Watkins Ale - Music of the English Renaissance

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mary Ballard (Fiddle)
• Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba)
• Ronn McFarlane (Lute)
• Mark Cudek (Cittern)
• Howard Bass (Bandora)
• Chris Norman (Flute)
• Webb Wiggins (Tambourine)
• Larry Lipkis (Recorder)
• Custer LaRue (Soprano)

Ensemble

• Baltimore Consort

Composers

• Anonymous
• John Dowland (1562 - 1626)
• Richard Nicholson (1570 - 1639)
• John Johnson (Composer) (circa 1540 - circa 1594)
• Thomas Morley (circa 1557 - 1602)
• Thomas Ravenscroft (circa 1590 - circa 1633)
• Jean D'Estrée (died 1576)
• Richard Allison (16th Century)
• William Byrd (1543 - 1623)

Notes & Reviews:

The Baltimore Consort - "a group of highly skilled instrumentalists and singers who perform with an absorbing sense of style and involvement" (CD Review/UK) - offers a fresh and original look into the music of the English Renaissance. Infectious rhythms, irresistible instrumental combinations, and the radiant vocals of Custer LaRue lend universal appeal to this foot-stomping bestseller and an audiophile's dream come true.

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D'Estrée, Jean : Buffens

• Performers: Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Mark Cudek (Cittern); Howard Bass (Bandora); Chris Norman (Flute)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Nutmigs and Ginger

• Performers: Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Mark Cudek (Cittern); Howard Bass (Bandora); Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Chris Norman (Flute)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 17th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Johnson, John : Green garters

• Performers: Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Howard Bass (Bandora); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Mark Cudek (Cittern); Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Chris Norman (Flute)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 16th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Allison, Richard : Goe from my window

• Performers: Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Chris Norman (Flute); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Howard Bass (Bandora); Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Mark Cudek (Cittern)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Johnson, John : Greensleeves

• Performers: Chris Norman (Flute); Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Mark Cudek (Cittern); Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Howard Bass (Bandora)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 16th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Dowland, John : Can she excuse, P 42

• Performers: Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Mark Cudek (Cittern); Howard Bass (Bandora); Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Chris Norman (Flute)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1599
• Studio/Live: Studio

Dowland, John : Lachrimae Pavan, P 15

• Performers: Chris Norman (Flute); Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Mark Cudek (Cittern); Howard Bass (Bandora); Mary Ballard (Fiddle)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Grimstock

• Performers: Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Chris Norman (Flute); Howard Bass (Bandora); Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Mark Cudek (Cittern)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Morley, Thomas : Joyne hands

• Performers: Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Mark Cudek (Cittern); Howard Bass (Bandora); Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Chris Norman (Flute)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: by 1599
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Pavane Quadro and Galliard

• Performer: Mark Cudek (Cittern)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1595
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Singer's Jig

• Performer: Howard Bass (Bandora)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Byrd, William : The Carman's Whistle, MB 36

• Performer: Webb Wiggins (Tambourine)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Morley, Thomas : First Booke of Canzonets to 2 Voyces :: La Sampogna

• Performers: Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Chris Norman (Flute)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1593
• Studio/Live: Studio

Allison, Richard : The Quadro Pavin

• Performers: Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Howard Bass (Bandora); Chris Norman (Flute)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Nicholson, Richard : Jewes Daunce

• Performers: Chris Norman (Flute); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Mary Ballard (Fiddle)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Allison, Richard : De la tromba pavin

• Performers: Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Howard Bass (Bandora)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ravenscroft, Thomas : There were three ravens

• Performers: Larry Lipkis (Recorder); Custer LaRue (Soprano); Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Mark Cudek (Cittern)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 7 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Howell's Delight

• Performers: Anne Morgan (Viola da gamba); Larry Lipkis (Recorder); Mark Cudek (Cittern); Mary Ballard (Fiddle)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 17th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Unto the Prophet Jonas I Read

• Performers: Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Custer LaRue (Soprano); Larry Lipkis (Recorder); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Chris Norman (Flute); Webb Wiggins (Tambourine); Mark Cudek (Cittern)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Watkins ale

• Performers: Custer LaRue (Soprano); Larry Lipkis (Recorder); Webb Wiggins (Tambourine); Ronn McFarlane (Lute); Chris Norman (Flute); Mary Ballard (Fiddle); Mark Cudek (Cittern)
• Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
• Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1580
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio