Cries of London (2006) more music like this

performed by Else Torp Schröder (soprano), Fretwork, Theatre of Voices (choir, chorus)
composed by Michael East, Orlando Gibbons, Richard Dering, Thomas Ravenscroft, Thomas Weelkes, William Cobbold

One may not be too old to recall a time when, upon the discovery of the very existence of Orlando Gibbons' remarkable montage of period street cries, The Cries of London, one dashed to the University Library in haste to find a recording. This was usually followed by a sinking realization: while Gibbons' achievement was in itself astonishing, the ...

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Elizabeth's Music (1999) more music like this

performed by Baltimore Consort, Colin Tilney (virginal), Frederick Urrey (tenor), Julianne Baird (soprano), Ronn McFarlane (lute), Toronto Consort, Toronto Consort (choir, chorus)
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, English, English Traditional, Francis Cutting, Giles Farnaby, John Dowland, John Johnson [composer], Matthew Holmes, Thomas Campion, Thomas Morley, Thomas Ravenscroft, Thomas Tomkins, William Byrd

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Christus Natus Est: An Early English Christmas (2004) more music like this

performed by The Sixteen (choir, chorus), Harry Christophers (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, Egerton Manuscript 3307, Anonymous, English, Christmas Traditional, English Traditional, John Sheppard, Richard Pygott, Sarum Chant, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Byrd

The Sixteen, a mixed vocal ensemble founded and conducted by Harry Christophers, has a repertoire ranging from plainsong to contemporary works. This album, Christus Natus Est: An Early English Christmas, includes works from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. What's most notable about it is the impressive range of appropriate ...

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The Singing Club more music like this

performed by Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, English, Henry Purcell, Henry Rowley Bishop, John Hilton (ii), John Stafford Smith, John Wilson, Jonathan Battishill, Joseph Barnby, Robert Lucas Pearsall, Thomas Arne, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Lawes

Rounds, catches, and glees -- small polyphonic pieces of a semi-popular nature -- are uniquely English, although they certainly have relatives in other countries. Like madrigals, they were mostly intended for groups of musically interested amateurs, some of whom organized themselves into the tavern-based singing clubs of this album's title. The ...

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The Ladyes Delight (1998) more music like this

performed by Boston Consort, Chris Norman (flute), Custer LaRue (soprano), Larry Lipkis (recorder), Larry Lipkis (bass viol), Mark Cudek (bass viol), Mark Cudek (cittern), Mary Anne Ballard (bass viol), Mary Anne Ballard (treble viol), Ronn McFarlane (lute)
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, English, Daniel Bacheler, English Traditional, Giovanni Conversi, John Johnson [composer], John Marston, Matthew Holmes, Richard Alison, Richard Reade, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Byrd

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The Elfin Knight: Ballads and Dances more music like this

performed by Domen Marincic (viola da gamba), Ensemble Phoenix Munich, Helmut Weigl (theorbo), Joel Frederiksen (bass), Joel Frederiksen (lute), Sven Schwannberger (flute), Sven Schwannberger (recorder), Sven Schwannberger (lute), Sven Schwannberger (theorbo)
composed by Anonymous, English, Anonymous, Scottish, English Traditional, John Dowland, Nicolas Vallet, Scottish Traditional, Thomas Ravenscroft

American-German bass Joel Frederiksen, one of an impressive parade of American-born early music performers who have moved to Europe in order to realize their talents fully, here takes on repertory that is usually associated with a specific sound -- with an English countertenor, accompanied by a gently brushed lute, aimed at a refined sort of ...

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Johnny, Cock Thy Beaver: Popular Music-Making in 17th-Century England (1996) more music like this

performed by David Miller (lute), David Miller (cittern), David Miller (theorbo), David Miller (guitar), Giles Lewin (shawm), John Potter (vocals), Paul Bevan (sackbut), Paul Bevan (violin), Paul Bevan (recorder), Peter Skuce (guitar), Peter Skuce (virginal)
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, English, English Traditional, Giles Farnaby, John Dowland, John Playford (i), Scottish Traditional, Thomas Ravenscroft

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How the World Wags (1999) more music like this

performed by City Waites, Douglas Wootton (recorder), Douglas Wootton (rebec), Douglas Wootton (tenor violin), Douglas Wootton (mandora), Douglas Wootton (tenor), Douglas Wootton (drums), Douglas Wootton (lute), Keith Thompson (recorder)
composed by Anonymous, Cuthbert Hely, English Traditional, Henry Purcell, Horatio Parker, John Bennet, Matthew Locke, Maurice Webster, Robert (ii) Johnson, Thomas D'Urfey, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Croft, William Lawes

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Stuart Age Music: Tunes from Troubled Times (1996) more music like this

performed by Henry Stobart (recorder), Henry Stobart (recorder), Jon Banks (viol), Jon Banks (harp), Matthew Spring (cittern), Matthew Spring (viol), Matthew Spring (theorbo), Matthew Spring (lute), Sara Stowe (harpsichord), Sara Stowe (soprano), Sara Stowe (soprano)
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, English, Anonymous, Scottish, Elizabeth Rogers, English Traditional, Henry Purcell, Michel Farinel, Nicholas Lanier, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Lawes

