The Tudors and the Stuarts
With Donald Macleod. The restoration of the monarchy in 1660 - after the Commonwealth period of Oliver Cromwell - brought another Charles to the throne, Charles II.
Pomp and pageantry returned to fashion after the dark theatres of the Puritan interregnum, and Charles imported continental manners to music as well.
Locke Music for His Majesty's
Sagbutts and Cornetts Michael Laird Cornett and Sagbutt Ensemble
Humfrey 0 Give Thanks unto the Lord Soloists, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Romanesca, conductor Nicholas McGegan
Grabu Incidental music: Valentinian
Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band, director Peter Holman
Locke/Banister Incidental music: The Tempest
Judith Nelson and Emma Kirkby (sopranos), Academy of Ancient
Music, director Christopher Hogwood