Ravenscroft, Thomas

Love's Madness - Songs of Henry Purcell / Dorothee Mields, soprano

1 CD / Carus / 2012-04-24

Works: English Traditional: Tom of Bedlam, folk song; The cruel mother, folk song ("There was a lady lived in York"); Henry Purcell: 'Tis women makes us love, catch for 4 voices, Z. 281; The Richmond Heires...
Performers: Apel, Hans-Werner; Becker, Ulrike; Katschner, Wolfgang; Mields, Dorothee; Paetz, Ulrike; Schnurpfeil, Birgit; Thiele, Nora; von Hoff, Anne
Conductors: Katschner, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

After the successful release of the album 'Love Songs', soprano Dorothee Mields now presents a second album dedicated to the music of Henry Purcell. She...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche Berlin-Dahlem (07/16/2011-07/19/2011)....continue...

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...
Conductors:
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...

Tears of Joy: English Lute Songs and Secular Music / Zefiro Torna

2 CD / EtCetera Records / 2012-02-14

Works: Anonymous, English: Shall I Weep or Shall I Sing?, song for voice & lute; Drewie's Accordes, for 2 lutes; La Rossignol, for 2 lutes (from the Jane Pickering Lute Book); My Lady Carey's Dompe (Royal, ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Zefiro Torna

Flemish ensemble Zefiro Torna was founded in 1996. Its allegorical name refers to the way in which the mythological god of the west wind, Zephyrus,...continue...
Recording information: VRT Studio Toots, Brussels, Belgium (09/2011)....continue...

Come to the River / Apollo's Fire

1 CD / Avie Records / 2011-06-14

Works: Jeannette Sorrell: Appalachian Barn Dance; Dances from New England & Ireland for harpsichord; American Traditional: Nobody but the baby, song; Work(s); Old Virginny, song; The Girl Who Broke My Heart...
Performers: Bergmann, Tina; Lennox, Abigail; Mello, Scott; Schiffer, Rene; Shipper, Paul; Simon, Sandra; Sorrell, Jeannette; Stewart, Kathie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

Apollo's Fire conjures early 19th-century rural Americana with an evocative journey through traditional folk songs, fiddle tunes, barn dances, and the indispensable Old Time revivalist...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (06/2009/06/2010)....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...

Old Christmas Return'd

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Philippe Le Chancelier: Gabriel Fram Heven-King; Michael Praetorius: Work(s); Christmas Traditional: Seven Joys of Mary (English); Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine), carol (Ger...
Performers: Bayley, Tim; Jeffrey, Robin; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: The York Waits

Recording information: Forde Abbey, Chard, Dorset, England (02/1992)....continue...

Carols From Oxford: Victorian & English

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-12-02

Works: Anonymous: Come All You Worthy Gentlemen; Goday My Lord Syre Cristemasse, carol; Christmas Traditional: Nova, Nova, Ave fit ex Eva; Ave Maria; Coventry Carol (2); Jacob's Ladder, carol ("As Jacob wit...

A collection of 29 carols, dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries, are performed by the Magdalen College Choir. Magdalen College, Oxford, played an...continue...

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...

As It Fell on A Holie Eve: Early English Christmas Music

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Thomas Ravenscroft: Remember, O thou man (from Melismata, 1611); William Byrd: Rejoice, rejoice, with heart and voice; Gradualia seu cantiones sacrum, liber secundus, for 3-5 voices; Vidimus stellam ...
Performers: Baird, Julianne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Parthenia Vocal

Julianne Baird and the viol consort, Parthenia, offer an exquisite program of Christmas music as it might have been performed in the time of Elizabeth...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of Drew University, Dorothy Young Center f (06/2009).

Includes work(s) by William Byrd (Composer)....continue...

