Unknown Beauty

On this CD:

1. Allegro de concert for piano in A major, Op. 46, CT 1
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin

Conducted by Bohdan Jarmolowicz

2. Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 65, CT 204
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin

Conducted by Bohdan Jarmolowicz

3. Grand Duo on themes from Meyerbeer's Robert le diable for cello & piano in E major, KK IIb/1, CT 10
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin

Conducted by Bohdan Jarmolowicz

Tracks:

24 Caprices Op. 1: Caprice No. 1
Divertimento In D, KV 136
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture
String Sonata No. 2 In A
Piano Trio In B, D. 28
The Wand Of Youth, Suite No. 2: The Tame Bear And The Wild Bears
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10

Tracks:

12 Variations On 'Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman' KV 265
Toy Symphony
The Little Notebook For Anna Magdelena Bach: Minuet In G Major And Minuet In G Minor
Fur Elise
The Mother Goose Suite: Conversation Of Beauty And The Beast
The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Divertissements, Act II
Czecho-Slovak Symphony Orchestra: The Carnival Of The Animals
Orff-Schulwerk, excerpts: Gassenhauer
Orff-Schulwerk, excerpts: Spielstucke fur Xylophon, Nr. 15
Orff-Schulwerk, excerpts: Spielstucke fur Xylophon, Nr. 24
Orff-Schulwerk, excerpts: Ekstatischer Tanz

Customer Reviews:

Expensive, but well worth it........1998-11-20

I bought this for my grandbabies, ages one and three "to stimulate their brains" This CD set is far, far better the ones touted to do this. I love it, the babies love it, my daughter-in-law loves it! Very rhythmic, lots of fun, top-notch quality.

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Sergei Lemeshev

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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Sergei Lemeshev

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Ivan Kozlovsky, the Great Russian Tenor

ASIN: B00000C3QH
Release Date: 1998-07-04

Tracks:

Fra Diavolo: J'ai Revu Nos Amis
Les Huguenots: Plus Blanche Que La Blanche Ermine
Martha: Ach, So Fromm, Ach, So Traut
Luisa Miller: Quando Le Sere Al Placido
Lohengrin: In Fernem Land, Unnahbar Euren Schritten
Faust: Salut! Demeure Chaste Et Pure
Mignon: Elle Ne Croyait Pas
Roussalka: Some Unknown Power
The Demon: On Desire's Soft, Fleeting Wing
Eugene Onegin: I Love You, Olga
A May Night: The Sun Descends
A May Night: Sleep, My Beauty
The Snow Maiden: Joyous Day Departs
Raphael: My Heart Trembles With Passion
Dubrovsky: Give Me Oblivion
Sadko: Song Of The Indian Guest

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Amazing
Spread the word!!
emoish-hardcoreish-jazzy-metalish rap-punk?
WOW!
The Beauty of the Unknown Gem

The Beauty Of The Unknown
Justifide
Manufacturer: Ardent Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Life Outside the Toybox
Potter's Field
A Moment of Imperfect Clarity
Drawing Black Lines
12 Stones

ASIN: B0000CEUU7
Release Date: 2003-09-03

Tracks:

Face To Face
As It Feels Good
Pointing Fingers
To Live
Save This Fakeness
Escape
Someone To Blame
Goodbye Without You
Anymore
I Wouldn't Know
This Song's For You

Album Description

Agressive rock with rap/core elements. Recommended for fans of P.O.D., Rage Against The Machine, and Blindside.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing.......2005-11-07

I heard this album from my first band about a year ago. I fell in love with it in the first listen. It's not like those other rock/alternative bands you here, many different elements in this cd. I would seriously pick it up if you want something different and with deeper meaning too. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! God bless.

