Track Listing

1. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': La Mourisque
2. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Branle quatre branles
3. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Ronde & Salterelle
4. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Ronde Mon Amy
5. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Allemaigne & Recoupe
6. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Pavane Mille Regretz
7. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Basse Danse Bergeret Sans Roch & Reprise
8. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Danse Du Roy
9. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Ronde
10. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Passe Et Medio & Reprinse Le Pingue
11. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Ronde
12. Twelve Dances From the 'Danserye': Pavane La Bataille
13. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': Mounsier's Almaine
14. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': Lachrimae Pavan
15. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': Michill's Galliard
16. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': Lute Duet: My Lord Chamberlain's Galliard
17. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': The Jew's Dance
18. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': Captaine Piper's Pavan & Galliard
19. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': My Lord of Oxenford's Maske
20. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': Lavolto
21. Dances For Broken Consort From 'The First Booke Of Consort Lessons': La Coranta
22. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': Pass'e Mezzo Della Paganina
23. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': Ballo Francese
24. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': La Lavandara
25. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': L'Arboscello Ballo Furlano
26. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': La Zanetta
27. La Negrona
28. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': Pass'e Mezzo Moderno
29. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': Ballo Anglese
30. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': Schiarazula Marazula
31. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': Ongarescha
32. Five Dances From 'Il Primo Libro De Balli': Tedescha
33. Canzona Prima A 12

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40280 in Music
• Released on: 2003-04-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 77 minutes

Customer Reviews

A must-have re-release of a classic!
The first 21 cuts on this CD are a re-release of the album 'Pleasures of the Court'. This was one of the first albums in this genre which showed that music of this period was really alive, not merely 'quaint'. The rest of the pieces on this CD are equally marvelous. David Munrow really began a revolution in the interpretation of renaissance music, and one wonders what he would have done had he not taken his own life at such a young age.

Evocative music of the Tudor and Jacobean royal courts
Recommended. I first bought it on cassette in about 1978, and was delighted to re-discover it recently on CD. Evokes images of the Tudor and Jacobean royal courts. Remember this music if you should ever go to Hampton Court, or stand on Richmond Hill and look down "the matchless vale of Thames". Buy it while you can.

Definitive, energetic and fresh account of C16th rock n roll
Simply one of the best dance compilations ever released - a definitive, fresh and energetic account of the first flowering of dance ensembles in C15-16th Europe. Still exciting nearly 20 years after its original release and a poignant reminder of the lost genius of English early music supremo David Munrow; the album was released shortly before his untimely death. Many recent collections have tried to tap into the fashion for early music but this one remains in a league of its own by virtue of the sheer energy and rhythmic drive of its performances - moving, too, in its (fewer) quiet moments. A sadly neglected "must-have".