Welcome Yule: An English Christmas Revels

1 CD / Revels Records / 2010-07-13

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Christmas Night, carol for chorus or voice & piano ("Sussex Carol"; Traditional English Carols No; Anonymous, English: English Te Deum; Christmas Traditional: All Hail to t...
Performers: Coffin, David; Gulley, Laura; Jaffe, Jamie; Monahan, Laurie [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Neumann, Mary; Rowe, Daniel; Torrey, David; Tosic, Daniela
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Ensemble: Revels Early Music Band and Parlor Ensemble

This joyous new holiday CD highlights the best of Revels' most popular English-themed Christmas productions and features stunning music, songs and holiday carols from Medieval,...continue...
Recording information: Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA (03/2010)....continue...

Maynard: The XII Wonders of the World, 1611; Characters Songs

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-07-06

Works: John Maynard: The 12 Wonders of the World, for voices & ensemble; Thomas Campion: Jack and Joan, for voices, lute & ensemble; Tobias Hume: Tobacco for bass & ensemble; Anonymous, English: The Poor So...
Performers: Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Martyn; Kirkby, Emma; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]; Skinner, John York; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

Recording information: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK (01/1975)....continue...

Stuart Age Music: Tunes from Troubled Times

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: English Traditional: Work(s); When the King Enjoys His Own Again, folk song; Johney Cock Thy Beaver; The Witches (from Anne Cromwell's Virginal Book, 1638); I Serve a Worthy Lady, song; The Jolly Bar...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Spring, Matthew; Stobart, Henry; Stowe, Sara
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Ensemble: Sirinu

Court Jesters: Tudor Minstrel Music

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: English Traditional: Wolsey's Wild (From the Wigthorpe Manuscript); Light o' Love, folk song; William Cornysh: And I were a Maiden, for voice & ensemble; Ay besherewe yow, for 3 voices; I am a Jolly ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sirinu

Love! Lust! Longing... Loss: An Elizabethan Romp

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-12-22

Works: John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58; Come Again; Second Booke of Songes; John Bartlet: When from My Love, lute song; Thomas Ford: There Is a Ladie, S...
Performers: Farnham, Garald; Good Pennyworths, The; Leisy, Matt; Lloyd, Erika; Marco, Alane

Personnel: Garald Farnham (lute).

Recording information: Fletcher Recital Hall, East Carolina Univeristy School (01/22/2009)....continue...

Festival Of Nine Lessons / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-12-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Spoken Word: Bidding Prayer - The Lord's Prayer - Blessing; First Lesson - Genesis 3; Second Lesson - Genesis 22; Third Lesson - Isaiah 9; Fou...
Performers: Bagnall, Chris [spoken word]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Harrison, Ross [spoken word]; Lloyd-Morgan, Richard; Musallam, Basim [spoken word]; Richardson, Ashley; Robinson, Joel; Robinson, Ni...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

This new, live, complete recording of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Christmas Eve 2008 includes traditional hymns, modern carols, old favorites and...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge (12/24/2008)....continue...

New Fashions of London circa 1500 / Redbyrd

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Thomas Ravenscroft: New Oysters, round for 4 voices; Three Blinde Mice, for consort; A Round of Three Country Dances in One, for consort; Well fare the nightingale; Come, Follow Me; Browning Madame, ...
Performers: Brough, Harvey; Freymuth, Dirk; Hadden, Nancy; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Santana, Lee; Tindemans, Margriet; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Hadden, Nancy
Ensemble: Circa 1500; Red Byrd

Alfred Deller Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 1 - Folk Songs and Ballads / Deller Consort

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-07-22

Works: Henry Purcell: Man is for the woman made, Z. 605/3; Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, catch for 3 voices, Z. 273; To thee and to a maid, catch for 3 voices, Z. 283; Fie, nay prithee, John, catch, ZD 10...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond; Sheppard, Honor
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Chamber Players

For the first time ever, the complete Vanguard recordings of the groundbreaking early music artist Alfred Deller will be made available in six deluxe boxed...continue...
Personnel: Alfred Deller & the Deller Consort (countertenor); Desmond Dupre (guitar, lute)....continue...

