Jacob van Eyck: "Der Fluyten Lust-hof" ("The Flute's Garden of Delights"), Volume 2

1. Preludium Ofte Voorspel
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

2. Fantasia En Echo
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

3. Van Goosen ("About Goosen")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

4. Batali ("Battle")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

5. Excusemoy ("Can she excuse") (after John Dowland)
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

6. Silvester inde Morgenstond ("Silvester in the morning time")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

7. Lof-zangh Marie ("Praise song of Mary") (The Magnificat)
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

8. Psalm 118
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

9. Psalm 140
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

10. Rosemont
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

11. Ach, treurt myn bedroefde schapen ("Ah! Mourn my sorrowful sheep)
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

12. Stil, stil een reys ("Hush, hush a moment")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

13. Geswinde Bode van de min ("Swift messenger of love")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

14. Philis Schoon Herderinne
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

15. Comagain ("Come again") (after John Dowland)
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

16. Al hebben de Princern haren wensch ("Although princes have their wish")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

17. De Zoete Zoomer Tyden
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

18. Courante Mars
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

19. Tweede Carileen
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

20. Vierde Carileen ("Fourth Carileen") (after Henry Lawes)
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

21. La Bergere
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

22. France Courante ("France Courante") (after Jean Boyer)
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

23. Gabrielle Maditelle ("Gabrielle told me she")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

24. Blydschap van my vliedt ("Joy flees from me")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

25. Prins Robberts Masco
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

26. Ballette Gravesand ("Gravesand Ballet")
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

27. Aerdigh Martyntje ("Lovely Martina") (after Estienne MouliniT)
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

28. Lavignone
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

29. Psalm 134
Composed by Jacob van Eyck
with Marion Verbruggen

Tracks:

Aniseed Robin
Cuckolds All A-Row
I Gave Her Cakes And I Gave Her Ale
Taking His Beer With Old Anacharsis
Fye, Nay, Prithee John
Cold And Raw
The Miller's Daughter
Will Said To His Mammy
The Old Fumbler
Walking In a Meadowe Greene
Celia Learning On The Spinnet
Tom the Taylor
My Lady's Coachman John
The Irish Jig Or The Night Ramble
Come Sirrah Jacke Hoe
Dainty Fine Aniseed Water
Most Men Do Love the Spanish Wine
Argreers
Gathering Peascods
My Lady And Her Maid
As Roger Last Night To Jenny Lay Close
Pox On You
Ladie Lie Near Me
'Tis Women Makes Us Love
Sir Walter Enjoying His Damsel
My Thing Is My Own
Here Dwells a Pretty Maid
My Man John Had a Thing That Was Long
When First Amyntas Sued For a Kiss
More Palatino
Poor Owen
Where They Drank Their Wine
Come, Come, Let Us Drink

Customer Reviews:

One of the best CD's out there!.......2007-05-10

All ages and musical backgrounds love this CD. The Baltimore Consort are amazing. One really feels one is in a smoky pub in the 14oo's getting plastered with England's best musicians! Don't miss "Pox on You;" my kids absolutely howl with glee at the "bass fartophone." I haven't heard laughter like that come out of my little boy since he was a toddler. "Sweet Sir Walter" features one of the guys singing in a falsetto that sweeps lustily down into a Tim Curry-esque (think Dr. Frank-n-furter)gutteral guffaw of delight. So outrageously fun one forgets one is listening to Renaissance madrigals.

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-03-25

These bawdy catches and ballads take us on a journey to the taverns and other social gathering places of the the real 'Merry Old England'. Some of us may be mildly shocked by the directness and earthiness of the text, but everyday life in the 17th century was much more 'down-to'earth- and forward. These texts-some blatant and other euphemistic-fully explore the spectrum of humor from the sly smirk to the back-slapping guffaw.
The singing of both ballads and catches belongs to a long and venerable tradition in England. The natural habitat of the of the catch was the tavern, while the ballad was known in a wider variety of social settings as well as the stage. By the end of the 17th century, ballads were collected by connoisseurs of popular culture and published in anthologies. The main source for this recording, 'The Catch Club, or 'Merry Companions', was printed in 1762.
A quote from the catch-philosopher (of 'Come, come let us drink') is offered by the Baltimore Consort: "...wine and good cheer will in spite of our fear inspire our hearts with mirth..the time we live, to wine let us give, since we all must turn to earth...."
This is an excellent collection of songs; quite interesting and varied. The instruments are played skillfully, and the voices, for the most part, are good quality. However, as with all 'folk-like' songs, the diction is not always clear, and that is very true of several of these on this disc. The female voices were more difficult to comprehend much of the time. The text is printed out, so ultimately familiararity will make them easier to understand. I do like the disc, and think that it needed to be done.As to a previous criticism concerning the fact that it wasn't 'true' barroom singing. Of course, it's not!!!If it were, you would not understand any of it!!!!!Enough said.

