Baltimore Consort
The Baltimore Consort is a small ensemble of instrumentalists and singers whose major focus has been early music, taking into account both the classical and folk realms, often blurring the distinction between the two. In the early years, its main focus was English music from the Elizabethan period, but the group soon branched out into Irish, Scottish, French, Spanish, and Italian early music. The chronological range of the repertory has generally fallen into Renaissance era, roughly spanning the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Consort players perform on early instruments (viols, recorders, lutes, rebec, etc.) and their concerts and recordings can feature only instrumental music or a mixture of vocal and instrumental pieces. The Consort regularly tours the United States and has made several highly successful concert tours across Europe. It has made more than a dozen recordings, mostly for the Dorian Records label.
The Baltimore Consort was founded in 1980 by lutenist Roger Harmon and flutist Mindy Rosenfeld. There have been several personnel changes over the years, and, not surprisingly, the size of the ensemble has varied: in the 1990s, for example, it was called a sextet. At that time the Consort included soprano Custer LaRue. In 2004, LaRue took a leave of absence and from that time the ensemble, consisting of five instrumentalists -- Mindy Rosenfeld, Mary Anne Ballard (viol and rebec), Mark Cudek (cittern, viol, Renaissance guitar), Larry Lipkis (viol, recorder), and Ronn McFarlane (lute) -- have used guest artists for vocals, including countertenor José Lemos and soprano Danielle Svonavec. It was in 1990 that Dorian released the Baltimore Consort's first recordings, On the Banks of Helicon, which contained early music from Scotland, and Watkins Ale, a disc of English Renaissance music. The Consort quickly became one of the most popular American early music ensembles, as a string of successful recordings and concert tours followed. The group regularly performs an orchestral concert program entitled O'er the Hills and Far Away, which features arrangements of early music works by the Consort's own Larry Lipkis. Among the Baltimore Consort's recordings is the 2007 Dorian CD Gut, Wind, and Wire: Instruments of the Baltimore Consort, which contains 36 numbers of sixteenth century instrumental pieces.
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Music for the Yuletide Season (Musiques pour la Nativité) (Bright Day Star)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian le 4 oct. 1994
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Baltimore Consort: Live in Concert (John Forbes - Traditional - William McGibbon)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian Sono Luminus le 1 janv. 2008
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A Trip to Killburn (The Baltimore Consort)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian le 18 juin 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musiques anglaises de la Renaissance (Watkins Ale)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian le 1 janv. 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique traditionnelle française de la Renaissance (La Rocque'n Roll)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian le 28 sept. 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Best of the Baltimore Consort (Thomas Morley - Traditional - Thomas D'Urfey)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian Sono Luminus le 28 janv. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tunes from the Attic (The Baltimore Consort)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian le 18 avr. 1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique ancienne d'Ecosse (On the banks of Helicon)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian le 1 janv. 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chamber Music (Spanish) - Pisador, D. / Ortiz, D. / Torre, F. De La / Mudarra, A. / Guerrero, P. / Encina, J. Del (Adio Espana) ( Traditional - Diego Pisador - Diego Ortiz)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian Sono Luminus le 1 janv. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chamber and Vocal Music (16Th-17Th Centuries) – Reade, R. / Johnson, J. Ravenscroft, T. / Morley, T. (The Ladyes Delight) (Richard Reade - John Johnson - Thomas Ravenscroft)
Classique - Paru chez Dorian Sono Luminus le 15 févr. 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo