- Ballet Lute Book: Callino
- 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:
- A delight, a Gem!
- Exceptional, timeless beauty with physiological effects
- Great cd by one of the finest repertory groups around
- Terrific! Great fun!
- great Celtic music
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Reel of Tulloch: Baroque Music of Scotland and Ireland
Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
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ASIN: B000058TF9
Release Date: 2001-03-06 |
Tracks:
- Reel of Tulloch
- Son Of Scots Tunes: O Mother What Shall I Do
- Son Of Scots Tunes: Ettrick Banks
- Son Of Scots Tunes: She Rose And Let Me In
- Son Of Scots Tunes: Cromlit's Lilt
- Son Of Scots Tunes: Polwarth On The Green
- Son in D, 'Bush Aboon Traquiar'
- Carden's Welcome
- Ser No.5 in d: Soavemento
- Ser No.5 in d: Allegro Moderato
- Ser No.5 in d: Largo Gratioso
- Ser No.5 in d: Allegretto Moderato
- Rory Dall's Port
- Son No.5 in G 'In Imitation Of Corelli': Adagio
- Son No.5 in G 'In Imitation Of Corelli': Allegro
- Son No.5 in G 'In Imitation Of Corelli': Largo
- Son No.5 in G 'In Imitation Of Corelli': Allegro
- When She Cam Ben She Bobbit
- Kelly Set: Mild Mabel Kelly
- Kelly Set: Daniel Kelly
- Kelly Set: Castle Kelly
- Kelly Set: Captain Kelly
- Through The Wood, Laddie
- Prld
- John Come Kiss Me Now
Customer Reviews:
A delight, a Gem!.......2007-06-12
I love this CD! I had been given it, and had apparently filed it. I took it with me on a recent trip to Ohio and listened to it repeatedly over the 1200 mile round trip. I'm still listening.
Julie Andrijeski is one of the finest Baroque violinists working on the North American continent, and also a fantastic Baroque dance instructor, and the sheer grace, elegance and finesse of her playing always makes me incredibly happy. Chris Norman's flute music has always sung to me from the many recordings he has with Baltimore Consort, and this CD has some of their flavor, but with oh, so much spirit and heart! I'm also thrilled to hear Scott Pauley and Patricia Halverson play with such gusto and heart here, too.
Cromlit's Lilt and Polwarth on the Green from Sonata of Scots Tunes by James Oswald are two of my absolute favorite cuts on this CD, making me shout out loud in the car as I was listening for the first time. And every time thereafter.
Buy this one! You will be so glad you did. It's haunting, lilting, and completely, soulfully uplifting.
Exceptional, timeless beauty with physiological effects.......2004-06-19
This absolutely lovely recording has some of the finest sounds ever made by man.
Especially noteworthy are the works of James Oswald. His delicate, graceful, and refined "Sonata of Scots Tunes" will, without fail, deeply penetrate the heart and gently lift one to finer emotions and feelings. That, in my estimation, is the function of all art: to allow the individual to transcend the limitations of his existence.
Hearing this music, among the thoughts that enter my mind are a desire to go back in time and to know the composers whose fine gifts we can still enjoy.
Great cd by one of the finest repertory groups around.......2003-06-06
I had a chance to see this marvelous group live at a concert I covered for my college paper. I was immediately taken with their unique sound, for they not only present baroque music expertly, but more like it would have sounded at the time of its creation than most of it we hear today from other musicians and ensembles. They evinced a true joy in their music making, and nowhere was that more evident that night than during the selections they performed from this CD. Something about the lilting sounds of Scottish and Irish music brings out the fun personality of this multi-sided group. I also was able to meet and interview the foursome afterwards and found them not only to be wonderful musicians, but pleasant and accomodating individuals. They even gave me a copy of this CD and autographed it. Recommended highly.
Terrific! Great fun!.......2002-11-29
In addition to their own consistently rich, sincere sound, Chatham Baroque does wonderful things with guest artists, creating different lush soundscapes with each release. This time the guest artist is Chris Norman, master of the wooden flute and member of such other ensembles as the Baltimore Consort and Helicon. The result of the collaboration is a jaunty yet elegant blend of the Italian and native folk styles popular in 17th century Scotland. This kind music is a perfect showcase for the soulful violin (or should I say fiddle?) playing of Julie Andrijeski and Emily Davidson, as well as Norman's wooden flute, which weaves and slides its way around a melody as well as any tin whistle and with more depth of tone. Patricia Halverson's gamba, and no less than three stringed instruments of Scott Pauley (theorbo, Baroque quitar and archlute), fit in seamlessly--gentle and grounding in the more Italianate pieces, lively and spirited in the folksier numbers. This breezy, cheerful CD should charm fans of classical and Celtic music alike. For an equally enjoyable recording with some similar qualities, try the Palladian Ensemble's "Held By the Ears," which also celebrates a fusion of traditional Scottish music with the high styles of the Baroque.
great Celtic music.......2002-05-24
I agree with the reviewers below me - this is a first-rate album, very enjoyable to listen to, well-played, etc.