Prelewd to Postlewd.......2005-09-28

The Baltimore Consort, an ensemble of six players, was founded in 1980 with the purpose of performing 'broken consort' pieces of Elizabethan origin. 'Broken' here refers to the instrumentation - treble viol/violin, flue/recorder, lute, cittern, bandore and bass viol. Their repertoire expanded beyond these beginnings to include broader British fare, as well as French and Italian music of the time. This is a happy expansion, as it made this disc of older, bawdy (for its time) music possible.

The Baltimore Consort play with life and vigour, with a good deal of improvisational flair, not being bound to texts and going through the production of notes as if mechanically. This is true to the spirit and nature of the early music, in which performers often had to 'play by ear', neither being able to read music nor having printed music even if they could. This is particularly true of the songs on this disc, where many are derivative of anonymous jokes and stories, and much of the music is likewise folk-tune and anonymously composed.

Some of the songs can be rather shocking. As Mary Anne Ballard writes in the accompanying notes, 'We must remember that in the days before indoor plumbing and pooper-scooper laws, everyday life was of an earthier flavour than it is today.... The men of the singing clubs and the ladies of stage poked fun at themselves and their companions with wit, pleasantry and contrivance.'

The names of many of the composers of these pieces have been lost to history, particularly the more folk-song oriented ones. However, some well-known composers are represented among the pieces here - Purcell, D'Urfey, Aldridge, and others.

The regular players include Mary Anne Ballard (viols), Mark Cudek (cittern, guitar, recorder and bass viol), Custer LaRue (vocalist/soprano), Larry Lipkis (recorder, viols), Ronn McFarlane (lute), Chris Norman (flutes), Webb Wiggins (tambourine and 'virginals'). Some artists are known from other Dorian productions, such as Ronn McFarlane on the lute in the collection 'Greensleeves'.

Added to the regular consort players are the Merry Companions, including Peter Becker (baritone), Alexander Blachly (baritone), Paul Shipper (bass, belch-canto), and James Weaver (baritone).

One more addition includes a guest artist, Lorenzo Labbrobacio, playing of all things, the 'fartophone', a rather mysterious instrument indeed. Labbrobacio defies identification on the internet other than references to this disc, and so the mystery deepens.

This is music that is interesting, truly fun to listen to, entertaining and has a quality about it that makes it a joy both in musical and humourous tones.

Sounds like they're singing Christmas carols.......2004-11-09

This recording is professionally produced - perhaps too much so. I've been in a few taverns and heard my share of bawdy songs. I am used to hearing them sung with gusto, with a wink and a naughty smile, to the raucous and enthusiastic appreciation of the audience. The songs on this CD are performed entirely straight. The results are technically competent but fail utterly in conveying the spirit and fun that make this genre worth listening to.

A sly and rollicksome good time!.......2002-11-29

On this recording, the Baltimore Consort and the Merry Companions are full of fun, both blatant and tongue-in-cheek. Soprano Custer La Rue and the instrumentalists of the Consort are joined by a quartet of classical male singers (Peter Becker, Alexander Blachly, Paul Shipper and James Weaver) with quite a theatrical sense of humor. The two groups take turns presenting ribald tavern songs of merry old England, interspersed by light, catchy instrumentals listed in the credits as the "Prelewd", the "Interlewd" and a "Fresh Ayre". Drinking, sex and other bodily functions are both celebrated and ridiculed in songs that are cleverly worded and enthusiastically sung, and in at least one case, accompanied by a mysterious instrument (reminiscent of P.D.Q. Bach) called a "fartophone". Especially amusing are the "catches" or rounds, and the new meanings that result from the staggering of words when several different verses are all sung together. It sounds silly, and is silly, but that's the point of it all--celebrating the "earthier flavor" of life 17th and 18th century England. My copy came with a parental advisory sticker stuck fast to the case, but my mother didn't seem overly concerned, and in fact enjoyed it too when I played it for her! For more fun Renaissance vocals, both salacious and serious, try "All At Once Well Met: English Madrigals" by the King's Singers, and "The King's Singers' Madrigal History Tour: Italy, England, France, Spain, Germany" by the King's Singers and the Consort of Musicke.

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Pleasures of early music!

L'émergence de la musique instrumentale

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Pleasures of early music!.......2007-04-10

Harmonia Mundi can do no wrong! This album is part of a series: La Musique des siecles - A History of Music. These discs are a must have for the serious listener. Well and attractively packed, instructive album notes.

