Pavane

Shelley Phillips (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Shelley Phillips
• Audio CD (August 14, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gourd Music
• ASIN: B000005C35
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,592 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #54 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Pavanes

Track Listings

1. The Faerie Queene

2. Sumer is icumen in

3. Sicilienne

4. Pavane and Galliard

5. Salley Gardens

6. Jenny Pluck Pears

7. Rondes

8. The King of Denmark's Galliard/ Mrs. Winter's Jump

9. Vals

10. Trio

11. The Nightingale/Cats Caper

12. The Laydie Louthian's Lilte/Courante

13. The Parting Glass

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pastime With Good Company, June 28, 2004

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Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pavane (Audio CD)

Shelley Phillips credentials are quite remarkable. She plays harp, recorders, oboe, English horn, and whistle. Not just to dabble, but very well indeed. She is a member of several consorts, appears on an armload of recordings, and directs the Santa Cruz Community Music School. Whew!! And if you take the time to read the liner notes on this album (my favorite) wou will discover she has a far roving ear and eye, and despite a strong fondness for celtic work, is quite capable of performing Faure, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and a few friends as well.

Her chief accompanist is Barry Phillips, who plays enough instruments to make an ensemble between the two. But the cast includes many others, including an appearance by William Coulter. Seriously, if the music making on this album does not satisfy you, there is nothing to be done for it. Phillips wavers back and forth between original instruments and some fairly daring arrangements. Which makes the albums more than just an idle pastime.

Frankly though, this is light music - no distressing airs permitted. Much dance music, and a few things that very well could be. A sunny spirited album that reminds us that our ancestors knew how to have a good time. This is the kind of thing that we used to get together in college and rattle out on the back steps and stairwell. Not so well played (well, some of us played well) but in the spirit of entertainment and edification.

The last thing I expected when starting this review is that I would have an attack of nostalgia, but there it is. Phillips has a knack of drawing out the nature of the music rather than producing academic performances, and avoiding over production as well. This is extremely accessible work - buy all means give it a listen.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delight and a treat, October 8, 1998

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strega2 "strega2" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pavane (Audio CD)

The very talented musician Shelley Phillips delivers a consistently wonderful offering of traditional instrumental tunes, most of Celtic and European origin. She is one of the extremely talented group of musicians who comprise groups like Orison and Northern Lights, and all of their work is a musical feast. This is no exception. A CD to be treasured and listened to often.