Waytes (English Music for a Renaissance Band)

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Tan ta ra ran tan tant, cryes Mars (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Weelkes


1.   Tan ta ra ran tan tant, cryes Mars - 00:01:13


Yong Cupid hath proclaim'd (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Weelkes


2.   Yong Cupid hath proclaim'd - 00:01:56


Cease sorrowes now (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Weelkes


3.   Cease sorrowes now - 00:02:40


A cuntrie paire (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Weelkes


4.   A cuntrie paire - 00:02:05


Three times a day (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Weelkes


5.   Three times a day - 00:01:47


I come, sweet birds (more info)
Composed by: Robert Jones


6.   I come, sweet birds - 00:03:19


Rossignol (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous


7.   Rossignol - 00:01:46


The Nightiangle (more info)


8.   The Nightiangle - 00:01:48


In midst of woods - The Blackbird (more info)
Composed by: John Mundy


9.   In midst of woods - The Blackbird - 00:03:08


Goddesses (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous
Christa Patton, guitar
Grant Herreid, lute
Greg Ingles, alto trombone
Joan Kimball,
Robert Wiemken,
Priscilla Smith,


10.   Goddesses - 00:02:53


La Bounette (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous
Christa Patton, guitar
Grant Herreid, lute
Greg Ingles, alto trombone
Joan Kimball,
Robert Wiemken,
Priscilla Smith,


11.   La Bounette - 00:02:29


Siderum rector (more info)
Composed by: William Byrd


12.   Siderum rector - 00:02:40


Tribulatio proxima est (more info)
Composed by: William Byrd


13.   Tribulatio proxima est - 00:03:47


Domine, non sum dignus (more info)
Composed by: William Byrd


14.   Domine, non sum dignus - 00:02:02


Pavane (arr. P. Holman) (more info)
Composed by: Augustine Bassano
Conducted by: Peter Holman


15.   Pavane (arr. P. Holman) - 00:02:14


2 Almandes (arr. P. Holman and C. Patton) (more info)
Composed by: Alfonso Ferrabosco II
Conducted by: Peter Holman
Christa Patton, guitar


16.   2 Almandes (arr. P. Holman and C. Patton) - 00:03:03


Masquing ayre: The nobleman (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous


17.   Masquing ayre: The nobleman - 00:02:10


French king's masque (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous


18.   French king's masque - 00:01:25


Antimasque: The second witch's dance (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous


19.   Antimasque: The second witch's dance - 00:02:14


The Indian weed is withered quite (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous
Grant Herreid, lute


20.   The Indian weed is withered quite - 00:02:03


Come sirrah Jacke hoe (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Weelkes


21.   Come sirrah Jacke hoe - 00:02:02


Hackney (more info)
Composed by: Clement Woodcock


22.   Hackney - 00:01:20


Sermone blando (more info)
Composed by: William Byrd


23.   Sermone blando - 00:04:14


Fantasia a 3 (more info)
Composed by: William Byrd


24.   Fantasia a 3 - 00:02:05


O nata lux de lumine (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Tallis


25.   O nata lux de lumine - 00:02:31


The Song Called Trumpets (more info)
Composed by: Robert Parsons


26.   The Song Called Trumpets - 00:02:15

Reviews

Piffaro: Waytes Navona NV5823 (Feb 9, 2010)
Reviewer:Ted Wilks
Since 1980, the seven-member group known as 'Piffaro, The Renaissance Band' has attained an unequalled reputation for excellence in performance and recordings of music from the late Medieval and Renaissance periods. Their latest CD, entitled 'Waytes,' offers music by famous English composers William Byrd (1543-1623), Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), and Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623), plus other works by... Since 1980, the seven-member group known as 'Piffaro, The Renaissance Band' has attained an unequalled reputation for excellence in performance and recordings of music from the late Medieval and Renaissance periods. Their latest CD, entitled 'Waytes,' offers music by famous English composers William Byrd (1543-1623), Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), and Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623), plus other works by lesser well-known composers. Several works are by 'Anon, ' who, as Michael Flanders (of Flanders and Swann fame) once humorously quipped, 'is writing some perfectly lovely stuff…' The performances and sound quality are exemplary.
The first thing evident about the CD packaging, in cardboard versus the customary jewel case, is that no program notes are evident. Why not? Surely most Renaissance-music aficionados want to read about the composers and their music; and some comments about the period instruments used, such as sackbut, krumhorn, shawm, and dulcian, would be enlightening. Then I noticed, in small print on the CD, the words 'enhanced CD.' What does that mean? Upon closer examination of the back of the packaging, I noticed a seemingly unimportant, small green rectangle in the bottom, right-hand corner containing some writing, turned sideways, in very small print. It says 'Place this disc in your computer to access exclusive interactive multimedia content.' Only then did I find comprehensive program notes, plus an extended tutorial on the period instruments used. Per se, these are splendid, but the big drawback is that neither is accessible to buyers who either have no computer or who fail to notice the statement in the small green rectangle.
Ted Wilks (read more)