A Concert of Early Music

A Concert of Early Music
Musica Reservata of London
Vanguard Classics VSD-71223 [LP]
Vanguard (Omega) Classics SVC 96 [CD]

Contents:

    Anon., French, mid-16th c.:
  1. Pavana la bataille

    2. Anon., French, early 15th c.:
  2. L'homme armé

    3. Robert Morton:
  3. Il sera pour vous conbatu / l'home armé

    4. John Dunstable:
  4. O Rosa bella

    5. Anon., English, late 16th c.:
  5. Galliard after Lavecha

    6. Anon., English, mid-16th c.:
  6. Blame Not My Lute

    7. Anon., English, 14th c.:
  7. Patrie pacis

    8. Anon., French, 13th c.:
  8. Amor potest / ad amorem

    9. Anon., Italian, mid-15th c.:
  9. Aime sospiri

    10. Azzaiolo:
  10. Chi passa per sta strada

    11. Anon., German, 16th c.:
  11. Hoftanz und Hupfauff

    12. Ludwig Senfl;
  12. Es Taget vor dem Walde

    13. Anon., German, 16th c.:
  13. Es Taget vor dem Walde

    14. Certon:
  14. J'ay le rebours

    15. Joan Dalza:
  15. Tastar de corde:; Recercar

    16. Anon., French, 16th c.:
  16. Belle qui tiens ma vie

    17. Raimbaut de Vaqueiras:
  17. Kalenda Maya

    18. Anon., French, 13th c.:
  18. Danse royale

    19. Claudin de Sermisy:
  19. Dont vient cela

    20. Anon., English, early 15th c.:
  20. Me Lykyth Ever

    21. Othmayr:
  21. Mir ist ein schönst brauns Maidelein

    22. Anon., late 15th or early 16th c.:
  22. Amors, Amors

    23. Anon., 15th c.:
  23. Tant apart

    24. Walter Frye:
  24. Tout a par moy

    25. Anon., Italian, 13th or 14th c.:
  25. Saltarello

Playing time: 46' 16"

Performers:
Members of the Musica Reservata of London
[Vocal Consort: John Dudley (tenor), Edgar Fleet (tenor), Jantina Noorman (mezzo-soprano), David Thomas (bass) &
Musicians John Beckett (organ, tambourine), Roger Brenner (sackbut), Desmond Dupré (rebec, viol), Brian Gulland (crumhorn), Richard Harvey (crumhorn), Trevor Herbert (sackbut), Trevor Jones (rebec), Michael Laird (trumpet), John Leach (psaltery), Catherine Mackintosh (rebec), Jeremy Montagu (percussion), Anthony Rooley (lute), Adam Skeaping (rebec, viol, violone), Eleanor Sloan (rebec, viol), Don Smithers (trumpet), John Sothcott (vielle), Bernard Thomas (crumhorn, rauschpfeiff), James Tyler (lute, viol), Brian Wilson (harp)] - Michael Morrow, dir.

Recording site and date:
Conway Hall, London, UK [1972], rel. ca 1978 for LP, 1998 for CD.

Other releases:
Curiously the first issue was released at least 5 years after the recording date; no previous release found in The Gramophone or Gramophone catalogue.

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from owned CD. Information about the original issue kindly provided by David Samuel Barr.

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Pierre-F. Roberge