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Stunning and wonderful

10/26/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A wonderful recording that totally captivated me when I was 20 years old, and it's still one of my all-time favorites. Jantina Noorman's brilliant vocal performance is scarcely to be believed -- incredibly varied and nuanced. This recording would be an excellent choice for anyone just getting interested in early music as well as the expert!"

THE Recording that sparked Medieval Music in the 80's !

06/25/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Musica Reservata's "A Concert of Early Music" is a _Must-Have_ for any lover of Medieval and Rennaisance tunes. While quirky (and even at times jarringly abrasive), this recording brought to the forefront the importance of Crusade-accquired instruments and techniques during the trouvere and troubador period in France.This Album is a wonderful excercise in "Compare and Contrast". In one album, we hear the gamut of Early Music... from Jantina Noorman's rambunctious rendition's of Raimbaut de Vaquieras' "Kalenda Maya" and Robert Morton's "Il sera pour vous conbatu / l'home arme" to the refined, and even ethereal pieces that came much later, such as "Aime sospiri" and "Dont vient cela".This is an early (and very important) attempt to put Early Music into its Social context. You can smell the Great Hall, the Cathedral, and the Marketplace in these performances. The performers were all having a ball from the sound of things. The instrumentalists and singers are at the top of their form... both rebecs and mezzo's are doing things that, while they may have been common in 1300, haven't been recorded as fervently since this album's release in 1972."

Gutsy, right to the point .

11/25/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"if you have ever conceived of standing next to Breugel as he was painting . If you could imagine the music he might have heard then you owe it to yourself to consider Musica Reservata and all of their work. I cannot imagine a more likely rendering of this period music"