But there is rarely a feel throughout this CD of the music being "classical baroque" music. This has far more the sound of Celtic folk tunes. Not the nonsense variety found in Riverdance, but Celtic nevertheless. As a result, it might be doubly interesting to classical music lovers to see the origins of baroque music coming out of a different tradition (or vice versa), but it might be of less interest to those with no desire to hear this style.
Average customer rating:
- I love this CD
- Liltin' lute
- Some rare offerings here
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The Scottish Lute
Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
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ASIN: B000001Q8C
Release Date: 1992-09-02 |
Tracks:
- I. The Jane Pickeringe Lute Book: Drawe Neare Me And Love Me
- I. The Jane Pickeringe Lute Book: A Scots Tune
- I. The Jane Pickeringe Lute Book: The Scottish Huntsupe
- II. The Straloch Lute Book: I Long For The Wedding
- II. The Straloch Lute Book: I Long For Thy Virginitie
- II. The Straloch Lute Book: The Canaries
- II. The Straloch Lute Book: Canaries
- III. The Skene Mandora Book: I Mett Her In The Medowe
- III. The Skene Mandora Book: Let Never Crueltie Dishonour Bewtie
- III. The Skene Mandora Book: Jennet Drinks No Water
- IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: A Scots Tune
- IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: Corne Yards
- IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: Gypsies Lilt
- IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: A Scots Tune
- IV. The Rowallen Lute Book: A Scots Tune
- V. The Skene Mandora Book: Alace I Lie My Alon I'm Lik To Die Awld
- V. The Skene Mandora Book: The Flowres Of The Forrest
- V. The Skene Mandora Book: Remember Me At Eveninge
- V. The Skene Mandora Book: I Will Not Goe To My Bed Till I Suld Die
- VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Port Rorie Dall
- VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Lilt Ladie An Gordonn
- VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Gallua Tom
- VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Whip My Toudie
- VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Hench Me Malie Gray
- VI. The Straloch Lute Book: Wo Betyd Thy Wearie Bodie
- VII. The Skene Mandora Book: Lesleis Lilt
- VII. The Skene Mandora Book: Pitt On Your Shirt On Monday
- VII. The Skene Mandora Book: Blew Breik
- VII. The Skene Mandora Book: My Ladie Laudians Lilt
- VII. The Skene Mandora Book: To Dance About The Baikeis Dubb
- VII. The Skene Mandora Book: My Mistres Blush Is Bonie
- VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: A Scots Tune
- VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: Its A Wonder To See
- VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: Port Priest
- VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: An Thou Wer Myn Own Thing
- VIII. The Straloch Lute Book: Port Jean Linsey
- IX. The Rowallen Lute Book: Gabot
- IX. The Rowallen Lute Book: Untitled
- IX. The Rowallen Lute Book: Curent
- IX. The Rowallen Lute Book: Volt
- X. The Skene Mandora Book: Doun In Yon Banke
- X. The Skene Mandora Book: Aderneis Lilt
- X. The Skene Mandora Book: Ladie Cassilles Lilt
- X. The Skene Mandora Book: I Serve A Worthie Ladie
- XI. The Rowallen Lute Book: Ane Scottis Dance
- XI. The Rowallen Lute Book: Swit Sant Nikcola
- XI. The Rowallen Lute Book: Untitled
- XI. The Rowallen Lute Book: Untitled
- XII. The Straloch Lute Book: A Port
- XII. The Straloch Lute Book: Gray Steel
- XII. The Straloch Lute Book: Put On Thy Sark On Munday
- XII. The Straloch Lute Book: The Old Man
- XII. The Straloch Lute Book: A Port
- XII. The Straloch Lute Book: Ladie Laudians Lilt
- XII. The Straloch Lute Book: I Kist Her While She Blusht
- XIII. The Skene Mandora Book: Adew Dundie
Amazon.com
This disc offers 56 pieces from 17th-century compilations, probably best described as early equivalents of the fake books that popular musicians use today. These dance tunes and songs were the pop music of their time, now turned into "classical music" entirely by the aging process. McFarlane bounces through these catchy tunes with great verve; he's obviously having a good time with the music. The mandora is a small member of the lute family, pitched an octave higher than the two other early lutes McFarlane plays. It sounds rather like a ukulele. There is no profundity to be heard on this disc, but it's highly entertaining. As usual with Dorian, the sound quality is superb. --Leslie Gerber
Customer Reviews:
I love this CD.......2007-06-12
I'm a Baroque musician and also a massage therapist. This is one of the CD's I use when I do massage; I've heard it now hundreds of times, and it still delights. Some very haunting, beautiful passages and excellent throughout. I agree with the other reviewer's assessment that I've never heard a bad performance on a Dorian recording.
