Anthony Holborne: "My Selfe" 16th Century Pavans, Galliards, and Almains - The King's Noyse / Paul O'Dette

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Holborne? Holborne who? Well, it seems that Anthony Holborne was a courtier in the service of Queen Elizabeth I and a sort of Renaissance man--a lawyer, man of letters, and composer. If we can judge by this music, composed for five-part consort but with the added directive that the parts may be altered, he was quite a fine composer, chock-full of the charm, formality, playfulness, rhythmic variations, and melodies we're accustomed to hear in music of this era. The 32 pieces are arranged as a life-story, from "His Happy Youth" through "A happy mid-life" to "We follow his soul to Paradise." Paul O'Dette on lute and cittern, along with David Douglass's wonderful quintet, The King's Noyse, play this music as to the manner (and era) born, and this disc is an unalloyed delight. --Robert Levine

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Average customer rating: Outstanding It's not heavy breathing Technically good, emotionally bland. Highly recommended just a warning...

Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol.1-5 Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 General | 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 Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Blowout Box Sets | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Dowland, John | ( D ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Baroque Lute Music, Vol. 1 Early Venetian Lute Music Weiss: Sonatas for Lute, Volume 1 Royal Lewters: Music of Henry VIII & Elizabeth I's Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley ASIN: B0000007HU Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

1. A Piece Without Title - Dowland
2. Pavana - Dowland
3. Mr Knights Galliard - Dowland
4. My lord willobies wellcome home - Dowland
5. The frogg galliard - Dowland
6. A Fancy - Dowland
7. My Ladie Riches galyerd - Dowland
8. The Lady Laitons Almone - Dowland
9. A Dream (Lady Leighton's Paven) - Dowland
10. Galliard - Dowland
11. Orlando sleepeth - Dowland
12. What if a Day - Dowland
13. Mrs Winters Jumpp - Dowland
14. Galliard - Dowland
15. M. Giles Hobies Galiard - Dowland
16. Dr Cases Pauen - Dowland
17. Mellancoly Galliard - Dowland
18. Galliard - Dowland
19. Mistris Whittes thinge - Dowland
20. Go from my windowe - Dowland
21. Almain - Dowland
22. Mrs Whites Nothing - Dowland
23. Pavan - Dowland
24. Galliard - Dowland
25. Farewell - Dowland

Tracks:

1. My lady hunnsdons puffe
2. Solus cum sola
3. Suzanna Galliard
4. Sir John Smith his Almain
5. Sweet Robyne
6. Dowlands first galliard
7. Master Pypers Pavyn
8. Captain Digorie Piper his Galliard
9. As I wen to Walsingham
10. Monsieur's Almaine
11. Mrs Brigide fleetwoods paven alias Solus sine sola
12. Dowlands Galliard
13. Farwell (As
14. Captain Candishe his Galyard
15. Aloe
16. Can she excuse
17. A Coye Joye
18. Mrs vauxes Gigge
19. Mrs vaux Galliarde
20. Sir Henry Guilforde his Almaine
21. Mignarda
22. Lachrimae
23. Sir John Souch his galliard
24. Fantasia

Tracks:

1. The most high and mightie Christianus, the fourth King of Denmark, his Galliard
2. Sir John Langton his Pavin
3. Mr. Langtons galliard
4. A Fancy
5. A Pavan
6. The most sacred Queene Elizabeth, her Galliard
7. Mrs. Cliftons Allmaine
8. The Right Honourable the Lady Cliftons Spirit
9. tarletones riserrectione
10. Tarletons Willy
11. fortune my foe
12. The Queenes galliard
13. Wallsingham
14. A Galliard (on Walsingham)
15. Dowlands Adew for Master Oliver Cromwell
16. The Right Honourable Ferdinando Earle of Darby, his Galliard
17. Lord Strangs March
18. Mistresse Nichols Almand
19. forlone Hope fancye
20. Mr. Dowlands Midnight
21. Semper Dowland semper dolens

Tracks:

1. Preludium
2. A Fancy
3. Lachrimae
4. Galliard to Lachrimae
5. A Fantasia
6. An Almand
7. Pavana
8. The Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Essex, his Galliard
9. A Galliard (on a galliard by Daniel Bachelar)
10. My Lord Wilobies Welcom Home
11. The Shoemakers Wife. A Toy
12. The Right Hounourable The Lord Viscount Lisle, his Galliard
13. Coranto
14. A Galliard
15. The Lady Russells Paven
16. Galliard (on Awake sweet love, set by Fr. Cutting)
17. The Frog Galliard
18. Come Away
19. La mia Barbara
20. Loth to Departe