Purcell, Ravenscroft, Dowland, Campion: English Part Songs & Lute Songs

1 CD / Teldec / 2008-07-21

Works: Thomas Ravenscroft: Hey Ho, to the Greenwood; Yonder Comes a Courteous Knight, for voice(s) & ensemble; I Cannot Come; Tomorrow the Fox Will Come to Town; Canst Thou Love; Who Liveth So Merry; Long H...

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
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

The Elfin Knight / Joel Frederiksen, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: English Traditional: Whittingham Fair, folk song ("The Elfin Knight"); Greensleeves, folk song; Go from My Window, folk song; Fortune My Foe; Scarborough Fair; Anonymous, English: Walsingham; Lord Da...
Performers: Evans, Timothy Leigh; Frederiksen, Joel; Marincic, Domen; Schwannberger, Sven; Weigl, Helmut
Conductors: Frederiksen, Joel
Ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix Munich

A basso with exceptional timbre, Frederiksen has done his homework and is now able to revive a whole host of folk ballads that are at...continue...

The Christmas Collection

3 CD / Coro / 2007-09-04

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Burrows, Peter; Carwood, Andrew; Clarke, Fiona; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hodges, Christopher; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

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Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.
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In dulci jubilo - Baroque Music for Christmas / Baird, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2006-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French); Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Vous qui d&...
Performers: Baird, Julianne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aulos Ensemble

"Julianne Baird and her frequent collaborator, the period-instrument group The Aulos Ensemble, offer some of the fruits of their many Christmas concerts together in a...continue...

The Cries of London / Hillier, Fretwork, Theatre of Voices

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-06-13

Works: Orlando Gibbons: The Cryes of London, consort song in 2 sections for 5 voices & 5 viols; Fantasia a 3 (Music for the Double Bass), no 4, MB19; Go from my window, variations in 6 parts for viols, MB40...
Performers: Torp, Else
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fretwork

In this lively and varied collection, Paul Hillier leads Theatre of Voices and viol consort Fretwork in a selection of settings from 'The Cries of...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Christus Natus Est

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Sarum Chant: Verbum caro factum est; Christmas Traditional: Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True, carol ("Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, this is the salutation"); Nowell Sing We, carol (English); Gaudete Christus e...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

"A sublime Gloria...and, finest of all, Byrd's 'Lullaby' in a masterly performance." -Gramophone...continue...

Oikan ayns Bethlehem - Noëls / Hall, Bergeron, La Nef

1 CD / ATMA / 2005-11-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Oikan ayns Bethlehem, carol (Isle of Man); Duan Nollaig, carol (Scottish); Taladh Chriosta, carol (Isle of Barra); Ballulalow (Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ), carol (Scottish...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Hall, Meredith
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Ensemble: La Nef

Long before the coming of Christianity, the Winter Solstice was celebrated by the Celts with fire rituals symbolizing the coming of light and hope in...continue...

Herztöne - Love Songs / Singer Pur

1 CD / Oehms / 2005-08-02

Works: Nils Lindberg: As You Are; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Johannes Brahms: German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Songs (7) for chorus, Op. 62; Werner Richard H...
Performers: Warwitz, Manuel; Zapp, Markus

The Complete New English Hymnal Vol 11 / Bielby, Marsh, etc

1 CD / Priory / 2003-09-01

Works: William Henry Monk: Soldiers of Christ, arise "St. Ethelwald"; William Croft: Eatington; St. Matthew; Friedrich Silcher: Pastor Pastorum; John Yoakley: All Souls; John Fawcett: Children of the heaven...
Performers: Marsh, Louise
Conductors: Bielby, Jonathan
Ensemble: Wakefield Cathedral Choir

Shakespeare Songs / Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-10-01

Works: Thomas Morley: First Booke of Ayres; O mistress mine, where are you roaming; John Wilson: Take, O Take Those Lips Away; Thomas Weelkes: Strike it up tabor, madrigal for 3 voices; Anonymous: Willow So...
Performers: Dupré, Desmond
Conductors: Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Deller Consort

Shakespeare's Music / Baird, McFarlane, Urrey, et al

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2000-03-08

Works: William Byrd: My Lord of Oxenford's Mask (From Thomas Morley's "The First Booke of Consort Lessons"); Anonymous, English: Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone, ballad; Kemp's Gigue; Lavolto; Fortune my foe...

