English Medieval Christmas Cards - New York Pro Music Antiqua

Advantages: Wonderful Christmas CD
Disadvantages: None

...This year, as we do every Christmas, we will bring out our copy of the CD A Medieval Christmas. We will listen to it, I, with a glass of single malt Scotch, my wife with a glass of Sherry and some minced pies and we will settle back and listen to A Medieval Christmas, as the Christmas lights twinkle and the cat and the cockatiel doze. The singing is provided by Pro Cantione Antiqua, which is made up of Charles Brett and Timothy Penrose (they are the countertenors) James Griffiths, Neil Jenkins and Ian Partridge (tenors.) Brian Etheridge and Michael George (basses). The musical accompaniment is provided by the Medieval Wind Ensemble, made up of Peter Davies (recorders, doucaine, bombard and bagpipes, Jonathon Morgan (recorders, doucaine, shawm and sackbut) and Mark Brown (tabor and timbrel. The conductor was Mark Brown. Although... Read review

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Advantages: great mix
Disadvantages: none

..."This is an adventure into that downtown New York City vibe" ~ Armand Van Helden For me Armand Van Helden is a dance music legend, as a child of the nineties I grew up listening to his house and techno classics. He is thee man. This the guy responsible for making Tori Amos "Professional Widow" and The Sneeker Pimps "Spin Spin Sugar" massive hits. As well as producing some damn fine house records himself such as "You Don't Know Me" and "The Funk Phenomena". His artist albums have never failed to impress; he always tries something new and inventive. As a DJ he is a master of the decks with all the tricks up his sleeve, he can mix everything thing from house and techno to hiphop and ragga. If he's playing at a club he's still sure to be the hottest ticket in town. Armand started DJ-ing at the age of 15, he spent a lot of his childhood... Read review

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Advantages: New (?) wave of music to most of us
Disadvantages: Not to everybodys ears

...I am quite partial to instrumental music rather than vocal music. Most of the time I prefer Classical music to modern popular music There are some types of modern music that I do appreciate, but I feel that I must tell you about this. It is a CD of medi-evil and renaissance music. This is a type of music that I do quite enjoy, There are song tunes, Dance tunes and Devotional tunes, All that our ancestors would have been familiar with. The Popular Music of the time. You may never have heard of the Artists. The York Waits. These waits were formed in 1978 and perform music form the period 1450-1650. They perform music on original Instruments and travel to a number of shows each year. They have also appeared on Radio Three. The original Waits were musicians employed by Towns to perform music on important public occasions... Read review

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