The Lady and the Unicorn

John Renbourn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B000000E9F
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,840 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2003 reissue of the Pentangle founder's 1970 album, remastered from the original tapes, featuring 10 tracks including two bonus tracks, 'My Johnny Was A Shoemaker' (Vocal) & 'Three Dances' (Medley - a.) Brentzel Gay, b.) La Rotta, c.) The Earle Of Salisbury). Castle. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Long Lost Friend, December 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lady and the Unicorn (Audio CD)

I am so happy to have found this album on CD through Amazon. Listening to it again is like finding a long lost friend. The selection of timeless, haunting, exquisite medieval and renaissance music on this album will truly transport you to another time and place, which I guarantee you won't want to leave...

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music That Endures, June 30, 2000

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John Foarde (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lady and the Unicorn (Audio CD)

Like the other reviewers here, I have loved this album since I bought a copy from a departing friend in 1974. I'm on my third copy, and have given away two CD versions of this great music to friends. John Renbourn stretches the boundaries of folk with "The Lady and the Unicorn," but his treatment of all these tunes is always full of joy and respect. That's what makes this music something that you come back to again and again. Buy this CD: you won't be sorry!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars unique for its time, January 20, 2001

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C. H Smith (Bowling Green, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lady and the Unicorn (Audio CD)

When Renbourn put this album out around 1970, it was quite an unusual release. He and his friend Bert Jansch were at that point heading the band Pentangle, and between their solo efforts and the band's had been exploring a synthesis of folk, blues, classical and jazz styles. This album brought to the mix yet another element: Medieval and Renaissance music. Renbourn's solo and small ensemble arrangements of the material are mostly gentle and respectful, yet incorporate a jazz flair that give them a truly contemporary sound. This was really good dinner and/or 'date' music for the period: quiet and intimate, and with plenty of personality. It's not very long, however--couldn't someone put it together with "Sir John Alot..." as a twofer?