Van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof (Selections)

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The Little Barley-Corne: Winter Revels from the Renaissance

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The Renaissance Lives in "A Little Barley-Corne"
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The Little Barley-Corne: Winter Revels from the Renaissance
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All You That Are Good Fellowes
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Les Gavottes (Michael Praetorius)
Branle de l'Official - Le bel Ange du Ciel
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Apostrophe au petit Iesu couche dans la creche
Now When Joseph And Mary
Scotch Cap - A Scotch Firk - Scots Rant
O salich heylich Bethlehem (Guilielmus Messaus)
O Heilig Zalig (Jakob van Eyck)
Lady Catherine Ogle - The Scotchman's Dance
Drive the cold winter away - Come follow follow me
Jesus nait, tendre et bleme
Vray Dieu il n'est si doulce chose
L'Annonciation de l'Ange Gabriel a la Vierge Marie
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Customer Reviews:

Warm, jolly revelry by singers and instrumentalists!.......2002-11-25

This lively group from Canada certainly knows how to party on a cold winter's night, and their spirited arrangements of seasonal songs will cheer your heart! One thing that sets the Toronto Consort's rich sound apart from many other early music ensembles is that they feature a full range of excellent vocalists--SATTB--along with lushly textured instrumentation. Tenor David Fallis directs the core group of six--himself, mezzo-soprano Lauren Pudwell, tenor and harpsichordist Paul Jenkins, bass John Pepper, guitarist and lutenist Terry McKenna, and recorder player Alison Melville. Guests on this album are David Greenberg on violin, Ben Grossman on hurdy-gurdy and percussion, and soprano and gamba-player Katherine Hill. For more music to revel by, try also the group's next releases, "The Way of the Pilgrim: Medieval Songs of Travel", and "Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th-Century England", as well as "A la Via!: Street Music from the 13th to the 16th Centuries" by Ensemble Anonymus and Strada, and "Sinners and Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection" by Philip Pickett and the New London Consort.

The Renaissance Lives in "A Little Barley-Corne".......2001-12-28

When I listen to renaissance music, I want to be transported to another time and place. I want to feel that I am standing on a 15th century street corner as carrolers pass by, or sitting in a 16th century music room, listening to a consort by candle light. A LITTLE BARLEY-CORNE AND OTHER WINTER REVELS OF THE RENAISSANCE truly grants this wish. Each selection carries us into a different mood of the period. They range from simple, cheerful pieces, such as "The Little Barley-Corne," to sacred works of haunting beauty, such as "L'Annonciation De L'ange Grabiel." Selections are nicely balanced between instrumental and vocal, festive and meditative. Most of all, I love the exquisite restraint of these performances. Renaissance music is full of passion, and this passion comes through best, to my ears, when musicians adopt a slightly understated tone. This C.D. is a work of art from beginning to end, and I would recommend it to all lovers of the renaissance.

Wonderful. Renaissance music from winter festivals........2001-01-17

This CD is contains various pieces of vernacular renaissance music connected to the festivals of winter. As one would expect, there is a fair bit of renaissance christmas music here.

Quite a few of the tunes here are from Playford's "English Dancing Master".

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Period Transverse Flutes.......2005-03-18

Stefano Bet plays several period traverse flutes in a recording of works from "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof" by Jacob van Eyck (1590-1657).

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3. De France Courrante
4. L'Amia cillae
5. D' Lof-zang Marie
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7. Al Hebben de Princen haren
8. Psalm68
9. Meysie wilje by myn slapen
10. Puer Nobis Nascitur
11. Van de Lombart
12. Pavaen Lachrymae
13. Orainge
14. Bockxvoetje II
15. Amarilli mia bella
16. Courente Mars
17. Bockxvoetje I
18. Wel op, wel op, ick gae ter jacht
19. Onder de Linde groene
20. Batali

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Not simply lovely

Flûte à bec, Luth & Guitare

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Customer Reviews:

Not simply lovely.......2006-06-30

This CD is a lot of fun. The recorder playing by René Clemencic is fantastic. I would have given it five stars, except that Clemencic adds more ornamentation than I like. He is a true virtuoso and is not afraid to add mordents, etc., whenever he likes. Purists may cringe at what he adds but we must remember that there is a long standing tradition that encourages such ornamentation. As a recorder player myself who has struggled with Handel's sonatas, I marvel at René Clemencic's skill. Wow!

Lastly, although this is a re-issue, the sound of the CD is fine. The packaging is a bit cheap but for the price the music is still a bargain. Enjoy!!