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Hush a Bye: Music for Children - gentle lullabies and quiet music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: English Traditional: Hush a Bye Baby; Traditional: Sleep My Baby; Mervyn Burtch: Sleep, my gentle child; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Anonymou...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

Gentle lullabies and quiet music combine to form this special program of music to invite sleep. Unlike most calming programs, this release relies on real...continue...
Includes work(s) by Anonymous....continue...

The Medieval Muse: Ancient music for voices and harp / Serendipity

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-03-27

Works: Francesco Spinacino: Ricercare, for vihuela & lute; Hildegard von Bingen: O viridissima virga; Columba aspexit; O ecclesia oculi tui; Gregorian Chant: Missus est Gabriel, antiphon in mode 8 (Liber Us...
Conductors: Heighes, Simon
Ensemble: Serendipity

Haunting and sensuous songs from the first millennium and the early middle ages, including the uplifting visions expressed in music by the first known woman...continue...

Minstrel's Musicke: Medieval Songs & Dances / Banks, Spring, Lindo, Wesseling

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); Hyer matin; Anonymous: Amoroso for flu...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

The music of medieval minstrel for voice, harp, pipe, tabor & drum. Lively & cheerful dances, songs, reflective ballads played on authentic instruments from the...continue...

English Country Dances / Broadside Band

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: Giles Farnaby: The L. Zouches Maske (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book); Anonymous: Pavan; Earl of Essex Measure "Measure"; Quadran Pavin; La Coranto; Thoinot Arbeau: Basse Danse; Branle des sabots; Pinagay;...
Conductors: Barlow, Jeremy
Ensemble: Broadside Band

Cheery English dances from the 16th and 17th centuries in vibrant arrangements by The Broadside Band. From the Long Dance to the Country Dance, the...continue...

Music from a Tudor Court

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: John Dowland: My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; Robin, P 70; Thomas Robinson: Plaine Song; A Toy; Fantasy; Twenty waies; John Danyel: A Fancy, for 2 lutes; Francis Pilkington: Echo & Fancy; Anony...
Performers: Sayce, Lynda; Spring, Matthew

Delicate lute duets which conjure images of a courtly scene. This collection of Tudor music for two lutes includes works by the important and famous...continue...

Music For Bedtime

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-01-25

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Dolly, Op. 56; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in E minor, KK IV/b; Anonymous: Quiet harp song; The gentle lute; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet fo...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Gregory, James; Piha, Sam; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Vishnik, Martin
Conductors: Jackson, Don;
Ensemble: ; The Amber Quartet

A Pageant Of Medieval Music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-01-25

Works: Anonymous: Arrival of the Lord and Lady, ductia for ensemble; Jester's Dance, estampie for ensemble; Entry of the Spanish Musicians, ductia for ensemble; The Spanish Lady Sings, for voice & ensemble;...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Rowlands-Pritchard, John

A Medieval Christmas

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2008-08-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); Riu, riu, chiu!, carol (Spanish); There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Coventry Carol (2); Nowel; Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene, carol (English); Synge We to Thys M...
Performers: Sospiri

Only the smallest amount of medieval music survives: musicians and composers were largely anonymous and their work often went unrecorded. But thankfully a handful of...continue...
Personnel: Nicholas Perry, William Lyons (hurdy-gurdy, pipes, shawm, recorder)....continue...

Music for London / Band of the Welsh Guards, Harlow Chorus et al.

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2008-01-01

Works: Arnold Steck: Birdcage Walk, march for band; Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; I was glad; Harry Castling: Let's All Go Down The Strand; Hubert Gregg: Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner; Andrew Lloyd Webber: T...
Performers: Souter, Martin; Stowe, Sara; White, Justin [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hannan, Peter; Tenant-Flowers, Sarah; Lane, Andrew
Ensemble: Band of the Army Air Corps; Band of the Welsh Guards

Brass bands, cathedral choirs and theatre music are all typical musical sounds of London, whether you are watching the Changing of the Guard, visiting Westminster...continue...
Personnel: Justin White (vocals); Martin Souter (piano)....continue...

A Garden of Music

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Anonymous, English: Sumer is icumen in; Miri it is while sumer ilast, estampie; Bryd one brere (Bird on a Briar), song; Dou way, Robin / Sancta mater gracie, motet; Angelus ad Virginem; Anonymous: Sa...
Performers: Souter, Martin

A rich collection of music from the medieval world. From the sounds of girls' voices to quiet instrumental moments, songs of love and devotion fill...continue...