Spread the word!!.......2004-05-20

This cd is really cool! Hard core/rock songs with good lyrics. This band should be better known! Awesome music. Get this cd, and if you like it, tell your friends!!

emoish-hardcoreish-jazzy-metalish rap-punk?.......2003-10-15

That's the best way to describe this album. I haven't heard a LOT of the first cd, but I may go buy it just because of this one. I have had this cd for quite a while now. This cd rocks. The beginning kicks off with a very nice jazzy section w/ piano and nice drums, then it kicks your head open and fires away. This album mixes the best aspects of rapcore with jazz, punk, metal, and GORGEOUS harmonies. All with indie FEELING production. Production kudos on this one. This producer is one of the best if you follow him. The guitar tracks are excellent here, with a diverse array of tones and arrangements, all mixed together brilliantly to make the most of it all. And attention math metal/fusion fans! While there are no 13/8 time signatures on this cd, there are alot of cool change ups (swing time to cut time and back on "As it feels good"), time signature changes (4/4 and 6/8 on "Save this fakeness") and time signature blendings (Intro samples to "someone to blame" and the 2/4 punk beat superimposed on 6/8 in "to live".) Favorite cuts include "Pointing fingers" (Metal intro, jazz-chord chorus, rapcore verse, worshipful interlude, all with the GORGEOUS harmonies), "As it feels good" (every punk song should sound like this), "Anymore" (great hardpunk chorus beats, very ambiguous about the key signature until the kickoff, awesome!), "Escape" (hardrock supreme! and great kick pattern on the reggae-flavored verses), "Goodbye without you" (a beautiful song, perfectly mixed), and the album ender "This song's for you" (beautifully simple acoustic piece, a love song that says so much with so little). All songs are great, there's even a jazzer on there. The vocals are wonderful. The guitarist gets my vote for hardrock guitarist of the year, but the most amazing on this is the drummer/vocalist. While not playing on every song, he play on all the best drum songs, and his vocals are killer. Great band, diverse, all with an indie/emo feel. Buy it!

WOW!.......2003-10-15

I bought the first Justifide CD and was pretty impressed though it wasn't one of my favorite CDs. Well, then I heard about this, their second CD and decided to buy it. I was blown away. The band has matured so much it's amazing. They rock really hard with fast, wicked good riffs in there. If you like any kind of hard, awesome rock, you should love this CD. It's so underrated too. I don't know why it's not a lot more popular. Anyway, buy this CD or you're a nerd.

The Beauty of the Unknown Gem.......2003-09-10

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Tracks:

Prelude For Voices
Carols Of Death: The Last Invocation
Carols Of Death: The Unknown Region
Carols Of Death: To All, To Each
Perceptions: Thought
Perceptions: Beautiful Women & Old Age
Perceptions: Each Of Us
Perceptions: To The States
Perceptions: A Farm Picture
Perceptions: Whoever You Are
Perceptions: To You
Five Rounds On Famous Words: Health
Thrift
Five Rounds On Famous Words: Caution
Five Rounds On Famous Words: Beauty
Five Rounds On Famous Words: Haste
Mail Order Madrigals: Attention, Ladies!
Mail Order Madrigals: Superfluous Hair
Mail Order Madrigals: Sweet Refreshing Sleep
Mail Order Madrigals: Dr. Worden's Pills
Esses: Suggestions
Esses: Serenata
Esses: Stillness
Esses: Sing-A-Ling
Orpheus With His Lute

Tracks:

Letters From Paris: Spring
Letters From Paris: The French Telephone
Letters From Paris: Summer
Letters From Paris: Colette
Letters From Paris: a. Interlude; b. Autumn
Letters From Paris: The Sex Of The Automobile
Letters From Paris: Winter
Letters From Paris: Mistenguett
Letters From Paris: Spring Again
In Time Of Pestilence: Adieu, Farewell Earth's Bliss
In Time Of Pestilence: Rich Men Trust Not In Wealth
In Time Of Pestilence: Beauty IS But A Flower
In Time Of Pestilence: Strenth Stoops Unto The Grave
In Time Of Pestilence: Wit With His Wantoness
In Time Of Pestilence: Haste Therefoe Each Degree
Give All to Love
Missa Brevis: Kyrie
Missa Brevis: Gloria
Missa Brevis: Sanctus
Missa Brevis: Benedictus; Agnus Dei

Tracks:

A Wreath Of Blessings: A House Blessing
A Wreath Of Blessings: Irish Blessing
A Wreath Of Blessings: Augustine's World
A Wreath Of Blessings: A Glasse Of Blessings
A Wreath Of Blessings: Chester Cathedral Blessing
Voices Of Peace: Agnus Dei
Voices Of Peace: Prayer Of St. Francis Of Assisi
Voices Of Peace: Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem
Voices Of Peace: Peace
Voices Of Peace: Shalom! Pax Et Bonum
The Leaden Echo And The Golden Echo
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: La Corona
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Annunciation
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Nativitie
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Temple
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Crucifying
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Resurrection
Holy Sonnets - La Corona: Ascention
Let's Touch The Sky: Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town
Let's Touch The Sky: Love IS Thicker Than Forget
Let's Touch The Sky: If Ups The Word

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Sing We Merrily: Choral Music

Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000006YA
Release Date: 1992-12-11

Tracks:

Sing We Merrily unto God Our Strength
For the Beauty of the Earth - Tom Blomster
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Tom Blomster
There is a Green Hill Far Away
O Hear Us, Lord
Greater Love Hath No Man - Cynthia Templin/Nathan Jones
Loch Lomond
Jubilate Deo
A Song to the Lamb
The Lord is My Light
Warm-up - Tome Blomster/Susan Brown
What Sweeter Music - Alex Komodore/Tom Blomster
Agnus Dei - Jean Cioffi
Advent Procession - Tom Blomster/Susan Brown/Gregg Fanselau/Jean Cioffi
Easter Anthem - Tom Blomster
And All in the Morning
Epiphany Alleluias - Tom Blomster

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You don't need a Wayback machine
A Very Good Compilation of Elizabethan Music
Light classics with historical charm

Elizabeth's Music

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Mad Buckgoat - Ancient Music of Ireland
The Ladyes Delight
Tunes From the Attic
La Rocque 'n' Roll - Popular Music of Renaissance France / The Baltimore Consort

ASIN: B00000IGPC
Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

Jane Pickering Lute Book: The Queen's Treble
Consort Lessons: O Mistris Mine (Twelfth Night)
Consort Lessons: My Lord Oxenfords Maske
Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
Why Ask You
Paduana - Lachrymae
The Fifth Galliard (My Lady Nevell's Book)
Shall I Come Sweet Love To Thee?
In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Packington's Pound
Never Weather-Beaten Sail
It Was A Lover And His Lass
Howells Delight
Green Garters
There Were Three Ravens
(Ballet Lute Book c.1590): Greensleeves
(Thysius Lute Book c.1600): Greensleeves
Greensleeves
See, See The Shepherd's Queen
Willy Prithee Go To Bed
Now Is The Month Of Maying
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
Beauty, Since You So Much Desire
Fine Knacks For Ladies
Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
Melancholy Galliard
My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe
Fortune My Foe
Queen Elizabeth's Galliard
Mrs. Winter's Jump

Customer Reviews:

You don't need a Wayback machine.......2001-12-05

Just get a CD like this one to get a broad brush review of the popular hits of the late 1500s. While I would have liked a few more recorder pieces, almost every cut was interesting in its own way. If you want just one early music CD with English songs, this is probably the one to get.

A Very Good Compilation of Elizabethan Music.......2001-09-27

"Elizabeth's Music" is a great cd to listen to if you are an enthusiast of ballads, the lute or old fashioned jigs. This cd really puts you in the alehouses, courts and courtyards of the Elizebethan age. The music is preformed well and the voices are very authentic and beautiful. The CD loses one star because most of the songs are on other Dorian-released CDs! I got the cd and found out most of the songs were the exact same ones on my "Shakespeare's Music" CD and other Dorian CDs. Ah well. All Elizabethan enthusiasts will enjoy this eclectic collection.

Light classics with historical charm.......2000-01-07

Really enjoyed this CD. Light and pleasant, without being too pretentious. Great background music for home or office.

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What a wonderful CD!
The triumphs of I Fagiolini

The Triumphs of Oriana

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YUGY
Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Lady Oriana - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Sing, Shepherds All - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Lightly She Whipped O'er The Dales - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Calm Was The Air And Clear The Sky - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fantasia No.2 (Hirsch No.46) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hence Stars Too Dim Of Light - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Come, Gentle Swains And Shephards' Dainty Daughters - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Angel's Face And Brightness - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Nymphs And Shepherds Danced - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: All Creatures Now Are Merry Merry-Minded - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Nymphs, I Heard One Telling - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Oriana, Seeming To Wink At Folly - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Fauns And Satyrs Tripping - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard No.8 'Jest' Or 'Clark's Galliard' (Hirsch No.15) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Round About Her Charret, With All-admiring Strains - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Wreaths Of Rose And Laurel - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Thus Bonny-boots The Birthday Celebrated - Anna Crookes
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Long Live Fair Oriana - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fantasia No.3 (Hirsch No.49) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Arise, Awake, Awake - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hark! Did Ye Ever Hear So Sweet A Singing? - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Orian In The Morn - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Angel's Face And Brightness - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Come, Blessed Bird - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard (Hirsch No.2) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hard By A Crystal Fountain - Anna Crookes
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Oriana, Beauty's Queen - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Cytherea Presents Her Doves - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending - Matthew Brook

