Thanks to Decca for reviving the L'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium series, one of the finest releases of the 1980s -- indeed, of any decade -- has been made available again in this 2007 reissue. Philip Pickett and the New London Consort created a sensation in the early music world with this sublime recording of dances from Michael Praetorius' Terpsichore (1612); the album was so highly regarded, these exceptional performers eventually received praise in the online New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians for their "majestic ...
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Thanks to Decca for reviving the L'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium series, one of the finest releases of the 1980s -- indeed, of any decade -- has been made available again in this 2007 reissue. Philip Pickett and the New London Consort created a sensation in the early music world with this sublime recording of dances from Michael Praetorius' Terpsichore (1612); the album was so highly regarded, these exceptional performers eventually received praise in the online New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians for their "majestic rendering" of these quintessential Renaissance pieces. A colleague of David Munrow, Pickett was one of the leading figures in the movement for authentic performance practice, and his thorough study of German instruments from the time enabled him to re-create with reasonable fidelity the sonorities and inflections of the music, as it credibly might have been heard. The New London Consort, numbering 40 players for this recording, presented Pickett the fullest possible range of period...
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Very Good. Very Good condition. audioCD. Case Acceptable. Case cracked/scuffed. Quality guaranteed! In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted.