Tracks:

1. A Fancy
2. Pavana Dowlandi Angli (Mylius #2)
3. Doulands rounde battell galyarde
4. Pavin
5. The Erle of Darbies Galiard
6. Mistris Norrishis Delight
7. A Jig
8. The Erle of Essex Galliard
9. Galliard
10. Une Jeune Fillette
11. Gagliarda
12. Pavana Lachrimae
13. Squires Galliard
14. A Fancy
15. Hasellwoods Galliard
16. Sir Thomas Monson, his Pavin
17. Sir Thomas Monson, his Galliard
18. Almande
19. Sir Henry Umptons Funerall
20. Captayne Pipers Galliard
21. A fantasie

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Dowland did for lute music what Haydn did for the string quartet and Beethoven the piano sonata. The finest lutenist and songwriter of his age--he composed several of the greatest hits of the late 16th and early 17th centuries--the surviving lute works constitute a sort of encyclopedia of the possibilities of the instrument. There are song arrangements, dance pieces, tributes to the composer's friends, even a musical self-portrait. Much of the music is fashionably sad. Lute songs generally deal with the agony of lost love, and Dowland's most popular tune was called Lachrimae (Tears). Paul O'Dette is simply the best lutenist alive. These five discs are available together at a special price, or separately. A reference edition. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding.......2007-03-31

If you are a fan of the music of John Dowland, you must own this CD. The playing is outstanding to say the least.

It's not heavy breathing.......2006-08-22

It's great that O'Dette gives us the complete solo works, of course. I have the common reaction to O'Dette: his technique is flawless, his performance unengaging.

Others have remarked on the "heavy breathing" noticeable on the recordings -- it's not heavy breathing, but the movement of his fingers on the gut strings making that sound.

Technically good, emotionally bland. .......2006-04-11

Considering the extreme paucity of (especially solo) lute recordings currently available worldwide,
but especially in the US, this set becomes an essential "must have" for all lovers of the lute.
Yet it somehow disappoints.
I am sure that Paul O'Dette is brimming over with virtuousity and a technical expertise
that I am hardly one to pass sound judgement upon.
But the recordings have a flatness and monotony;
the songs are rendered with precision, but seem to lack feeling, empathy, or enthusiasm throughout the offering.
It is an impressive compendium, and I'm glad I purchased it.
There are very few lutenists out there producing any music at all, so Mr. O'Dette should certainly be praised
for delivering such a substantial feast to our ears.
It just should have had more flavor.
Where is Konrad Ragossnig when you need him?

Highly recommended.......2005-10-23

I bought Volume 1 of this set a couple of years ago. It has become one of my favorite CDs, so I thought I would enjoy the full set. I have not been disappointed. I find the sound quality excellent, the playing superb. The included booklet has a lot of interesting background material. The music is great as background for a dinner party or intimate conversation, but has depth aplenty for concentrated listening. I often listen to it while working at the computer where I swear it improves concentration and productivity!

A few tunes appear more than once as Dowland reused some work, but the arrangements are sufficiently different to be interesting. It is his complete lute works, after all. Some might criticise the set for sounding too much in the same style. It is the work of one composer, and if you happen to like the style, as I do, this is a pro rather than a con.

Another reviewer mentioned obtrusive breathing on the recording. I had listened to Volume 1 for two years before reading the review and had not noticed this. On listening carefully, there is breathing audible, but I do not find it a problem. Perhaps it depends whether one listens to the music or the background.

just a warning..........2005-10-14

Beautiful music, but... you can hear Paul's heavy breathing throughout. Apparently a lot of other reviewers either don't hear the heavy breathing, or aren't bothered by it, but for me, it's a near deal-breaker. Go ahead and mark my review as unhelpful, but I had to put the warning out there.

Average customer rating: Wonderful!

Robin is to the Greenwood Gone: Elizabethan Lute Music Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | 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 | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Early Sixteenth Century Venetian Lute Music Portrait Royal Lewters: Music of Henry VIII & Elizabeth I's Anthony Holborne: The teares of the Muses John Johnson: Lute Music ASIN: B000005IXQ Release Date: 1992-05-28

Tracks:

1. Mounsier's Almaine
2. Ballad Tunes
3. Early Elizabethan Music
4. Scottish Music
5. Music of Anthony Holborne
6. Fantasie
7. Music of Thomas Robinson

Customer Reviews:

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.

