Nimbus
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The singing is poised throughout the disc, with an attractive, slight huskiness to Lawrence Lipnik's countertenor, but in the Browne delicacy is foresworn in favour of a more outstanding mellifluousness.... —
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full of musical gems —
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Advent Carols from St. John's College, Cambridge
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
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the recording is well done, with instruments and voices realistic and nicely balanced —
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delightfully varied and well planned —
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The Last of the Troubadours
Martin Best (voice, lute, oud, psaltery), Jeremy Barlow (recorders, pipes), David Corkhill (nakers, hammer dulcimer, tabors, drums, bells, timbrel), Alastair McLachlan (rebecs, fidele)
Martin Best Medieval Ensemble
Best's anthology is expertly assembled and skilfully performed. It displays the sardonic humour and ribaldry of troubadour lyrics as well as their elaborately sentimental courtliness. I can... —
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