Track Listing

1. Galliard
2. Alman: The Honeysuckle
3. Silver Swan
4. Coranto: Heigh Ho Holiday
5. Oft Have I Vowed
6. My Bonny Lass
7. Coranto: Alarm
8. Fortune
9. Doe You Not Know
10. Pavan
11. Rowland [Lord Willoughby's March]
12. Thus Bonny-Boots
13. Jig
14. Lady Oriana
15. Satyr's Dance
16. Pavan of Five Parts
17. Callino Casturame
18. O Care, Thou Wilt Despatch Me
19. Lullaby
20. Woods So Wilde
21. Alman
22. Pavana
23. Galiarda
24. Volta
25. Earle of Oxford's Marche
26. Bells

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4942 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1990-03-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

An interesting spin on English Renaissance Music
The composers of 16th century England were able to take the music of other countries and produce something uniquely their own. So, too, has Canadian Brass taken English Renaissance music and made it into something wonderfully different. Immediately accessible (and acceptable) to modern ears, these tunes are a splendid treat. Almans and Galliards take on a whole new flavor when done entirely by brass instruments.

They don't come much better.
The incomparable Canadian Brass make this album a rare treat. From the first notes of Holborne's "Galliard" to the magnificent complexity of Byrd's "Fitzwilliam Suite", their renditions are sheer delight. The music is both relaxing and enjoyably stimulating. Repeated hearings allow the listener to discover some hidden turn or embellishment that was not noticed before, or to appreciate again the antiphonal and complementary interplay of the instruments in the antique harmonies they create. A most enjoyable recording.

The finest brass ensembles all on 1 album
I got this CD quite a while ago, and I still listen to it almost daily. Best at night in a candlelit room while it's raining sipping fine wine and reminising of the Renaissance festival! (wierd, I know. But that's just me) If you have an interest in this time period, you won't regret buying this CD.