Holborne - The cradle
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An Elizabethan Christmas
RecommendedByrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Emma Walshe (soprano), Lucy Cox (soprano), Amy Lyddon (vocalist), Guy Cutting (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone), Edmund Saddington (bass-baritone), Fretwork, Richard Boothby
The songs are interspersed with short instrumental pieces, including two genial fantasies ‘for ye great dooble bass’ by Gibbons. All are played with Fretwork’s typical attunement to the sensibilities... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2021
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The Topping Tooters of the Town: Music of the London Waits 1580 - 1650
The City Musick, William Lyons
Precise (except where blowsy imprecision is an atmospheric decision) but always characterful, this attractive disc wears its historical knowledge and skill lightly enough to appeal well beyond... —
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Good Companye
Great Music from a Tudor Court
Lynda Sayce (lute), Martin Souter (clavichord)
The Elizabethan Consort, Alamire, David Skinner
