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Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion / Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen; Abdelazer; Gordian Knot Unty'd; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z 184; Ground in Gamut for Harpsichor...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Andrews, Haden; Berridge, Simon; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bury, Alison; Campbell, Richard; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Earle, Richard...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Henry Purcell is regarded as the first great master of English Baroque music and his works find their best interpreters today in Andrew Parrott and...continue...
Recording information: 06/1985-03/1994....continue...

Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [violin]; Daniels, C...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Penny Merriments - Street Songs of 17th Century Europe

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Anonymous, English: The Courtiers Health, or The Merry Boys of the Times (tune Come Boys Fill Us a Bumper); The Country Lass (tune Cold and Raw/Stingo); The Crost People, broadside ballad (a.k.a. "A ...
Performers: Skeaping, Lucie; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]; Wootton, Douglas
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Ensemble: City Waites

The songs on this recording were the pop music of their day. Churned out by anonymous hacks, often working from dingy rooms at the back...continue...

How the World Wags - Social Music for a 17th C. Englishman

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-07-01

Works: Anonymous: Jamaica, or the Jovial Broom Man; Saint Turned Sinner; Jolly Barber; Maurice Webster: Galliard; Thomas Ravenscroft: Who Liveth So Merry; Martin Said to His Man, for voice(s) & ensemble; To...
Performers: Thompson, Keith [Flute/Recorder]; Wootton, Douglas
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Ensemble: City Waites

"What a delightfully entertaining recordings! 'Wags' is the operative word here. The texts are fun. The music is fun. And the sheer joy ofperforming this...continue...