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The Chaucer Songbook
Carol Wood
The Chaucer Songbook
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
 
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All Artists: Carol Wood
Title: The Chaucer Songbook
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Eroica Classical Recordings
Original Release Date: 6/8/2000
Release Date: 6/8/2000
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Ballads, Historical Periods, Early Music
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 660355211621, 669910240823
 

CD Reviews

A Relaxing and Beautiful Trip into the Middle Ages
07/22/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The singing and playing on this disk, as well as the music itself, is quite wonderful. There is also an extremely interesting, informative, and attractive booklet that comes with it filled with a great deal of information about Chaucer, the music, the sources of the music, and translations. Whether one is interested in Chaucer or not, the music is very compelling and quite beautiful, and all the facts about the Middle Ages were quite interesting, too. All three of the female vocalists are superb, as is the harp playing and the other instrumental music. I have listened to this CD many times now and find it very relaxing, especially after a day of work. So it has my highest recommedation for several reasons."
A Refreshing Change
Dorothy Douglas | Santa Fe | 02/13/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Carol Wood is a well-known Celtic scholar with a Ph.D. in Medieval Welsh literature and several books on Celtic poetry and early music. I once had the pleasure of hearing her perform in Paris. Her approach to early music and to the performance of the works on this beautiful disk as well as on her other CDs is a refreshing change from those pseudo-"authentic" performances on pseudo-"ancient" instruments that self-styled "scholars" insist is the only "correct" approach. Her love of this music comes through in the joy of her performance and in her truly "professional" and "scholarly" approach to it. I heartily recommend it to all lovers of early music."
One Hit Wonder...NOT!!!
P. Vanderlinden | Houston, TX | 01/19/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"There is so much more to this album than "I Have A Gentil Cock". Like most, I originally purchased the album for this harmonious hit single, but after a few months I was beginning to get burnt out on it. I eventually decided to give the rest of the CD a try and was amazed. DONT MAKE THE MISTAKE I MADE!!! Dont get me wrong, "I Have A Gentil Cock" is a brilliantly mastered song but please do yourself a favor and give the rest of this cd a try. You wont be sorry!"