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Dark Harpsichord Music
performed by Colin Booth, fl. 1980 (Colin Booth, 2011), 1 hour 2 mins
Late evening in Devon, England. Blackbird and thrush sing their last tribute to
the dying day. In the medieval splendour of Dartington Great Hall the lights are
dimmed, and the sombre but glittering tones of a harpsichord take over from the
birds' calls and carry an audience into the gathering darkness.
This alb...
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performed by Colin Booth, fl. 1980 (Colin Booth, 2011), 1 hour 2 mins
Description
Late evening in Devon, England. Blackbird and thrush sing their last tribute to
the dying day. In the medieval splendour of Dartington Great Hall the lights are
dimmed, and the sombre but glittering tones of a harpsichord take over from the
birds' calls and carry an audience into the gathering darkness.
This album recaptures the atmosphere, and much of the music, of a memorable concert given in 1995. It presents, in a continuously linked sequen...
Late evening in Devon, England. Blackbird and thrush sing their last tribute to the dying day. In the medieval splendour of Dartington Great Hall the lights are dimmed, and the sombre but glittering tones of a harpsichord take over from the birds' calls and carry an audience into the gathering darkness.This album recaptures the atmosphere, and much of the music, of a memorable concert given in 1995. It presents, in a continuously linked sequence of diverse but musically related pieces, an introspective exploration of mood. Much of the music is improvisation, either actual or in style. Included are the evocative "Overture to Orpheus" written in 1981 by Louis Andriessen, and music by three members of the Couperin family: Louis, Francois, and Armand-Louis, in all covering a period of more than one hundred years.
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Date Written / Recorded
2003
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Colin Booth, fl. 1980
Author / Creator
Colin Booth, fl. 1980
Date Published / Released
2011-02-11
Publisher
Colin Booth
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Delicatessen
performed by Kate Semmens, fl. 2010 and Steven Devine (Magnatune, 2013), 1 hour 6 mins
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performed by Kate Semmens, fl. 2010 and Steven Devine (Magnatune, 2013), 1 hour 6 mins
Date Written / Recorded
2013
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Kate Semmens, fl. 2010, Steven Devine
Author / Creator
Kate Semmens, fl. 2010, Steven Devine
Date Published / Released
2013-10-07
Publisher
Magnatune
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performed by Ostraka (Magnatune, 2013), 1 hour 2 mins
Date Written / Recorded
2010
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Ostraka
Author / Creator
Ostraka
Date Published / Released
2013-09-09
Publisher
Magnatune
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Division-Musick
performed by Susanna Pell and Jacob Heringman, Pellingmans' Saraband (Magnatune, 2012), 1 hour 6 mins
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performed by Susanna Pell and Jacob Heringman, Pellingmans' Saraband (Magnatune, 2012), 1 hour 6 mins
Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Pellingmans' Saraband, Susanna Pell, Jacob Heringman
Author / Creator
Pellingmans' Saraband, Susanna Pell, Jacob Heringman
Date Published / Released
2012-06-10
Publisher
Magnatune
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Dolce Musica - A Contemplative Journey
performed by Healing Muses (Healing Muses, 2007), 50 mins
Based on studies that certain kinds of music can promote healing and relaxation during stressful hospital stays and procedures, Eileen Hadidian and Natalie Cox's music is designed to create a peaceful sound environment for patients, using a combination of medieval, Renaissance, and Celtic music. In addition to the...
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performed by Healing Muses (Healing Muses, 2007), 50 mins
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Based on studies that certain kinds of music can promote healing and relaxation during stressful hospital stays and procedures, Eileen Hadidian and Natalie Cox's music is designed to create a peaceful sound environment for patients, using a combination of medieval, Renaissance, and Celtic music. In addition to their busy performance schedule, they often play in medical and retreat based settings and seek out other non-traditional places for live...
Based on studies that certain kinds of music can promote healing and relaxation during stressful hospital stays and procedures, Eileen Hadidian and Natalie Cox's music is designed to create a peaceful sound environment for patients, using a combination of medieval, Renaissance, and Celtic music. In addition to their busy performance schedule, they often play in medical and retreat based settings and seek out other non-traditional places for live music.
