Playford, John

All in a Garden Green: Four Seasons of English Music - Playford, Lawes, Byrd et al. / Ensemble Le Tendre Amour

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Anonymous, English: Chirping Of The Nightingale (from Playford); Now ye Spring Is Come, song (from Elizabeth Rogers Hir Virginall Booke); Thomas Baltzar: John come kiss me now; Nicola Matteis: Aria a...
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Ensemble: Le Tendre Amour

A delightful collection of 17th century songs constructed around the major influence of the 4 seasons, showcasing enthusiasm for amateur music making. During the Commonwealth...continue...
Recording information: St. Joan de Sanata Church, Llinars de Vallès, Catalunya (07/16/2011-07/19/2011)....continue...

Colonial Christmas

1 CD / Gourd Music / 2011-10-11

Works: John Playford: The Merry Wassail; Drive the cold winter away, dance (from The English Dancing Master); New Year's Eve; Cold and Raw; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Christ...
Performers: Autumn, Jesse; Burman-Hall, Linda; Evans, Robert [Fiddle]; Grosjean, Deby Benton; Johannesson, Lars; Petrie, Robin; Phillips, Barry [Cello]; Phillips, Shelley; Stiner, Christa; Summers, Sarah-Jane

This recording is a collection of instrumental carols and dances from colonial America. Barry Phillips, cellist is joined by musicians performing a variety of music...continue...
Recording information: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA....continue...

Love Is The Cause / Scottish Tunes for Viola Da Gamba & Baroque Guitar / Dunford & Mackillop

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2011-08-09

Works: Scottish Traditional: The Lass of Peaty's Mill, folk song; Love Is the Cause of My Mourning, folk song; Mary Scott, Flower of Yarrow; The Last Time I Came O'er the Moor; Fygar Rub Her O'er With Straw...
Performers: Dunford, Jonathan

35 traditional Scottish tunes, including Auld Lang Syne, Coming Through the Rye, and many more

This repertoire finds its roots in 17th-century Scottish manuscripts. Rob...continue...
Recording information: Edinburgh (02/12/2009-02/15/2009)....continue...

Ring a Ring O'Roses

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

Works: John Playford: Work(s); Division for trebles; English Traditional: Ring around the Rosie, children's song (a.k.a. "Ring a ring o' roses"); All in a garden green, folk song; The Duke of York; Golden S...
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Ensemble: Musica Donum Dei

This album brings together familiar nursery rhymes and folk tunes that we learn as children. It is a telling tribute to the durability of these...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...

Nymphidia: The Court Of Faerie

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2011-01-25

Works: John Bennet: Elves' Dance; Michael Drayton: Nymphidia, song; Thomas Ravenscroft: Yonder Comes a Courteous Knight, for voice(s) & ensemble; John Playford: Scotch Cap (The English Dancing Master, 1651)...
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Ensemble: Pantagruel

Pantagruel presents a delightful blend of Old English Tunes, Broadside Ballads, Aires and Dances from Elizabethan and Jacobean England.Anna Maria Wierød's pure and expressive voice...continue...
Recording information: St. Marienkirche, Colnrade, Germany (07/2010)....continue...

The Musical Life of Samuel Pepys

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Matthew Locke: Gavotte, for viol consort (from Drexel Ms.); Brawles; Pietro Reggio: Arise, ye subterranean Winds; Giacomo Carissimi: Lucifero, caelestis olim, motet for bass, soprano & continuo; Samu...
Performers: Compton, Jane; Harper, Celia; Jeffrey, Robin; Skeaping, Roderick; Thorp, William; Watkin, David; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]

Recording information: Valley Recordings (06/1989)....continue...

John Playford's Popular Tunes

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: John Playford: Greenwood; Heart's Ease; Excuse Me (songs); Work(s); Lilli Burlero; Paul's Steeple
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Ensemble: Broadside Band

Merry It Is!