This irresistible mid-priced collection provides an eighty-minute overview of some of the remarkable music mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries....continue...

Silent Night - 25 Carols of Peace and Tranquility

1 CD / Decca / 1999-10-19

Works: Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Harold Edwin Darke: In the bleak mid-winter; Traditional: Child in the Manger; Cradle Song; Born on earth the Divine Christ child; Suo Gan; In dulci jubilo; The infa...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Briggs, David [Organ]; Choir of St. John's Church, Elora; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge; Cleobury, Stephen; Haynes, Simon; Hitch, Mary; Hugh...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Guest, George; Willcocks, David; Willcocks, David, Sir; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; Clare College Choir; Clare College Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Winchester Cathedral Choir

"Silent Night" is a collection of 25 peaceful and tranquil Christmas Carols. This is the perfect music to be played after a holiday dinner or...continue...
Silent Night: 25 Carols of Peace & Tranquility delivers just what the title promises: a relaxing collection of traditional holiday songs like "Away in a Manger," "Rocking," and "In Dulci Jubilo," perf...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
Conductors:
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...

Elizabeth's Music / Baltimore Consort, et al

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1999-02-04

Works: Anonymous, English: The Queen's Treble; O Mistresse Mine; William Byrd: My Lord of Oxenford's Mask (From Thomas Morley's "The First Booke of Consort Lessons"); Work(s); Matthew Holmes: Robin is to th...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; McFarlane, Ronn [Lute]; Tilney, Colin; Urrey, Frederick
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort; Toronto Consort

This wide-ranging collection of dances and ballads from the time of Queen Elizabeth I features some of Dorian's best-loved artists. The daughter of music-loving Henry...continue...

Ancient Noëls / Maggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1998-07-11

Works: Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa María; Traditional: The Gloucester Wassail Song; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"; O Bethlehem; Bethlehem's stall; A maiden...
Performers: Brooks, Jim; Diehl, Marcia; Harms, Ben; McCleod, Zan; Richards, Sue; Rideout, Bonnie; Sansone, Maggie; Surrick, Carolyn Anderson
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms and haunting medieval hymns bring to life images of desert landscapes, stone monasteries and the origins of Christmas. Maggie Sansone on...continue...

The Ladyes Delight

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1994-02-15

Works: Richard Reade: A Jigge ye Firste; John Johnson: Chi Passa, for 2 lutes; Thomas Ravenscroft: Yonder Comes a Courteous Knight, for voice(s) & ensemble; Anonymous: Ladyes Delight; Jumpe at my Cozen; How...
Performers: Consort, Baltimore; Cudek, Mark [Cittern]; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn [Lute]; Norman, Chris; Simms, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

Personnel: Mark Cudek (cittern, viol); Mary Anne Ballard (rebec, viol); Larry Lipkis (viol, recorder).

Baltimore Consort is well-known for their skillful renditions of Renaissance music, and ...continue...

Bright Day Star / Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1990-08-21

Works: William Sandys: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Traditional: Cherry Tree Carol; The Wren Song; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; The Old Year now away is fled; Christmas Day in da Mornin'; Wir singen dir...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris; Wiggins, Webb
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

Watkins Ale - Music of the English Renaissance

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1987-10-24

Works: Jean D'Estrée: Buffens; Anonymous: Nutmigs and Ginger; Grimstock; Pavane Quadro and Galliard; Singer's Jig; Howell's Delight; Unto the Prophet Jonas I Read; Watkins ale; John Johnson: Green ga...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Bass, Howard; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Morgan, Anne Marie; Norman, Chris; Wiggins, Webb
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

The Baltimore Consort - "a group of highly skilled instrumentalists and singers who perform with an absorbing sense of style and involvement" (CD Review/UK) -...continue...