An Evening of Carols & Capers

Maddy Prior | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Park Records
• ASIN: B000CPHCCW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,799 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Two CD set from one of British Folk/Rock's most talented female vocalists Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span) and her band of roving musicians. Like their previous seasonal excursions, this one sees Maddy and the Carnival Band put their unique stamp on a range of familiar (and not-so-familar) festive material, while also exploring some new and exotic directions. The Carnival Band themselves, and leader Andy Watts in particular, are accomplished musicians with a lust to restore energy into much of the stiff, dry, medieval and renaissance material they tackle. They mix ancient, modern and ethnic instrumentation with a refreshingly cavalier attitude and plenty of humour, a quality they share with Maddy Prior.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love The Music But Not the CD Company, November 24, 2006

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Frank Wood (Evanston, Il USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Evening of Carols & Capers (Audio CD)

I have bought every cd by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band that I have been able to find except this ser. I love everyone I have. But of the 22 titles on these cd's, 10 appear on the same artists' "Carols at Christmas", "Carols & Capers" and/or "Gold Frankincense & Myrrh" . 12 apparently do not appear on those discs. Remember, however, that in traditional British music, the same music often has a number of different titles ("The World Turned Upside Down" vs "When the King Comes Into His Own Again " for you Yorktown students, for example.) I think that failure to disclose this duplication is a bit deceptive on the part of the cd maker. But if you can't find all 3 of the cd's I mention - or are willing to take the chance that there are 12 previously unavailable pieces - it may be worth it to you.