Customer Reviews

The Sport of Love

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I have attended many Musica Antigua de Albuquerque concerts. This CD captures the flavor of their live performances. The singing is strong, the instruments sound great, and there is a good balance between instrumental and vocal performances. The liner notes,just like their concert programs, are chock-full of useful information and translated lyrics. This and their previous CD: A Rose of Such Virtue, are excellent samplers of early music.

The arrangement of "Trotto" is worth the price of the entire CD. "Trotto" is a
very popular piece in early music, but no one has ever done it with such drama
and power. Over all, the material is less varied and to me a little less interesting than their other album "A Rose of Swych Virtu", but this is still some
of the best early music recorded.

I had heard a song from this CD on Public radio and loved it. I bought the CD and have listened to it over and over. I even bought another one of this CD for my daughter who us also a medieval re-inactor The music is so authenic and sung beautifully. I feel like I am in a castle in Scotland in the middle ages. Buy it you'll love it!