Liltin' lute.......2000-05-19
Ronn McFarlane is the perfect man for the job. These pieces for the lute and mandora are what you'd expect from the time and place they were written. Surprising how many of the tunes sound like they were written yesterday. On some you may want to kick up yer heels a wee bit. Sonically, this CD is a gem; crystal clear sound. I've lent this to several persons and so far I've heard no complaints. McFarlane's Dowland CD is highly recommended also.
Some rare offerings here.......1999-09-26
As I keep saying, I have never heard a poor performance on a Dorian label, and their record remains intact with The Scottish Lute (DOR-90129) and Highland King: the Scottish Lute, Vol. II) (DOR-90257). Between the two, lutist Ronn McFarlane give us no less than 100 short excerpts from the different "Lute Books" that were so popular in the 15th to 17th centuries. There are even some examples of music for the mandora, half the size and an octave higher than a lute. This does not demand intense concentration and is excellent ambient music for relaxing or giving parties. I do wish, however, that more comprehensive notes were included and the multilingual text done away with to make room for them. But the playing is masterful and both CDs are highly recommended.
Average customer rating:
- An Enjoyable Themed Sampler
- Robin Hood music
- Lackluster performance, strange selection
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Under the Greenwood Tree
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ASIN: B0000014DV
Release Date: 2000-10-06 |
Tracks:
- Palastinalied
- Ja nuls homs pris
- A l'entrant d'este
- Kalenda Maya
- Novus miles sequitur
- Estampie
- Clap, clap, par un matin s'en aloit Robin
- Robin Hood
- Ah! Robin
- The Wedding Of Robin Hood
- Under The Greenwood Tree
- Sellengers Round
- Greensleeves
- Greensleeves
- Browning My Dear (On The Theme, 'The Leaves Be Green')
- Robin Hood And The Cultural Friar
- Robin Hood And The Tanner
- Pavane: La Venissienne - Quart Livre de Danceries
- Gaillarde - Sixieme Livre de Danceries
- Robin Hood And Maid Marian
- The Green Man - 'The Dancing Master'
- Greenwood
- Nottingham Castle
- Green Goose Fair
- Sweet Angel Of England, To The Tune Of 'Bonny Sweet Robin'
- Ricercar On 'Bonny Sweet Robin'
- When Kempe Did Dance Alone (Or 'Robin Hood, Maid Marian And Little John Are Gone')
- O Lusty May
Customer Reviews:
An Enjoyable Themed Sampler.......2006-11-20
As other reviewers have mentioned, sometimes the playing is a touch ragged...but that is not necessarily bad. Ancient music, like ancient stories, tends to suffer from either too much respect or a lack thereof. The music on this has a lively feel that I like, rather than sounding like it's been preserved in a glass case. It also hasn't been moodified into some new-agey thingamajig.
I'm no ancient music scholar but I listen to a lot of it...and will give this collection to my siblings.
Robin Hood music.......2004-07-29
The intent of this recording (according to the liner notes) is to evoke some of the sounds sentiments and personalities of Robin Hood's time, then drawing on later ballads and dances to celebrate the enduring Robin Hood legend. In this regard, the CD does a good job, presenting a variety of works from the late 1100s through the 17th Century. I'll agree with another reviewer that the ensemble playing is not the best, and sounds unpolished in several songs. The soprano is quite good, though. And there are a number of good little dances. Ballads like Robin Hood & the Curtall Fryer, Robin Hood & Maid Marian, and The Wedding of Robin Hood are all classic humorous Robin tales. Unfortunately, enjoyment of them may suffer from the lack of a lyrics sheet. Overall, if you like Robin Hood stories and early music, this is a fairly fun and inexpensive CD to add to your collection.
Lackluster performance, strange selection.......2001-02-02
It is important to note that the British -Estampie- ensemble performing on this record is not the same artist as the German -Estampie- group who made -Crusaders in Nomine Domini-, a much better record than this.
The programme on this recording is a strange selection. Was the intent to produce a general early music sampler? If so, there are a lot of gaps here. On the one hand, we have Crusader era and troubadour material like -Palastinalied-; on the other hand, we have lightweight British pastoral stuff, like two versions of -Greensleeves-. If, as the title suggests, the intent was to produce a medieval/pastoral atmosphere recording, then raucous wind performances of monophonic dance material seem not to belong. Both monophonic material and some not particularly well played ensemble polyphony make a record that seems to lack focus.
The ensemble playing is not the best on this disc. The female vocalist is competent, but seems to invest very little passion in the material. This one definitely starts to drag early on.
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