Customer Reviews:

What a wonderful CD!.......2003-07-15

This really is a beautiful collection of music. "The Triumphs of Oriana" was published in 1601 by famous English composer Thomas Morley as a collection of songs honoring Queen Elizabeth (Oriana). 25 major English composers' songs are in here, except for William Byrd. The vocals are beautiful and really take the listener back to the golden age of European civilization. There are also several lute pieces inserted into the CD to add to the Renaissance feeling. This is an excellent CD!

The triumphs of I Fagiolini.......2002-08-25

The Triumphs of Oriana are a collection of polyphonic songs of the Elisabethian period published by Morley to honour Oriana (poetic nickname of Queen Elisabeth I). Therefore he collected songs composed by 25 wellknown English composers of his time (only William Byrd is missing) which all end with the words "Long life fair Oriana".
I already heard the Triumphs of Oriana sung by the King's Singers. This version by I Fagiolini sounds differently, as they are 7 men and 3 women instead of 6 men, but the result is very interesting: the female voices give indeed more brilliant to the sound.
Because this series was famous in its time among the amateurs, for private concerts, this CD includes various lute pieces in order to sound like an Elisabethian private concert.
Today, the listener has other standards and I don't find this idea is really good: it deforces the a cappella songs by a kind of intermezzo.
Anyway, the listener has yet the possibility to skip the lute pieces if he likes thanks to the miracle of the CD player.
In that case, the CD is really very good.

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Incredible Variety

Chris Norman: Portraits

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Man with the Wooden Flute
The Beauty of the North - Traditional Favorites from Quebec and Maritime Canada

ASIN: B00000B9NP
Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

Beauty, Charming, Fair And Young
The Languor Of Love
In Dispraise Of Whiskey/How Can We Abstain From Whiskey?/The Favorite Dram
The Haggis/Catch And Kiss The Romp/Kissing Is Best Of All/Keep It Up!/The Bedding Of The Bride
The Beauty Of the North: Valse Frontenac (Trad. Quebecois)
The Beauty Of the North: Reel De Chicoutimi (Trad. Quebecois)
The Beauty Of the North: Reel St. Jean (Trad. Quebecois)
The Beauty Of the North: Reel Eboulement (Trad. Quebecois)
A Trip To Killburn: Lull Me Beyond Thee
A Trip To Killburn: An Italian Rant
Man With The Wooden Fl: Dry N' Dusty
Man With The Wooden Fl: Rochester Schottische
Man With The Wooden Fl: Frosty Morning
Man With The Wooden Fl: Shuffle About
The Titan: Nova Scotia January/Waltz From Cape Breton
Bright Day Star: Christmas Day In Da Mornin'
Bright Day Star: Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen
Highlands: 'Slionar Eubh'agus Iolach
Lullaby Journey: Cape Breton Lullaby II
Lullaby Journey: Gartan Mother's Lullaby
La Rocque 'N' Roll: Frais Et Gaillard
Man With The Wooden Fl: Suo Gam
Man With The Wooden Fl: Chinkapin Hunting

Customer Reviews:

Incredible Variety.......2000-10-27

This CD really can't be seen as a "best of" album, because I think Norman has too many great pieces to fit on one CD, but what it can be seen as is an incredible collaboration of his many years of hard work. This CD consists of selections from his various CDs with groups/ individuals like Helicon (a Baltimore based trio), The Baltimore Consort, Alasdair Fraser, Camerata Bariloche, Pete Sutherland, Custer LaRue, and the list goes on. If these names don't mean anything to you, just trust me that they are all magnificent musicians who are well known on the international circuit. Although I own the CDs that more than 60% of these songs came from, there are a collection of previously unreleased tracks on this album that keep me coming back for more. My favorite tracks are 5-8, 11-14, and 15. Track 5 stands alone as what I consider the greatest waltz I've ever heard. Billy Comiskey is incredible on the accordian, and the Quebecois blend is something so amazing that it cannot be described in words. Tracks 6-8 are a series of reels from Norman's "The Beauty of the North" CD, and they simply make you feel good all over. Tracks 11-14 are a series of American tunes from Norman's "The Man With the Wooden Flute" album, and are a wonderful blend of upbeat little tunes. Track 15 is the first song of Norman's that I can specifically remember falling in love with. Again, I can't really describe why it's so incredible, but take my word for it, and buy this album, not just for the specific tracks that I mentioned, but for the entire experience that Norman creates. It's truly magnificent!

