The Best of the Mediæval Bæbes [Import]

Christmas Traditional (Composer), Katherine Blake (Composer), English Anonymous (Composer), Anonymous (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Christmas Traditional, Katherine Blake, English Anonymous, Anonymous
• Audio CD (November 18, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00002MG4E
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,706 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gaudete

2. Coventry Carol

3. Salve Virgo Virginum

4. Ah Si Mon Moine

5. Veni, Veni

6. Now Springes The Spray

7. Salve Nos

8. Foweles In The Frith

9. Miri It Is

10. Alba

11. Love Me Broughte

12. Beatrice

13. Volta

14. Kinderly

15. Swete Sone

16. Pearl

17. When The Turuf Is Thy Tour

18. Erthe Upon Erthe

19. Ecci Mundi Gaudium

20. How Death Comes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lovely music, but poor cd product, August 8, 2004

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D. MILLER (Jerusalem, Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of the Mediæval Bæbes (Audio CD)

After hearing a song of the Mediaeval Baebes on radio I wanted to hear more. I was not disappointed.

Most of songs on the 'Best Of' cd are lovely, enchanting and at times haunting. They transport you back in time to some Medieval village when life was simple, more elemental. The harmony of the Baebes voices is tastefully arranged and executed. Instruments of the period were used and sparsely at that.

On the whole, interesting listening but not something I play very often.

My only gripe is that the cd was produced with some miscalculation resulting in songs starting and ending mid-track! (From track 6 onward.) This means you have to listen to the tracks in order, from start to finish. If you skip to a later song, you arrive mid-song. This is very annoying and detracts from the enjoyment of the cd. What a pity. (I'd listen to the tracks at a music shop before buying to make sure all is in order.)

Let the music be medieval, not the cd technology.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hard to call this a "Best Of", November 23, 2010

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J. Isaacs (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of the Mediæval Bæbes (Audio CD)

The tracks on this album are from just two Mediaeval Baebes albums: "Salva Nos" and "Worldes Blysse". As of 1999, these were the only two albums they had released, and the only two they released on Virgin. But it's hard to justify a "Best Of" album based on two releases. The album has 20 of the 32 tracks issued on the two albums. No wonder the album isn't mentioned on the Mediaeval Baebes web site. However, it would still be an okay deal if the album really did have the best cuts from their first two albums, but it's missing "An Adult Lullaby", "Verbum Caro", and "This Ay Nicht" from "Salva Nos" and "All Turns To Yesterday" from "Worldes Blysse". So I can't say that this is really the best of even these two albums. Save your money and get "Worldes Blysse"; if you like it and want to get more classical, then get "Salva Nos" or move forward to "The Rose" or "Mirabilis"

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good music, March 4, 2010

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Richard S. Chabior (SPencer, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of the Mediæval Bæbes (Audio CD)

The album is a compilation of the other discs that the Mediaeval Baebes put out, but it is still a great thrill to listen to them. The blend of music and sound updating from the Gregorian and medieval sounds to a bit more current is always a nice sound.
The service for the disc was great as it came in quite quickly and in excellent condition. I recommend this company for its service.