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-11-09

Works: Shulamit Kleinerman: Merry it is!, music workshop for children's voices & ensemble; Richard Dering: Sweep, Chimney Sweep; American Traditional: College Hornpipe; Yankee Doodle, song; Miss Hedges' Min...
Performers: Breedlove, Jacob; Cerceo, Mia; Chrisman, Emma; Chrisman, Nicky; Coldwell, Charles; Davidson, Susana; Denhard, Gus; Doll, Felix; Dornfield, Ruthie; Inman, Lee; Kleinerman, Shulamit; Mathieu, Megan; Mo...
Conductors: Kleinerman, Shulamit

Recording information: Empty Sea Studios, Seattle, WA....continue...

John Come Kiss Me Now / La Beate Olanda Ensemble

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2010-08-31

Works: English Traditional: Nobody's Jig, dance melody (from John Playford's "The English Dancing Master"); Matthew Locke: Suite, for 3-part consort & continuo no 7 in G minor/G major (Little Consort no 7);...
Performers: Bleich, Thorsten; Hoffmann, Claudia; Speckhofer, Tina
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Ensemble: La Beata Olanda (Ensemble)

Recording information: Aushausen, Germany (08/09/2008-08/12/2008)....continue...

A Choice Collection - Held by the Ears / Palladian Ensemble

2 CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Matthew Locke: Broken Consort; Nicola Matteis: Sett of Ayres in F major; Ayres for the Violin; Sett of Ayres in E major; Sett of Ayres; Sett of Ayres in D minor; Sett of Ayres in G major; Sett of Ayr...
Performers: Carter, William; Heinrich, Susanne; Podger, Rachel; Thorby, Pamela
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Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble

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Sparkling playing with the sense of uninhibited joy which only technical mastery and unbridled imagination can generate.
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Bandboy - Life On the Ocean Wave - 15 Musical Salutes

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-02-17

Works: Wilheim Zehle: Trafalgar, march for band; Viscount Nelson; Richard Waterer: Top Malo; Anonymous: The Globe and Laurel; F. Vivian Dunn: Cockleshell Heroes, film score; The Captain General, for band; E...
Performers: Forces, The Stadacona Band of Maritime; Marines, Band Of H.M. Royal
Conductors: Heming, P.; Ware, J.; Hoskin, Lt. Colonel G.A.C.; Cole, D.C.

Chirping of the Nightingale - Playford's Dancing Master

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Anonymous, English: Chirping Of The Nightingale (from Playford); Virgin Queen, for consort (from John Playford's Dancing Master); Hang sorrow, for consort (from John Playford's Dancing Master); Frida...
Performers: Aglibut, Catherine; Apel, Hans-Werner; Bauer, Peter A.; Becker, Ulrike; Katschner, Wolfgang; Nordstrand, Mark; Oberlinger, Dorothee; Schnurpfeil, Birgit; Seitz, Johanna
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Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

An Early Music Quilt - Arne, etc / Chancey, Hesperus

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-01-22

Works: John Playford: The English Dancing Master
Performers: Chancey, Tina; Herreid, Grant; Sansone, Maggie
Conductors: Chancey, Tina
Ensemble: Hesperus Ensemble

In town and villiage, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalacian mountains to the great concert halls, this album celebrates the diversity of American music. Includes:...continue...

This England - Playford, Morley, et al / Folger Consort

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-04-01

Works: John Playford: The English Dancing Master; Thomas Morley: O mistress mine, where are you roaming; First Booke of Ayres; The First Booke of Consort Lessons (1599); Now is the gentle season, madrigal i...
Performers: Balestrieri, Amanda; Bleeke, Mark; Chancey, Tina; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Craig, Robert; Eisenstein, Robert; Gillespie, Wendy; Herreid, Grant; Hollinshead, Barbara; Kendall, Christopher; Lushin, Guy; Mi...
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Ensemble: Folger Consort

The Folger Consort celebrates 30 years in residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library by giving early music lovers everywhere a wonderful present. This England: Music...continue...

Gut, Wind and Wire / The Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2006-07-05

Works: John Playford: Scotch Cap (The English Dancing Master, 1651); The English Dancing Master; Jon come kisse me now (Musick's Delight on the Cithren, 1666); Pierre Phalèse: Gaillarde d'escosse (pu...
Performers: George, Edwin; Simms, William
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

Fascinated by the broad range of timbral possibilities, Renaissance musicians developed a wide variety of instrumental colors, ranging from the 'vocal imitation' of the bowed...continue...