Average customer rating: My best baroque CD superbe

Music from the Royal Court Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Sextets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gabrieli | Gabrieli, Andrea | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gabrieli, Giovanni | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Zelenka | Zelenka, Jan Dismas | ( Z ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | 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 General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Greatest Hits Imperial Fanfares The 20th Century Album English Music from Henry VIII to Charles II Fanfare, British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble ASIN: B0000AGWP8 Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

1. Trumpet Tune And Air
2. Galliard
3. Pavan
4. Coranto 'Heigh-Ho-Holidy'
5. Pavan
6. Hornpype
7. The Agincourt Song (Arr. Elgar Howarth)
8. Earle Of Oxford's March (Arr. Elgar Howarth)
9. Earle Of Salisbury's Pavane (Arr. Bram Wiggins)
10. I. Allemande
11. II. Sarabande
12. III. Allemande
13. IV. Courante
14. V. Air
15. VI. Courante
16. I. The Old Spagnoletta
17. II. Giles Farnaby's Dreame
18. III. A Toye
19. IV. Tell Me Daphne
20. V. His Rest (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
21. VI. The New Sa-Hoo
22. A Royal Pavan
23. In Nomine
24. Pavan St. Thomas Wake And Variation - London Festival Brass Ensemble
25. Galliard And Four Variations (Arr. Elgar Howarth) - London Festival Brass Ensemble
26. The King's Hunting Jig (Arr. Elgar Howarth) - London Festival Brass Ensemble
27. I. It Is To Me A Right Great Joy
28. II. Pastime With Good Company/Helas Madame
29. III. Adieu! Madame Et Ma Maistresse
30. IV. Taunder Naken
31. V. Departure Is My Chief Pain
32. VI. En Vrai Amour/Pastime With Good Company
33. Fantasia 'Newark Siege' (Arr. Peter Reeve)
34. Aria Della Battaglia A 8

Tracks:

1. Three Fanfares For Four Trumpets And Timpani - John Wilbraham
2. Canzon 'La Seraphina'
3. Fantasia 'In Echo'
4. Ricercar Del Duodecimo Tuono
5. Canzon For Eight Trombones
6. Canzon 13
7. I. Allemande
8. II. Gaillarde
9. III. Pavane D'Angleterre Avec Gaillarde
10. IV. Basse Danse 'La Volunte'
11. V. Pavane Passemaize Avec Gaillarde
12. VI. Branle De Bourgogne - Branle Simple - Branle Gay
13. Trumpet Intrada (From The Motet Ave Virgo Lux Maria) (Arr. Kenneth Herbert)
14. Il Est Be Et Bon (Arr. Peter Reeve)
15. Terpsichorean Suite For Brass (Arr. Peter Reeve)
16. Canzon Cornetto
17. I. Galliard Battaglia
18. II. Courant Dolorosa
19. III. Canzon 'In Imitation Of An English Bergamask'
20. Canzona A 10 (Arr. Philip Jones)
21. Sonata From 'Die Bankelsangerlieder'
22. I. Sonata (Adagio) - London Festival Brass Ensemble
23. II. Courante - London Festival Brass Ensemble
24. III. Sarabande. Ziemlich Langsam - London Festival Brass Ensemble
25. IV. Bal - London Festival Brass Ensemble

Customer Reviews:

My best baroque CD.......2004-08-29

Over the years from time to time I bought some CDs with baroque brass ensemble music, always hoping it would be so fascinating as what I knew from my fathers PJBE vynil records. What I bought so far all are nice but also somewhat boring after short time. Unfortunately I never bought something from the PJBE until now, and this is the first time that a complete CD (and in this case even two of them) of baroque music for brass is surprising and fascinating me with every 'song', showing facetes and diversity I always missed on my other records. Finally nothing is like the original PJ!

superbe.......2004-02-04

Après nous avoir fait plaisir avec le Greatest Hits, voici un double CD qui nous enchante avec les principales pièces de la Renaissance du sublime Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Il y a longtemps que nous attendions la mise en CD de ces oeuvres, et nous voila comblé. Pour plusieurs pièces, c'est Elgar Howarth qui les a arrangé. Un grand moment de musique pour cuivres avec de grands compositeurs, délicieusement arrangées.
Pour éléver encore plus ces 2 cds, saluons encore la présence du London Festival Brass Ensemble dirigé par Elgar Howarth (dont la plus part des membres sont du PJBE), alors quoi de plus normal d'avoir inclu leur préstation.

