Notes and Editorial Reviews
At the beginning of this disc's first track, I thought I had unknowingly placed a recording by the Baltimore Consort--a frequent and very popular presence on the Dorian label--in my player. The soprano voice singing "May Song" sounded uncannily like the Consort's own Custer LaRue. Soon, I realized that this was going to be a program quite different from the slightly more "modern" Baltimore Consort programs. The instruments certainly are different, with intriguing names like crwth (a bowed lyre), cruit (a plucked Celtic lyre), and gittern ( an early ancestor of the guitar). And the repertoire, which includes not only medieval accompanied songs and purely instrumental selections, also features a captivating dramatic reading of The Lay of the
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Forge, an ancient Celtic tale, given extra atmosphere by Altramar's accompaniment on cruit, vielle, and percussion. And speaking of atmosphere, this recording's got lots of it, owing to its special combination of instruments, seductive melodies, and clear, unobtrusive sound. One thing this fine group does have in common with its Baltimore label-mate: exceptional musicianship, exemplary recording values, and uncompromising scholarship, which in Altramar's case extends even to their specially-designed matched set of instruments.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Maytime, fair aspect by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: Medieval
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 7 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: Welsh
2.
Cristo canamus gloriam by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: Medieval
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: Latin
3.
Stantipes by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: 13th Century; England
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 6 Minutes 16 Secs.
4.
Brigid, ever-good woman by Traditional
Performer:
David Stattelman (Voice)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: Medieval
Written: Ireland
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: Welsh
5.
Inchcolm Antiphoner: O columba insignis signifer by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: Medieval
Written: Scotland
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 4 Minutes 7 Secs.
Language: Latin
6.
Amra by Jann Cosart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs.
7.
Ecce, fulget clarissima by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: Medieval
Written: Ireland
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 5 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: Latin
8.
The Lay of the Forge by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Written: Ireland
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 15 Minutes 44 Secs.
Language: Welsh
9.
Winter by Jann Cosart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 5 Minutes 39 Secs.
Language: Welsh
10.
Adest dies leticie by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: Medieval
Written: Ireland
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: Latin
11.
Ysgolan by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Written: Brittany (Bretagne),
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 9 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: Welsh
12.
Tristan et Iseult: no 14, A vous Tristan by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Altramar Medieval Ensemble
Period: Medieval
Date of Recording: 06/1998
Venue: IC Church, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Length: 5 Minutes 47 Secs.
Language: French
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