The Tudors and the Stuarts
With Donald Macleod. After the tribulations of the short reign of her half-sister, the accession in 1558 of Elizabeth ushered in a period not only of relative political and economic stability, but a Golden Age in all the arts. And here, as elsewhere, the queen herself often led the way. Byrd 0 Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth Our Queen King's Singers
Britten, arr Bream Courtly Dances (Gloriana)
Julian Bream Consort
Byrd The Queen's Almain Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
Donizetti Confrontation Scene (Maria Stuarda)
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Farnaby Up Tailes All
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)