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Date Written / Recorded
2007
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Healing Muses
Author / Creator
Healing Muses
Date Published / Released
2007-12-20
Publisher
Healing Muses
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La Domna Ditz - Songs of the Trobairitz
performed by Rossignol (Rossignol, 2010), 48 mins
Tumbling and fluid, at times virtuosic, at
times earthy: I love the troubadour repertoire.
Clear. Expressive. However, the lyrics give little emotional range
to women. In the traditional (male-authored) courtly love songs a lady is
virtuous, demanding, and unattainable: a figure in a stained glass window or a
pa...
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performed by Rossignol (Rossignol, 2010), 48 mins
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Tumbling and fluid, at times virtuosic, at
times earthy: I love the troubadour repertoire.
Clear. Expressive. However, the lyrics give little emotional range
to women. In the traditional (male-authored) courtly love songs a lady is
virtuous, demanding, and unattainable: a figure in a stained glass window or a
paper cut-out. But women also contributed to this literature, and in their own
songs they take on more life. They are powerful, they are...
Tumbling and fluid, at times virtuosic, at
times earthy: I love the troubadour repertoire.
Clear. Expressive. However, the lyrics give little emotional range
to women. In the traditional (male-authored) courtly love songs a lady is
virtuous, demanding, and unattainable: a figure in a stained glass window or a
paper cut-out. But women also contributed to this literature, and in their own
songs they take on more life. They are powerful, they are powerless. They are
lusty, neurotic, and comically vain. They grieve, they (possibly?) court other
women.
All but one of the melodies for these songs have been lost. Where I can I have borrowed melodies from other troubadour songs. More often, I have written my own settings in the style of that time and place. The vielle accompaniment is improvised, a balance of that evening's inspiration and many hours of making music together.
- Robin Snyder, singer with Rossignol and on the album "Lenten is Come" with Briddes Roune.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Rossignol
Author / Creator
Rossignol
Date Published / Released
2010-12-10
Publisher
Rossignol
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Dowland on 8 String Guitar
composed by John Dowland, 1563-1626; performed by Daniel Estrem (Magnatune, 2014), 57 mins
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composed by John Dowland, 1563-1626; performed by Daniel Estrem (Magnatune, 2014), 57 mins
Date Written / Recorded
2013
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Daniel Estrem
Author / Creator
John Dowland, 1563-1626, Daniel Estrem
Date Published / Released
2014-03-20
Publisher
Magnatune
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The Dying Swan
composed by Joby Talbot, 1971-; conducted by Joby Talbot, 1971-; produced by Joby Talbot, 1971-; performed by Everton Nelson, Chris Worsey, Joby Talbot, 1971-, Rob Farrer, Natalia Bonner, Joel Hunter, Lucy Shaw, Joanna Cackett, Jonathan Carney and Philip Sheppard, fl. 2006, Apollo Saxophone Quartet and Duke Quartet (Black Box), 1 hour 15 mins
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composed by Joby Talbot, 1971-; conducted by Joby Talbot, 1971-; produced by Joby Talbot, 1971-; performed by Everton Nelson, Chris Worsey, Joby Talbot, 1971-, Rob Farrer, Natalia Bonner, Joel Hunter, Lucy Shaw, Joanna Cackett, Jonathan Carney and Philip Sheppard, fl. 2006, Apollo Saxophone Quartet and Duke Quartet (Black Box), 1 hour 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
2002
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Apollo Saxophone Quartet, Duke Quartet, Everton Nelson, Chris Worsey, Joby Talbot, 1971-, Rob Farrer, Natalia Bonner, Joel Hunter, Lucy Shaw, Joanna Cackett, Jonathan Carney, Philip Sheppard, fl. 2006
Contributor
Joby Talbot, 1971-, Mark Wyllie, fl. 1991
Author / Creator
Joby Talbot, 1971-, Apollo Saxophone Quartet, Duke Quartet, Everton Nelson, Chris Worsey, Rob Farrer, Natalia Bonner, Joel Hunter, Lucy Shaw, Joanna Cackett, Jonathan Carney, Philip Sheppard, fl. 2006
Publisher
Black Box
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Christian Wolff: (Re:) Making Music - Works 1962-1999
composed by Christian Wolff, 1934-; conducted by James Fulkerson; produced by James Fulkerson; performed by Elisabeth Smalt, Jos Zwaanenburg, Nicola Walker-Smith and Charles Van Tassel, The Barton Workshop, in Edition Christian Wolff (Mode Records), 1 hour 14 mins
Having little to do with issues of content and form, Christian Wolff's experimental works are more concerned with the ways music is created and received, and how the composer's conceptions are intimately tied to the performers' interactions and the listener's perceptions. Like his colleague John Cage, Wolff eschew...
