Musica Reservata

Musica Reservata Is A Musical Ensemble Founded In London In 1960 By Michael Morrow John Beckett And John Sothcott. Michael Morrow And John Beckett Became The Creative Directors. 1 The Group's Main Intention Was To Rediscover And Reinterpret Mainly Renaissance And Baroque Music And Since Its Inception Has Given Recitals Throughout The World Undertaken Broadcasts And Given Numerous Recorded Performances Thus Popularising Medieval And Early Modern Music. The Great Asset Of The Ensemble Was The Mezzo-Soprano Jantina Noorman As Edward Breen Remarks In An Article Her “striking Use Of Chest-Voice Frequently Divided Critics” 2 . Michael Morrow Was Responsible For A Number Of Important Arrangements Developing A Particular Interest In European Folk Music Especially In Those Of Balkan Countries Until His Death In 1994. The Significance Of Morrow's Work And His Approach May Be Perhaps Best Described In The Words Of Catherine Mackintosh A Former Leader Of The Academy Of Ancient Music And Later The Orchestra Of The Age Of Englightenment “Musica Reservata Was The Most Exciting And Original Early Music Group – Ever!”. In Morrow's Obituary Notice The Musician Has Been Called By David Fallows “the Clearest Case Of What They Call An Original” 3 . Amongst Musicians Who Played For Some Time In Musica Reservata Was It May Be Noted The Legendary David Munrow The Latter Founder Of The Early Music Consort Of London And Andrew Parrott Who Conducted Musica Reservata In The Mid-1970s. Selected Discography 1967 - Music Of The Early Renaissance. John Dunstable And His Contemporaries Recorded With The Purcell Consort Of Voices Vox "Turnabout" # TV 34058S LP 1968 - Metaphysical Tobacco. Songs And Dances By Dowland East And Holborne Recorded With The Purcell Consort Of Voices Argo # ZRG-572 LP 1968 - To Entertain A King Music For Henry VIII Recorded With The Purcell Consort Of Voices Argo # ZRG 566 LP 1968 - Music From The Time Of Christopher Columbus Philips # 432 821-2 PM
1968 - French Court Music Of The Thirteenth Century Delysé # DS 3201 LP 1968 - Music From The Hundred Years War Philips "Trésors Classiques" # 839 753 LY LP 1970 - Sixteenth Century Italian Dance Music Philips # 6500 102 LP 1970 - Music From The Decameron Philips "Trésors Classiques" # 802 904 LY LP 1971 - Music From The Court Of Burgundy Philips "Trésors Classiques" # 6500 085 LP 1971 - A Florentine Festival Argo # ZRG 602 LP 1971 - Sixteenth Century French Dance Music Philips "Trésors Classiques" 6500 293 LP 1972 - The Instruments Of The Middle Ages And Renaissance Vanguard Classics # 08 9059 72 CD Reissue 1973 - The Art Of Courtly Love Compilation Virgin Veritas # 7243 5 61284 2 2 CD Reissue 1976 - Josquin Des Prés Argo # ZRG 793 LP 1978 - A Concert Of Early Music Vanguard Classics # SVC 96 LP 1 Http //es.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Musica_Reservata_(grupo) 2 Http //www.Semibrevity.Com/2015/05/david-Munrow-Of-The-Early-Music-Consort-And-Folk-Music/ 3 Nick Wilson The Art Of Re-Enchantment Making Early Music In The Modern Age Oxford University Press 2013 P. 25 Online Preview Https //books.Google.Co.Uk/books?id EVOcAQAAQBAJ&dq "Musica Reservata" "morrow"&source Gbs_Navlinks_S read less