The City Musick - The Topping Tooters of the Town (Music of the London Waits 1580 - 1650) (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. The Night Watch, PGA 55
02. Courtly Masquing Ayres: Ayr 18 "The Bull Maske"
03. Courtly Masquing Ayres: Ayre 20
04. Courtly Masquing Ayres: Ayre 21
05. Pavana & Galliarda Dolorosa: Pavane
06. Pavana & Galliarda Dolorosa: Galliarda
07. The Quadran Pavan (Arr. William Lyons)
08. Turkeyloney (Arr. William Lyons)
09. The Earl of Essex Measures (Arr. William Lyons)
10. Tinternell (Arr. William Lyons)
11. The Old Almain (Arr. William Lyons)
12. The Queen’s Almain (Arr. William Lyons)
13. The Cecilia Almain
14. The Black Almain (Arr. William Lyons)
15. See, See, Myne Own Sweet Jewell
16. Hould Out, My Hart
17. Crewell You Pull Away too Soone
18. Psalm 100 "All People that on Earth do Dwell"
19. Psalm 68 "Let God Arise, Let His Enemies be Scattered"
20. Psalm 149 "Sing Ye Unto the Lord Our God"
21. Psalm 117 "O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations"
22. Paradizo, PGA 17
23. The Lullabie
24. The Cradle, PGA 5
25. Pauls Wharf
26. All Ye Who Love
27. Lilliburlero (Arr. William Lyons)
28. Maiden Lane (Arr. William Lyons)
29. Halfe Hannikin (Arr. William Lyons)
30. Sellengers Rownde (Arr. William Lyons)


“Why these are the city waits, who play every winter’s night through the streets to rouse each lazy drone to family duty. These are the topping tooters of the town, and have gowns, silver chains, and salaries, for playing “Lilliburlero” to my Lord Mayor’s horse through the city.” This 1709 reference to a professional band of musicians conjures the thriving city of London in the 16th and 17th centuries. The band’s sound is replicated on this release by the modern-day namesake The City Musick directed by foremost expert in the field William Lyons (who is also director of the Grammy-nominated Dufay Collective). The drones of dulcians and cornetts, sackbuts and shawms, evoke the era’s civic events, theatrical productions and liturgal service, paying homage to the unsung talents of the Waits from the period when their reputation was at its zenith.

The City Musick was formed to explore the diverse repertoire of civic and court wind players in 16th and 17th century Europe and is now firmly established as the premier renaissance wind band in the UK. After its debut USA tour in 2009, including a performance at the reconstructed Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia, the ensemble has performed for traditional feasts and ceremonies in the City of London, at the York Early Music Festival, and in Florence and Antwerp. The City Musick made their BBC Proms debut in 2012 with a performance of Venetian music in collaboration with I Fagiolini. The resulting Decca recording and that of the Striggio Mass, also involving the ensemble, have both met with great critical acclaim.

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