Watkins Ale English Renaissan

List Price : CDN$ 15.99

Amazon Price : CDN$ 15.99

Usually ships in 24 hours

Amazon Marketplace : CDN$ 14.20

Usually ships in 1-2 business days.

Composer : Jean d' Estree
Composer : Anonymous
Composer : John [composer] Johnson
Composer : Thomas Ravenscroft
Composer : Richard Alison
Composer : Thomas Morley
Performer : Baltimore Consort
Performer : Howard Bass
Performer : Ann Marie Morgan

Product Details

Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0053479014221
Label : Dorian
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2006-06-06
Running Time : 68minutes
UPC : 053479014221

ASIN : B000001Q8Q

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Buffens
2. Nuttmigs and Ginger
3. Green Garters
4. There Were Three Ravens
5. Howells Delight
6. Goe from My Window
7. Green Sleeves
8. Sampogna
9. Unto the Prophet Jonas I Read
10. Carmans Whistle
11. Galliard Can Shee Excuse
12. Lachrimae Pavin
13. Quadro Pavin
14. Singers Jig
15. Grimstock
16. De la Tromba Pavin
17. Jewes Daunce
18. Pavane Quadro and Galliard
19. Joyne Hands
20. Watkins Ale

Editorial Reviews

From Amazon.com

If you think people didn't have much fun in the 16th century, you may change your mind after you hear the kind of music the ordinary folks were singing, playing, and listening to. The Baltimore Consort, internationally recognized for its outstanding programs and performances of early music, offer us an immediately appealing--and irresistible--assortment of popular tunes from 16th-century England, some of which you may recognize in their modern incarnations. "There were three ravens," "Greensleeves," and John Dowland's famous "Lachrimae Pavan" are a few of the better-known pieces. The Baltimore Consort is known not only for its fabulous musicianship but also for its arrangements, which always seem to perfectly suit the tunes; this disc comprises 20 examples of that virtuosity, and you'll want to hear them again and again. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews

Absolutely The Best! (2004-12-31)

I love this CD. The music is soothing, fun and romantic. My suggestion is to play this CD while you are having a lovely dinner with friends or with just one "special" friend. This music in the background during your meal will be awesome!

Watkins ale is very well performed (2003-12-23)

Miss LaRue is excellent singing Watkins ale, a funny tale about the effects of some alcoholic drink on a young woman. I am writing this to stress that Americans are at times also able to produce excellent performances of "older music". Have an open mind!

Watkins Ale (2003-10-03)

You'll love this one. Don't pass it up.

Joyful and Unique (2001-12-25)

The first time I heard the first track of this CD at Amazon.com homepage, I had the wish of buying it. The English Renaissance songs are performed in a very happy and different way. The version to the Green Sleeves is unique and joyful. The Baltimore Consort performs Renaissance music with very sensitivity. The sound is so pure and transmits happiness and peace.

pure artistic joy-bottled and caught up on a compact disc (2001-06-06)

I have already noted my fondness for The Baltimore Consort, and Custer LaRue in particular, elsewhere...but I still feel compelled to praise this album--"Watkins Ale." It is awesome. "Watkins Ale" is, like most of The Consort's recordings, pure artistic joy-bottled and caught up on a compact disc. LaRue's singing, and the playing of the rest of the crew, is absolutely stunning. "There Were Three Ravens" is a deep, beautifully dark, introspective masterpiece. Some of the instrumentals are worth the price of the disc by themselves. The rendition of Dowland's Lachrimae Pavan is--like the rest of the disc--sheer brilliance! If I've put too many commas in my review, it is because I lack the proper superlatives for the task at hand...I recommend this CD most highly.

Look for similar items by category