At the Sign of the Crumhorn

Lupus Hellinck (Composer), Josquin Baston (Composer), Flemish Anonymous (Composer), Carolus Souliaert (Composer), Benedictus Appenzeller (Composer), Tylman Susato (Composer), Jacobus Clemens Non Papa (Composer), Johannes Ghiselin (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Lupus Hellinck, Josquin Baston, Flemish Anonymous, Carolus Souliaert, Benedictus Appenzeller, et al.
• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B00004GLLP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,833 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a little jewel of Renaissance music, January 17, 2004

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P.J.A.M. van Ooij (the Nehterlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At the Sign of the Crumhorn (Audio CD)

If you are looking for an album with all types of renaissance-music from the Low Countries this is the album. Different composers from that time-area and different types of music are recorded. Some songs are very modest, others makes it difficult not to hum with. This cd is a jewel worth listening. Renaissancofiles: this album should be in your collection.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost ditched it !, June 15, 2009

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Weesel "TJ" (Balmer, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At the Sign of the Crumhorn (Audio CD)

Yup. Clearing out my collection of CDs I don't listen to much and this one popped out. Then I gave it another listen and decided that I'd nearly made a very bad mistake. This album is quite remarkable. The vocals are fine, but the instrumentals is where this really shines. The variety of instruments covers the gamut from double reeds (loud and soft), recorders, cornetts, sackbutts, bowed and plucked strings and tasteful, clever percussion... more I'm sure, but you get the idea. There are some very unexpected little tricks as the selections segue from one to an other as well as clever, unexpected solos. It is clear that the group are not just playing music, but that they are playing with it and having a good time. The articulation on some of the pieces is remarkable and I find myself listening to new life breathed into the usual chestnuts from Susato and company. The obligatory Hoboeken tanz is there, but it sounds unlike other performances.

Buy, listen, enjoy. You will not be disappointed.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the 4 I recently bought, April 27, 2005

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Thomas B. Gross (Winchester, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At the Sign of the Crumhorn (Audio CD)

For some reason I recently decided to buy a variety of Early Music CDs from Amazon. I purchased four, including this one, enough to spend $25 for free shipping. Of the four (the others being 'Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore', 'Music of the Troubadours', and 'Music of the Crusades'), this is my favorite.

I particularly like the song whose title is translated on this page as 'Be sure to drink in moderation' - I don't know enough contemporary Dutch to know if learning to sing this as recorded on this CD would be comprehensible to native speakers of Dutch today, but I certainly hope so, because it would make a terrific ice breaker at parties in Holland.

As for the music, it's hard to imagine that a gaggle of trained geese would sound as good as these Crumhorns. This album really rocks.