This World's Globe - Celebrating Shakespeare

2 CD / Signum UK / 2006-05-04

Works: William Lyons: La Montagnura, for ensemble (after Gasparo Zannetti); Fanfare for ensemble (after Cesare Bendinelli); King Richard's Flourish, for ensemble (after Cesare Bendinelli); Torch Pavan (Pass...
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Ensemble: Musicians of Shakespeare's Globe

The play's The Thing is a whistle-stop journey, a sample and guide to 'hearing at the Glob' - works and music combining to tell tales...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, London; Duthy Hall, London; Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, London; Shakespeare's Globe, London....continue...

Complete New English Hymnal Vol 20

1 CD / Priory / 2006-05-01

Works: Anonymous: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry; Word of the Father, source of all things living; Spirit of mercy, truth and love; Henry George Ley: Where is this stupendous stranger?; Fight the good f...
Performers: Dutton, Michael [organ]
Conductors: Farrell, Scott
Ensemble: Newcastle Cathedral Choir

There are those who would have us believe that congregational hymn singing is in terminal decline, a moribund reminder of an earlier age. Such a...continue...

Scarborough Fayre - Traditional Tunes / Apollo's Fire

1 CD / Koch International / 2004-09-21

Works: Traditional: Work(s); American Traditional: St Claire's Defeat (Ohio); Work(s); Apollo's Fire: Far Away (after Peter Jung) / Cambleton Snows (after T.K. Kelly); Farewell & Adieu (after Farewell to th...
Performers: Simon, Sandra
Conductors: Sorrell, Jeannette
Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

Using period instruments and performance styles, Apollo's Fire takes audiences on a musical journey to the Old and New Worlds - A fairground of haunting...continue...
Includes work(s): cawdor fair, strathspey (mr campbell of b by various composers.

Includes work(s): the flowres of the forest (anonymous, ske by various composers....continue...

My Love is like a Red, Red Rose - Chansons de Robert Burns

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-09-01

Works: Robert Burns: Craigieburn Wood; Comin thro' the rye; Roslin Castle; O my luve's like a red, red rose; The White Cockade; Let Me In This Ae Night; Traditional: Charlie is my darling; When o'er the hil...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Gignac, Claire; Graham, Patrick; Grenon, Robin; Guay, Elise; Hall, Meredith; MacMillan, Betsy
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Ensemble: La Nef

The Perfect Gentleman / Patrick Denecker, Guy Penson

1 CD / Pavane / 2003-09-30

Works: Jan Jacob Van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Nicola Matteis: Ground after the Scotch Humour; William Byrd: Rowland, or Lord Willoughby's Welcome home, MB 7; Lavolta; George Frederick Handel: Sonata for ...
Performers: Denecker, Patrick; Penson, Guy

Ring A Ring O'Roses / Musica Donum Dei

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

Works: English Traditional: Lillibulero / Parsons Farewell / Chirping of the Lark / Cuckolds All Awry / Picking of the Sticks /; Ring around the Rosie, children's song (a.k.a. "Ring a ring o' roses"); All i...
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Ensemble: Musica Donum Dei

Songs and dances for children. Traditional songs and dances for children to complement our very successful nursery rhyme album, 'Jack and Jill and all their...continue...

The Best of the Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2003-01-24

Works: Thomas Morley: Joyne Hands, for consort of instruments (from "The First Booke of Consort Lessons"); Anonymous: Howell's Delight, for consort; The Old Maid of the Mill Dust; Scottish Traditional: In a...
Performers: Bass, Howard; Companions, Merry; George, Edwin; Simms, William; Wiggins, Webb
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

Stylistic innovators, amazing music makers, historically informed, fun loving, occasionally bawdy, and always surprising, The Baltimore Consort continues to explore the relationship between 'folk' and...continue...

Classical Express - English Country Dances / Lawrence-King

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-11-01

Works: English Traditional: Tom Scarlett; Old Simon the King; The Bear's Dance; Hunsdon House; Sir Martin Marah's Jigg; Fy Nay, Prithee John!; The Mock Glory of the West; The Glory of the Sun; Faronell's Di...
Performers: Douglass, David; Lawrence-King, Andrew; O'Dette, Paul

"Entrancing" -Fanfare...continue...