A Gift to Be Simple

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody, for orchestra (arr. from Appalachian Spring); Appalachian Spring; Anonymous: Ainsworth Psalms; Bay Psalms; The Lord descended from above (from James Lyon...
Performers: Bogdan, Thomas; Garber, Lin; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Muenz, Richard; Opalach, Jan; Parker, Paul; Price, Patricia; Rees, Rosalind; Shields, Roger
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Smith, Gregg; Landau, Siegfried

The pioneering spirit of the first explorers of the United States of America, from their own music from the earliest times to superb evocations of...continue...

Flower of Chivalry - Tranquill Medieval Music

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Anonymous: Unicorns in the Mist; Henry VIII, King of England: Consort no 16; Consort no 8 for instrumental ensemble; Consort no 4; Consort no 3 for instrumental ensemble; Consort no 22; Consort no 2 ...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Davies, Victoria; Hilliard Ensemble; Souter, Martin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sirinu; The Hilliard Ensemble

Tranquil medieval music featuring The Hilliard Ensemble An emphasis on peace and calm in this selection of medieval music, including gentle songs by one of...continue...

Music for a Great Garden - Byrd, Mozart, et al / Stowe, Souter, et al

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-01-01

Works: William Byrd: All in a garden green, MB 56; Will you walk the woods so wylde; Robert Johnson: Where the bee sucks; English Traditional: The Rowan Tree; Greensleeves, folk song; Hildegard von Bingen: ...
Performers: Bennett, Elinor; Hill, Sarah; Stowe, Sara

Garden themes from our musical heritage. An album of fragrant songs and instrumental pieces from centuries of musical tradition. Titles include 'Greensleeves', 'Where the Bee...continue...

Music for a Christmas Feast - Seasonal Classics for Christmas Dining

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2003-08-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); O Little One Sweet; Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Angelus ad Virginem); Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"...

Seasonal classics for Christmas dining. A programme of joyful Christmas music, perfect as a background to a Christmas meal or family get together. Old favourites...continue...

Music for Mothers

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-02-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Clair de lune; Serenade for the doll, for piano (Children's Corner no 3), L. 113/3; Luigi Boccherini: Menuett; Anton Rubinstein: Melodies (2) for Piano, Op 3...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Hill, Sarah; Souter, Martin

A charming album which combines music evoking children and childish things with music for moments of repose for a tired mum! A perfect gift for...continue...

Songs from the Taverne

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Anonymous, English: Angelus ad Virginem; Sumer is icumen in; Brawle, for ensemble; Anonymous...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

Ballads and songs from the time of Chaucer. Lively and cosmopolitan, these songs and ballads are performed in an authentic style using period instruments. The...continue...
Includes estampie(s) real by Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi....continue...

Christmas from Cambridge / Cambridge Choir of Queens' College

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Sarum Chant: A solis ortus cardine; Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Ther Is No Ros' (English, Trinity Roll, 15th c.), carol; Lullay, lullow; Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet was th...
Performers: Steynor, Matthew; Weeks, James
Conductors: Weeks, James

Exquisite medieval carols and a lovely mix of old and new. Recorded in the college chapel.Christmas-ámusic from old English plainchant to the best of-áChristmas-áanthems....continue...

All Things Bright & Beautiful - A collection of favourite hymns / Sarah Tenant-Flowers, The Victoria Singers

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-02-01

Works: Anonymous: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven; Now Thank We All Our God; Eternal Father, Strong To Save; Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us; The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended; Holy, Holy, Holy; O P...
Performers: Atherton, Diane; Ayres, Paul; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Parker, Helen; Rayfield, Benjamin

A collection of favourite hymns. Favourite English hymns from Sunday school days, taken from Victorian hymn books. A traditional choice of hymns including many which...continue...

Songs for William Shakespeare / Sara Stowe

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2000-01-01

Works: Robert Johnson: Where the bee sucks; Full fathom five; Hark, hark! the lark; Anonymous, English: Kemp's Gigue; The Poor Soul Sat Sighing, song (a.k.a. "The Willow Songs"); Bergamasca; Sellengers Roun...
Performers: Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

The finest songs from Shakespeare's plays, from Johnson's arrangement of 'Where the bee sucks' in 'The Tempest' to Morley's famous version of Feste's song, 'O...continue...