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Heart's Ease: Music for Viol Consort from the Late Tudor and Early Stuart Age (Works by Holborne / Byrd / Dowland / Bull / Gibbons / Lawes / Ferrabosco I) - Fretwork Anthony Holborne (Composer) , William Byrd (Composer) , John Dowland (Composer) , John Bull (Composer) , and Fretwork Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004VFWS Release Date: 1989-05-23

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Anthony Holborne: Pieces for Lute Manufacturer: Pierre Verany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003VNI Release Date: 1995-12-12

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Splendor and the Brass: Festive Music of the Baroque Manufacturer: Summit(Classical) 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 Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Zelenka | Zelenka, Jan Dismas | ( Z ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Musical Voyage ASIN: B0000038KR Release Date: 1996-11-19

Tracks:

1. Three Fanfares - Nick Norton/Anthony Plog/Michael Sachs/James Thompson
2. Three Fanfares - Nick Norton/Anthony Plog/Michael Sachs/James Thompson
3. Three Fanfares - Nick Norton/Anthony Plog/Michael Sachs/James Thompson
4. Water Music: Allegro - Summit Brass
5. Water Music: Andante - Summit Brass
6. Water Music: Allegro - Summit Brass
7. Con in C, Op.46, No.1: Allegro - David Hickman/Douglas Carlsen
8. Con in C, Op.46, No.1: Largo - David Hickman/Douglas Carlsen
9. Con in C, Op.46, No.1: Allegro - David Hickman/Douglas Carlsen
10. Three Elizabethan Dances: Teares Of The Muses - Atlantic Brass Qt
11. Three Elizabethan Dances: Image Of Melancholly - Atlantic Brass Qt
12. Three Elizabethan Dances: New Yeares Gift - Atlantic Brass Qt
13. Terpsichore, Ste: Intro & Courante - Atlantic Brass Qt
14. Terpsichore, Ste: Ballet - Atlantic Brass Qt
15. Terpsichore, Ste: Two Courantes - Atlantic Brass Qt
16. Terpsichore, Ste: Bransle - Atlantic Brass Qt
17. Terpsichore, Ste: Bourree - Atlantic Brass Qt
18. Brandenburg Con No.2 in F: Allegro - David Hickman
19. Brandenburg Con No.2 in F: Andante - David Hickman
20. Brandenburg Con No.2 in F: Allegro Assai - David Hickman
21. Charamela Real: Son 6 - James Thompson/Micheal Sachs/George Recker Patrick Kunkee/Nick Norton/Anthony Plog
22. Charamela Real: Son 29 - James Thompson/Micheal Sachs/George Recker Patrick Kunkee/Nick Norton/Anthony Plog
23. Charamela Real: Son 36 - James Thompson/Micheal Sachs/George Recker Patrick Kunkee/Nick Norton/Anthony Plog
24. Charamela Real: Son 44 - James Thompson/Micheal Sachs/George Recker Patrick Kunkee/Nick Norton/Anthony Plog
25. Gailliard Battaglia - St. Louis Brass Qnt
26. Royal Fireworks: Ov - Summit Brass

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Lute Music: Rosamund Manufacturer: Eroica Classical Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ferrabosco, Alfonso (II) | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000040OEK Release Date: 1999-12-15

Tracks:

1. Anonoymous: Almain
2. John Dowland: Galliard, Robin
3. Anthony de Countie: Pavyn
4. Anonymous: Fansie
5. Sedit Sola: Pavan
6. Anthony Holborne, Galliard, Fairy Rownde
7. Anonymous: New Almaine
8. Philip Rosseter: Galliard, Mrs. Taylor's
9. Alfonso Ferrabosco: Fantasia
10. Alfonso Ferrabosco: Jigg
11. John Daniel: Pavan, Rosamund
12. William Byrd: Galliard
13. Anonymous: Fantasia
14. Francis Cutting: Pavan
15. Francis Cutting: Galliard
16. Peter Phillips: Fantasia
17. John Marchant: Galliard, Walsingham
18. Anonymous: Pavan, Ann Markham's
19. Daniel Bacheler: Galliard
20. F. Edgar Gilbert: Miserere a 3
21. F. Edgar Gilbert: Almaine, Victoria's
22. F. Edgar Gilbert: Fancy, Mrs, Lees'

Album Description

This CD by Eroica artist F. Edgar Gilbert is a definitive collection and performance of lute music from the English school of the Renaissance and the French school of the Transitional and Baroque epochs. Its soothing, healing and meditative qualities are a welcomed respite from the frenzied hue and cry and hype of ordinary living. Gilbert's equisite performances evoke sunrises and sunsets, the perfume of gardens and the caress of cool ocean breezes, all of it as enriching and inspirational as it is restful, and all of it in a setting of calming, enriching music that forever heals and restores us.

Average customer rating: Worthy reconstruction of Renaissance Courtly Dance Music

Ben Jonson's The Masque of Oberon (reconstruction) /Musicians of the Globe * Pickett Peter Holman Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Ferrabosco, Alfonso (II) | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Trumpet | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000041KI Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

1. Almande 3
2. Almande 5: The Princes Masque I
3. Almande 16
4. Almande 6: The Princes Masque II
5. Trumpet Ensemble Sonata No. 53
6. The Masque Of Oberon: Pavana
7. The Masque Of Oberon: Dulcina
8. The Masque Of Oberon: Alman
9. The Masque Of Oberon: Buzz, Quoth The Blue Fly
10. The Masque Of Oberon: Now My Cunning Lady, Moon
11. The Masque Of Oberon: The Satyrs Dance
12. Melt Earth To Sea
13. The Masque Of Oberon: Melt Earth To Sea
14. Dulcina
15. The Masque Of Oberon: Seek You, Majesty, To Strike?
16. The Fairies Dance
17. The Masque Of Oberon: The Solemn Rites Are Well Begun
18. The First Of The Princes
19. The Masque Of Oberon: Nay, Nay, You Must Not Stay
20. The Second Of The Princes
21. The Masque Of Oberon: Nor Yet O You In This Night Blest
22. Pavan
23. Coranto: The Fairie-Round
24. Coranto: As It Fell On Holie Eve
25. Galliard
26. Galliard
27. Almaine: The Honie-Suckle
28. Almaine: The Night Watch
29. The Masque Of Oberon: Gentle Knights
30. The Masque Of Oberon: The Third Of The Princes
31. The Masque Of Oberon: O Yet How Early, And Before Her Time
32. Trumpet Ensemble Sonata No. 34 'Meister Thomas Fideler'
33. Almande

Customer Reviews:

Worthy reconstruction of Renaissance Courtly Dance Music.......2005-12-02

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.

On the one hand, this recording is not of a single work, but rather of a reconstruction of a work from a great many different pieces. There was a genuine `masque' with this title written by Ben Jonson, but almost everything but the bare bones text has been lost.

To understand how much was lost, you must know that a Renaissance `masque' was a series of courtly dances. The most famous story about masques, of course, is Edgar Allen Poe's `Masque of the Red Death' which was not at all about a masked ball. As the notes to this recording explain, a masque was so highly scripted and choreographed as to be virtually a play in itself, with the parts being played by the members of the court and the artistic professionals it employed such as musicians and dancing masters.

In spite of the patchwork nature of the piece, it is really much more of a whole than the other recording I know of done by Musicians of the Globe, lead by Philip Pickett. This `Shakespeare's Musick' recording, also on Phillips, is much more obviously a collection of snippits with a lot of historical reconstruction done to make it a playable piece.

Thus, if you are really interested in Renaissance dramatic music, this is a more enjoyable introduction than any collection of Shakespeare's incidental music I have heard.

Average customer rating: Astonishingly Good Anthony Holborne: The teares of the Muses ~ Antony Holborne

Anthony Holborne: The teares of the Muses Manufacturer: Alia Vox Spain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elizabethan Consort Music Alfonso Ferrabosco, The Younger: Consort Music to the Viols in 4, 5, & 6 Parts Ostinato Vivaldi: La Viola da Gamba in Concerto Altre Follie, 1500-1750 ASIN: B00004VWXU Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

