The Ladyes Delight

Richard Alison (Composer), English Anonymous (Composer), Daniel Bacheler (Composer), William Byrd (Composer), Giovanni Conversi (Composer), Matthew Holmes (Composer), The Baltimore Consort (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: The Baltimore Consort
• Composer: Richard Alison, English Anonymous, Daniel Bacheler, William Byrd, Giovanni Conversi, et al.
• Audio CD (March 17, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dorian Recordings
• ASIN: B0000061IF
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #13 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Renaissance (c.1450-1600) > General AAS
  • #14 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Renaissance (c.1450-1600) > General

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Recording for Those Who Love Early English Music, December 30, 1999

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Aaron Archer - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ladyes Delight (Audio CD)

If you love the music of early England (perhaps you own a copy of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book), you will certainly love this recording. And even if you are not a connoisseur of this type of music, but are a fan of classical music in general, you are sure to find this music historically accurate and catchy. One of my favorites on the disc is "O Mistress Mine", a piece that I have also enjoyed playing on the keyboard.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elizabethan Pop, June 10, 2002

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umze "umze" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ladyes Delight (Audio CD)

This is a delightful cd, with masterful performances of popular Elizabethan tunes. The vocals are excellent. The selection is varied, containing lively instrumentals, baudy songs, and ballads. The lyrics are a reminder that themes like single motherhood and unrestrained lust are timeless, and are shockingly frank at times.

This is not a typical cd of chamber music by the greats - these are catchy dance tunes from long ago. Thoroughly enjoyable.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queen Elizabeth I. would be delighted, July 4, 2009

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Wanner Stephan "Pro Gruoba" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ladyes Delight (Audio CD)

Another great production of the Baltimore Consort, consisting of such famous musicians as Mary Anne Ballard (treble and bass viols); Mark Cudek (cittern, bass viol); Custer LaRue (soprano); Larry Lipkis (bass viol, soprano recorder); Ronn McFarlane (lute); Chris Norman (Renaissance flutes), and William Simms as guest artist (bandora).
In particular two pieces impressed me especially and it was worth to me to buy this CD by them alone and to give a strong 5 star rating:
1) "Yonder Comes A Courteous Knight": It is breathtaking how wonderful and sensitive soprano Custer LaRue performs this ballad. This lady has the perfect voice. It is the highest delight to enjoy each second of its 6 minutes duration. In a historically very credible way it transports you back to Elizabethan England of the end of the 16th century. A time which created a noble, romantic and frank music, determined by timeless beauty and often also pure melancholy.
2) "Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone": An outstandingly beautiful and moving ballad melody, in its time equally well-known and popular as "Greensleeves", but often ignored by today's interpreters. It is a melody which incorporates timeless beauty and also bittersweet melancholy to the highest degree. The Baltimore Consort performed it in a most perfect way, impossible to be improved in any respect. A true jewel piece!
A note on the often melancholic music of the Renaissance era: Melancholy and sadness was understood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life, and was in no way negatively attributed as it is today. I you like the romantic and melancholic music of Elizabethan's England, you will feel especially impressed by these two pieces which will deeply touch your heart and soul each time you hear them.
But there are also many funny and danceable pieces on this CD, as "The Ladyes Delight/Jumpe At My Cozen".
Thank you Baltimore Consort for performing this great CD! I consider it as a strong buy.
I am sure, Queen Elizabeth I. would be delighted.