Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: The Early Music Consort - David Munrow, dir.
EMI (His Master's Voice) "Angel Series" SLS 988 (box) / SAN 391-392 (discs) [LPx2]
Angel SBZ-3810 [LPx2]
Angel 4X3S-3810 [Cass. x2]
Yamano Music YMCD 1031-1032 [CDx2]
Virgin Classics 0946 3 85811 2 3 [CDx2]

Performers:
The Early Music Consort of London
Andrew van der Beek (alto cornamuse, alto crumhorn, bass curtal, tenor kortholt, great-bass rackett, alto recorder, great-bass recorder, soprano rauschpfeife), Paul Bernard (organ), Roger Brenner (sackbutt, tenor sackbutt), Oliver Brookes (bass crumhorn, bowed lyre, alto rauschpfeife, bass rebec, bass recorder, tenor recoder, tromba marina, viol, bass viol, violone), David Corkhill (dulcimer, side drum, kettledrums, nakers, tabor, tambourin, mediaeval triangle with rings, xylophone), Christopher Hogwood (fretted clavichord, harp, irish harp, harpsichord, hurdy-gurdy, organ, portative organ, regal, tabor, virginal), Trevor Jones (bass viol), Michael Laird (buisine, clarion, cornett, alto cornett, mediaeval cornett, soprano sackbutt, natural trumpet), Alan Lumsden (cowhorn, tenor cornett, tenor flute, quart-bass rackett, quart-bass recorder, soprano recorder, tenor sackbutt, serpent, oriental trumpet, slide trumpet), Catherine Mackintosh (treble viol), David Munrow (soprano cornamuse, bass courtaut, alto crumhorn, soprano curtal, tenor curtal, flute, alto flute, alto gemshorn, bass kortholt, reed pipe, bagpipes, bladder pipes, six-holed pipe, double pipes, pipe, tenor rackett, sopranino rauschpfeife, alto recorder, tenor recorder, alto shawm, oriental shawm, soprano shawm, tenor shawm, tabor), Martin Nichols (bass sackbutt), Nigel North (bass viol), Gillian Reid (chimes bells, harp with "bray" pins, psaltery), Mary Remnant (gittern), Jane Ryan (bass viol), Eleanor Sloan (lyre, fiddle, treble rebec, violin), Malcolm Smith (natural trumpet), Robert Spencer (bandora, chitarrone, guitar, lute), John Turner (alto flute, panpipes, bass rackett, bass recorder, soprano recorder), James Tyler (ceterone, citole, cittern, tenor crumhorn, bass flute, jew's harp, lute, long-necked lute, mandora, orpharion, soprano rauschpfeife, tenor recorder, tambourine, theorbo, vihuela, tenor viol), Polly Waterfied (violin), Iaan Wilson (buisine, cornett)
David Munrow, dir.

Playing time: 51' 12" + 58' 12" = 1h 49' 24"

Recording site and date:
Abbey Road Studio [03, 04, 09/1973, 02/1974];
Rel.: 1976 (LP), 2007 (Virgin CD)

Excerpts:
[1]-[30] Testament SBT 1368 [CDx2] The Art of the Recorder - Instruments of the Middle Ages (excerpts)
[33], [35]-[36], [38]-[39], [41], [43], [49], [53], [58]-[59], [61] Testament SBT 1251 [CD] Music for Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain - Instrumemts of the Middle Ages & Renaissance
[40], [44], [51], [60] Testament SBT 1250 [CD] Henry VIII and his Six Wives
[58] EMI Classics 0946 3 61524 2 4 Music of the Renaissance: The Da Vinci Collection

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 228-91 (may 1978)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 54/637-58 (june 1976)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.): 14-58 (spring 2001), 41-67 (2006)

Comments:
Information from LPs, both EMI & Angel; also from Virgin CD.
For the LP edition, everything here is superb; the book included (not in CD edition) is lavishly printed, an image of Munrow, the ultra-perfectionist. If you don't have it, do whatever you can to find a copy, preferably the LP edition.

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Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Contents:

LP-1 / CD-2: The Middle Ages

1. Woodwind

2. Keyboard

3. Brass

4. Strings

5. Percussion (medieval and renaissance)

LP-2 / CD-2: The Renaissance

6. Woodwinds

7. Keyboard

8. Brass

9. Strings