1. I: (Pavan:) Bona Speranza
2. I: (Galliard:) The Teares Of The Muses
3. I: (Almaine:) The Choise
4. I: (Galliard:) Heigh Ho Holiday
5. II: (Pavan:) Infernum
6. II: Galliard
7. III: Pavan
8. III: Galliard
9. III: (Almaine:) The Night Watch
10. III: (Galliard:) Lullabie
11. III: Galliard
12. IV: (Pavan:) The Image Of Melancholly
13. IV: (Galliard:) Ecce Quam Bonum
14. IV: (Galliard:) Sic Semper Soleo
15. V: (Pavan:) Decrevi
16. V: Galliard
17. V: (Galliard:) My Selfe
18. VI: (Pavan:) Paradizo
19. VI: (Galliard:) The Sighes
20. VI: (Almaine:) The Honie-Suckle
21. VI: (Galliard:) The Fairie-Round
22. VII: (Pavan:) The Funerals
23. VII: Galliard
24. VII: (Almaine:) The Fruit Of Love
25. VII: (Galliard:) As It Fell On A Holie Eve

Customer Reviews:

Astonishingly Good.......2005-09-14

Unlike the previous reviewer, I will not use this space to denigrate Beethoven, the ridiculousness of which would ruin this review of the lofty and noble tone which Holborne's music deserves. The divine Jordi Savall and Hesperion are perfect, as usual; Holborne clearly deserves to be MUCH better known. His pavans, especially, are achingly beautiful.

Anthony Holborne: The teares of the Muses ~ Antony Holborne.......2005-07-30

The 16th century was a splendid time for art, music and theatre. Consort music was the sound a jour and listening to this album one can easily understand why. Holborne is masterfull composer and it would be unfair to say that consort music is less then classical music. Since this sounds nothing like it. I find it to be amazing in its own right and this is not music to be played by a novice. The pieces are by no means easy and requires trained muisicians in order for this music to come of the right way. I would not say that he is on par with Bach, Mozart or Wagner, yet he should be considered just as tallented as Beethoven, Haydn and many other very accomplished composers. This is not a slight against the music. It merely reflects the fact that Bach, Mozart and Wagner were indeed unique in their tallent and abilities. I love the painitng on the cover of this and it shows some of the best of 16 th century painting. This is simply put it a splendid album that should not be missed.

Average customer rating: MUST HAVE Relaxing and Beautiful

Had Miles Met Maurice 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 Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rota, Nino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tarrega | Tarrega, Francisco | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | 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 Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004BZ0I Release Date: 2000-02-15

Tracks:

1. Bettina
2. 'Giulietta Degli Spiriti': Amore Per Tutti
3. 'Amarcord' Theme/The Harem From '8 1/2'
4. Napolitana
5. Cemetery Scene From '8 1/2'
6. Waltz From 'La Dolce Vita'
7. Once I Loved
8. Had Miles Met Maurice...
9. Gymnopedie No.1
10. Gamba Sonata in G: Andante
11. Gymnopedie No.3
12. La Roque/Branles Des Villages
13. Packington's Pound/Pavana
14. Remember The Alhambra
15. Suite In B Minor: Polanaises I & II
16. Si Beagh Si Mohr
17. Lady Rich's Galliard/The Fairy Round

Customer Reviews:

MUST HAVE.......2006-10-22

Fantastic musical journey; many, many layers. If you like melodious jazz that is soft and intriguing coupled with a classical flare thrown in you will be not only enthralled but asking for more from these artists. I've a collection of over 500 cd's and this is on the top! Listen and enjoy.

Relaxing and Beautiful.......2002-01-26

I first heard The Virtual Consort on A Prairie Home Companion. They performed some of the most beautiful music I had ever heard. I immediately ordered the only cd I could find of theirs. It had none of the music that I was looking for from their performance, but I loved each piece more than the next. I used to play it at work every day and my clients would always ask who it was. I highly recommend this album.

Track Listings:

1. Auer Legacy, Vol. 3
2. Bach: Flute Concertos
3. Baroque Recorder Concerti: Works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Graupner, Babell & Naudot - Hesperus
4. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 27/1, Op. 27/2, Op. 28
5. Brahms: Deutsches Requiem / von Karajan
6. Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Academic Festival Overture; Schumann: Genoveva & Manfred Overtures
7. Brahms: The Cello Sonatas
8. Bronislaw Huberman in Performance
9. Bruch: Odysseus
10. Cara: Fiamma Amorosa et Bella

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The Dotted Line

3 Concertos

Back in the Alley

Shades of Blue/Dusk Fire [Import]

Ballermann [Import]

A Christmas Present From Motown Vol. 2 [Import]

A Handful of Keys: 1922-1935

Arturo Toscanini Collection, Volume 30: Richard Strauss

After a While

A Night at the Vanguard [Live]

Armed Forces [Extra tracks]

Am Gold [Import]

Aerobic, Vol. 3 [Import]

Green

1944-1946