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Chirping of the Nightingale: Mr. Playford's English Dancing Master (2005) more music like this

performed by Birgit Schnurpfeil (violin), Catherine Aglibut (violin), Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Hans-Werner Apel (baroque guitar), Hans-Werner Apel (chitarrone), Johanna Seitz (harp), Lautten Compagney, Mark Nordstrand (harpsichord), Mark Nordstrand (organ)
composed by Anonymous, English, English Traditional, Henry Purcell, John Playford (i), Nicola Matteis, Thomas Ravenscroft

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The Cries of London [Hybrid SACD] (2006) more music like this

performed by Else Torp Schröder, Else Torp Schröder (soprano), Fretwork, Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier (conductor)
composed by Michael East, Orlando Gibbons, Richard Dering, Thomas Ravenscroft, Thomas Weelkes, William Cobbold

One may not be too old to recall a time when, upon the discovery of the very existence of Orlando Gibbons' remarkable montage of period street cries, The Cries of London, one dashed to the University Library in haste to find a recording. This was usually followed by a sinking realization -- while Gibbons' achievement was in itself astonishing, the ...

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The Singing Club more music like this

performed by David James (vocals), Hilliard Ensemble, John Potter (tenor), Michael George (baritone), Michael Pearce [1] (bass), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul Hillier (bass), Rogers Covey-Crump (vocals)
composed by Anonymous, English, Henry Purcell, Henry Rowley Bishop, John Hilton (ii), John Wilson, Jonathan Battishill, Joseph Barnby, Judyth Schaubhut Smith, Robert Lucas Pearsall, Thomas Arne, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Lawes

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The Essential Emma Kirkby (2001) more music like this

performed by Anthony Rooley (lute), Emma Kirkby (soprano), London Baroque, Taverner Consort Players, Tessa Bonner (soprano), The Consort of Musicke, Taverner Consort Choir (choir, chorus), Andrew Parrott (conductor)
composed by Claudio Monteverdi, Emilio de' Cavalieri, George Frederick Handel, Heinrich Schütz, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Dowland, Robert Jones [composer], Thomas Ravenscroft

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Popular Elizabethan Music more music like this

performed by Musicians of Swanne Alley
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, English, Edmund Kete, English Traditional, John Bennet, John Dowland, John Johnson [composer], Peter Philips, Richard Alison, Richard Edwards, Thomas Morley, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Byrd

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Lusty Songs & Country Dances more music like this

performed by City Waites, Dave Chatterley (hurdygurdy), Ian Gammie (violone), Mike Sargent (bagpipes), Robin Jeffrey (lute)
composed by Anonymous, English, English Traditional, John Playford (i), Thomas D'Urfey, Thomas Ravenscroft, Various Composers

Bawdy songs have an ancient and venerable history -- some of the earliest Trouvère songs from the twelfth century have lyrics that would shock delicate sensibilities -- and the English have a particularly strong record of bawdy repertoire. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, broadside ballads (single sheets with a text and an ...

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In Dulci Jubilo (2006) more music like this

performed by Aulos Ensemble, Julianne Baird (soprano)
composed by Christmas Traditional, François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michel Corrette, Nicolaus Bruhns, Phillip Friedrich Böddecker, Thomas Ravenscroft

The Aulos Ensemble has performed annual Christmas concerts in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art since the 1980s. In 2006 the period instrument quintet and soprano Julianne Baird developed a new holiday program entitled "In Dulci Jubilo" and recorded it for Centaur. It combines works covering the entire Baroque period, not necessarily specific ...

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Oikan Ayns Bethlehem (2005) more music like this

performed by La Nef, Meredith Hall (soprano), Ranald Rankin (speech/speaker/speaking part), Sylvain Bergeron (lute), Sylvain Bergeron (guitar)
composed by Anonymous, English, Anonymous, Scottish, Christmas Traditional, Irish Traditional, Robert Burns, Scottish Traditional, Thomas Ravenscroft, Tommy Coen, Tony O'Connell

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Court Jesters: Tudor Minstrel Music (1996) more music like this

performed by Sirinu
composed by Anonymous, English, Antony Holborne, Edward Johnson [composer], English Traditional, Henry VIII, King of England, John Dowland, Philip van Wilder, Sirinu, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Byrd, William Cornysh

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Mariners and Milkmaids (2002) more music like this

performed by Alison Melville (recorder), Alison Melville (renaissance flute), Ben Grossman (percussion), Ben Grossman (hurdygurdy), David Fallis (percussion), David Fallis (tenor), David Greenberg (violin), John Pepper (bass), Katherine Hill (soprano)
composed by Anonymous, English, English Traditional, John Bennet, John Playford (i), Thomas Ravenscroft, William Byrd

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New Britain: The Roots of American Folksong more music like this

performed by Anne Azema (soprano), Boston Camerata, David Ripley (bass), Fred Raffensperger (counter tenor), Herman Hildebrand (baritone), Joel Cohen (baritone), Kenneth Fitch (counter tenor), Margaret Swanson (soprano), Roberta Anderson (soprano)
composed by American Traditional, Anonymous, Anonymous, American, Canadian Traditional, Diego Ortiz, English Traditional, French Traditional, German Traditional, Jacques Arcadelt, Jean-Baptiste Besard, Jehan Planson, Scottish Traditional, Thomas Ravenscroft

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