O Lusty May: Renaissance Songs of Spring

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Neither frisky nor lusty
Sweet and sparkling!
Music for May!
O Lusty May/ Toronto Consort

O Lusty May: Renaissance Songs of Spring

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
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Binding: Audio CD

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Mariners and Milkmaids

ASIN: B00000IGP4
Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

Now Is The Month Of Maying
Joan To The Maypople
Bellamira & Emperor Of The Moon
Now The Lusty Spring Is Seen
Willy Prithee Go To Bed
Greenwood & Hunt The Squirrel
Come Away, Come Sweel Love
Engels Nachtegaeltje
Beauty Sat Bathing
All in A Garden Green
This Merry Pleasant Spring
Woodycock
Allons Au Vert Boccage
Basse-Dance 'Jouissance'
La Terre N'agures Glacee
La Rousee Du Joly Mois De May
Frias Et Gaillard
Quand Ce Beau Printemps Je Voy
A Jigge/Squirrel's Lament/The Suquirrel's Toy
Ma Belle Si Ton Ame
O Lusty May
See, See The Shepherds' Queen

Amazon.com

Those Renaissance Europeans really knew how to celebrate spring, a fact colorfully evident in popular music of the period from countries such as England, Scotland, and France. This varied and technically polished recording of vocal and instrumental songs and dances features selections from all of the above regions--and thankfully mixes many unfamiliar tunes among a few favorites such as Morley's "Now is the month of maying" and the title song. The seven-member Toronto Consort demonstrates the precise phrasing and well-developed sense of blend and balance that mark a mature ensemble of intelligent singers. It also offers impressive harpsichord, lute, and recorder performances. Highlights include the charming "La rousee du joly mois de may" for vocal ensemble and lute and "La terre n'agueres glacee," an unusually melancholic take on spring, through the eyes--and heart--of a lonely lover. The recording places the voices very close to the listener, and not everyone will appreciate the animal noises and "authentic" accents used in "Willy prithee go to bed," but most listeners will find this an entertaining and spirited celebration. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Neither frisky nor lusty.......2006-02-16

The instrumental tracks on this CD are lovely, but the vocals leave a lot to be desired in terms of style. They have taken very much of a choral approach- too formal a sound, in my opinion (stiff, formal, acoustics very much like in a church). If you enjoy renaissance vocals as recorded by Custer LaRue of the Baltimore consort, then this is not your style.

Sweet and sparkling!.......2002-11-25

Frisky songs of love and springtime in the form of madrigals, ballads and jaunty dances. I can't help but smile when listening to the rich, cheerful, heartfelt music of the Toronto Consort. On this recording in particular, the recorder virtuosity of Allison Melville stands out as she imitates birds in several numbers with well-placed chirps and flutter-tonguing. Tenor Paul Jenkins also gets a chance to shine as an improvisational harpsichord soloist. This spirited ensemble continues their seasonal approach to recording with their subsequent release, "The Little Barley-Corne: Winter Revels from the Renaissance". For other fun madrigals from the Renaissance, you might also enjoy the King's Singers in "All At Once Well Met: English Madrigals", and "The King's Singers' Madrigal History Tour: Italy, England, France, Spain, Germany" (with the Consort of Musicke).

Music for May!.......2002-03-14

I know, I know...May is still away off. But March is doing its best to destroy things around here right now, so I'm still looking forward to May...And this is the perfect music for its coming. The Toronto Consort are excellent musicians: another trophy in Dorian's stable of remarkable talent. If you've never heard this music--get it. You will not be sorry.

O Lusty May/ Toronto Consort.......2000-06-11

This music selection is extremly fun and light hearted. It has not left my stereo for 4 months. The vocals are amazing, especially the first soprano solos. I am using this CD during my wedding reception this summer which has a Renaissance theme. Two thumbs up!