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composed by Christian Wolff, 1934-; conducted by James Fulkerson; produced by James Fulkerson; performed by Elisabeth Smalt, Jos Zwaanenburg, Nicola Walker-Smith and Charles Van Tassel, The Barton Workshop, in Edition Christian Wolff (Mode Records), 1 hour 14 mins
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Having little to do with issues of content and form, Christian Wolff's experimental works are more concerned with the ways music is created and received, and how the composer's conceptions are intimately tied to the performers' interactions and the listener's perceptions. Like his colleague John Cage, Wolff eschewed the rigors of post-Webernian serialism and instead wrote in an intuitive manner, avoiding systems and communicating more directly th...
Having little to do with issues of content and form, Christian Wolff's experimental works are more concerned with the ways music is created and received, and how the composer's conceptions are intimately tied to the performers' interactions and the listener's perceptions. Like his colleague John Cage, Wolff eschewed the rigors of post-Webernian serialism and instead wrote in an intuitive manner, avoiding systems and communicating more directly through raw sonorities and improvisation. Vol. 6 of the Edition Christian Wolff surveys works from 1962 to 1999, and covers a wide range of instrumental combinations and approaches, from the complex gestures of Kegama and the hyperactivity of Digger Song, to the conversational frankness of the vocal duets in Leaning Forward and the rustic fiddling of the Pieces (3) for violin and viola. Wolff's adventurous ideas are effectively shown in the four Exercises, where his concepts are worked out in short, digestible portions. Always attuned to Wolff's intentions and demands, the Barton Workshop makes his pieces sound fresh and vital, and recaptures some of the excitement this music generated at the height of the avant-garde. However, listeners should not take these performances as definitive, for that is an impossibility in Wolff's open-ended oeuvre. Mode's sound quality is consistently excellent throughout this varied double disc. ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide
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Date Written / Recorded
1999
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
The Barton Workshop, Elisabeth Smalt, Jos Zwaanenburg, Nicola Walker-Smith, Charles Van Tassel
Contributor
James Fulkerson, Robert Bosch, 1861-1942
Author / Creator
Christian Wolff, 1934-, The Barton Workshop, Elisabeth Smalt, Jos Zwaanenburg, Nicola Walker-Smith, Charles Van Tassel
Publisher
Mode Records
Series
Edition Christian Wolff
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(Re):Making Music - CD 2
composed by Christian Wolff, 1934-; conducted by Frank Denyer, 1943-; produced by James Fulkerson; performed by Marieke Keser, Elisabeth Smalt, Frank Denyer, 1943-, John Anderson, Judith Van Swaay and James Fulkerson, The Barton Workshop, in Edition Christian Wolff (Mode Records), 1 hour 25 mins
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composed by Christian Wolff, 1934-; conducted by Frank Denyer, 1943-; produced by James Fulkerson; performed by Marieke Keser, Elisabeth Smalt, Frank Denyer, 1943-, John Anderson, Judith Van Swaay and James Fulkerson, The Barton Workshop, in Edition Christian Wolff (Mode Records), 1 hour 25 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1999
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
The Barton Workshop, Marieke Keser, Elisabeth Smalt, Frank Denyer, 1943-, John Anderson, Judith Van Swaay, James Fulkerson
Contributor
Frank Denyer, 1943-, Robert Bosch, 1861-1942, James Fulkerson
Author / Creator
Christian Wolff, 1934-, The Barton Workshop, Marieke Keser, Elisabeth Smalt, Frank Denyer, 1943-, John Anderson, Judith Van Swaay, James Fulkerson
Publisher
Mode Records
Series
Edition Christian Wolff
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