Galante Kurzweyl - Dances / Ensemble Buon Tempo

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-02-08

Works: John Playford: The English Dancing Master; Confesse; Drive the cold winter away, dance (from The English Dancing Master); Adsons Saraband; Pierre Attaingnant: Tourdion; Jean d' Estrée: Les Bou...

My Thing is My Own / Rosa Lamoreaux, Hesperus

1 CD / Koch International / 2001-05-22

Works: English Traditional: The Surprised Nymph; My Thing Is My Own; De'il Take The War; Robin in the Rushes; I've Vowed to Die a Maid; Twangdillo; Oh, Mother; The Mousetrap; I Never Knew Ye Loved Me; Jenny...
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Ensemble: Hesperus

Come, Gentle Night - Music of Shakespeare's World / Galilei

1 CD / Telarc / 2000-01-25

Works: Anonymous: Mr Isaac's maggot; The Cobbler; Pastime With Good Company; English Traditional: Chestnut or Dove's Vagary; Jack's Health; Giles Farnaby: Woody-Cock, MB 40; Carolyn Anderson Surrick: Death'...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei

Includes depairte, depairte....continue...

A Quiet Conscience / Burrowes, Scott, Miller

1 CD / Guild / 1998-11-01

Works: Anonymous: Miserere, My Maker; Thomas Campion: Author of light, revive my dying spright; Never weather-beaten saile more willing bent to shore; William Byrd: Fantasy, for keyboard in D minor, MB 46; ...
Performers: Burrowes, Connor; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Scott, John

Les Voix Humaines. Works For Lyra Viol And Bass Viol. Jordi Savall

1 CD / Alia Vox / 1998-08-01

Works: Carl Friedrich Abel: Suite for bass viola da gamba in D minor, WKO 205-209; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Pa...
Performers: Savall, Jordi

Early Music - Under the Greenwood Tree / Derrick, Estampie

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-10-28

Works: Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied (Kreutzfahrlied) ("Nu alrest lebe ich mir werde"), song; Richard I Coeur-de-lion: Ja nuns hons pris, for consort; Blondel de Nesle: A l'entrant d'est...
Conductors: Derrick, Graham
Ensemble: Estampie

Playing With Fire - Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1996-01-01

Works: Anonymous, Mulliner Book: La Shymyze; La Bounette; la doune cella; Henry VIII, King of England: Taunder Naken for diverse instruments; William Cornysh: Fa la Sol for 3 viols; Anonymous, French: Dit l...
Performers: Chancey, Tina; Douglass, David; Eisenstein, Robert; Herreid, Grant; Kendall, Christopher; Reiss, Scott; Zajac, Thomas
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Ensemble: Folger Consort

Tunes from the Attic / The Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1993-03-16

Works: Thomas Morley: Joyne hands; Anonymous: You Lasses and Lads; Pavane and Galliarde; Come Love Let's Walk; The Irish Ho-Hoane; The Irishe Dumpe; Joy to the person of my love; Samuel Akeroyde: Jenny, My ...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

The Art of the Bawdy Song / Baltimore Consort, et al

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1988-11-09

Works: Anonymous: Aniseed Robin; Irish jig or The night ramble; Most men do love the Spanish wine; Argeers; When first Amyntas sued for a kiss; English Traditional: Cuckolds all a-row, folk song; Walking in...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne [Viola da gamba]; Becker, Peter; Blachly, Alexander; Companions, Merry; Consort, Baltimore; Cudek, Mark [Cittern]; Labbrobaccio, Lorenzo; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarland, R...
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort; Merry Companions

Through these bawdy catches and ballads, the Baltimore Consort journeys to the taverns and other social gathering-places of the real Merry Old England. Listeners may...continue...
Personnel: Custer LaRue (soprano); James F. Weaver , Peter Becker, Alexander Blachly (baritone); Mark Cudek (guitar, cittern, recorder); Ronn McFarlane (lute); Mary Anne Ballard (viol, fiddle); Lar...continue...