The King's Noyse, dir. David Douglass: Royal Delight: 17th Century Ballads & Dances

The King's Noyse, dir. David Douglass: Royal Delight: 17th Century Ballads & Dances

The King's Noyse, dir. David Douglass: Royal Delight: 17th Century Ballads & Dances
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Composer: Anonymous
Composer: English Traditional
Composer: John [1] Playford
Composer: English Anonymous
Composer: William [Composer] Byrd
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Composer: John [Bass] Whitfield
Composer: Johannes Schultz
Composer: Samuel Scheidt
Composer: William Brade
Composer: Thomas [1] Simpson
Composer: Gregorian Chant
Composer: Scottish Traditional
Composer: Henry Stonings
Composer: John Baldwine
Composer: John Marchant
Performer: King's Noyse
Performer: Ellen L. Hargis
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. The King's Delight
  2. All In A Garden Green
  3. Gathering Peascods
  4. Blew-Cap For Me
  5. Fortune My Foe
  6. Browning
  7. Jog On
  8. Courante - Packington's Pound
  9. Daphne
  10. Huntsuppe
  11. The Lovely Northerne Lasse
  12. Tantz
  13. O Nachbar Roland
  14. Dulcina
  15. As Att Noone Dulcina Rested
  16. Grimstock
  17. Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
  18. Ricercar - Bonny Sweet Robin
  19. A Light Hearts A Jewell
  20. Child Grove
  21. Easter Thursday
  22. The Beggar Boy
  23. Mr. Isacc's Maggot
  24. The Little Barley-Corne
Music CD 2
  1. The Happy Meeting
  2. Boatman
  3. Trip And Go
  4. Barbara Allen's Cruelty
  5. Preludium
  6. Browning My Dear
  7. Hollis Berrie
  8. New Castle
  9. Newmarket
  10. Now, O Now, I Need Must Part
  11. Coockow As I Me Walked
  12. Sing Care Away
  13. Souches Marche
  14. Emperor Of The Moon
  15. Tickle My Toe
  16. I Smell A Rat
  17. Wilson's Wilde
  18. Walsingham
  19. Begone, Sweit Night
  20. Strawberries And Cream
  21. The Queen's Delight
  22. Half Hanniken
  23. Nottingham Ale

Music reviews of The King's Noyse, dir. David Douglass: Royal Delight: 17th Century Ballads & Dances

Music Review: Delight was the right word!
Rating: 5 Stars

Royal Delight. 17th Century Ballads and Dances. Performed by Ellen Hargis, soprano; Paul O'Dette, lute and cittern; The King's Noyse [David Douglass, violin; Robert Mealy, violin and viola; Scott Metcalf & Jane Starkman, violas; Emily Walhout, bass violin], dir. David Douglass. CD 1 was recorded at the Campion Center in Boston, MA, from November 3 thru 5, 1992 and originally released in 1993 under the title "The King's Delight". CD 2 was recorded at the same location from March 14 thru 16, 1996, and originally released in 1996 under the title "The Queen's Delight". This reissue as a mid-price set (HMX 2907370.71) appeared in 2005. Total playing time: 144'20".

Some time ago I reviewed "The King's Delight" and wrote the following: "Although the music here is highly entertaining in itself, this CD should really only be heard after studying Jack Ashworth's informative booklet notes, and preferably also with some knowledge of 16th and 17th century English music. This period in English musical history is generally associated with the "viol consort" in which a group of differently-sized "viols" or "violas da gamba" played together with the musicians sitting around a set of notes, sometimes accompanied by a recorder or voice. This kind of music is quite ethereal but probably does not reflect the reality of life in early 17th century England (the epoque of Shakespeare, Webster and Jonson). In recent years it has been established that not only the nasal-sounding "viol", but also the violin was played "in consort", and various musicians have gone about re-creating this sound. Among the first were The Parley of Instruments in England and The King's Noyse in the USA, who here present their first-ever disk containing so-called "broadside ballads", interspersed with dance tunes, some of which have been delivered down to us in manuscript, others of which are of more traditional nature and have been arranged by David Douglass for this particular variety of consort. There are also three solos by that miracle of lute-playing, Paul O'Dette, using a different instrument each time. The effect of the whole is quite "folksy", approaching in some ways a "crossover" approach. The gentle strings of the instrumental pieces are captivating, while Ellen Hargis does a great job of making her ballads sound as they might have done in a 17th century tavern, including using a regional English accent. Her singing is, of course, not always "beautiful", with some quite harsh leaps and the recording venue producing some pretty sharp echoing at louder points - not something everyone will appreciate, but definitely contributing to the "authenticity" of the recording, insofar as there can be such a thing with music from such a distant period. I purchased this CD because it was awarded "Disk of the Month" status in a German-language Early Music magazine."

The "Queen's Delight" album, here CD 2, is "more of the same", with some lively playing of renaissance violins and violas for the dance music, a couple of solos by Paul O'Dette on the lute or cittern and some great ballad-singing by Ellen Hargis, who excels in creating a crossover-atmosphere between classical soprano and folk-singer, even imitating the English country accents of the period. She gets some really attractive songs to sing here, the most memorable being "Barbara Allen" and "I Smell a Rat". The recorded sound is excellent, provided it is heard on good equipment: the high soprano voice is brought forward by the engineers and could cause problems on inferior sound-reproducing equipment (i. e. if played on a small computer or MP3 player). "Delight" was the right word for these disks!

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