Singer/instrumentalist John Fleagle created some of the most lyrical and inventive performances of medieval song. With a background in jazz and traditional singing, his voice captivated audiences at festivals around the world. His contemporary style of interpretation breathed life into poems some seven or eight hundred years old--be they in Old French, Latin, Middle English or Gaelic. He fashioned compelling arrangements of his songs on beautiful reconstructions of medieval stringed instruments: lute, gothic harp and hurdy-gurdy, which he also designed and built. Fleagle is well known to radio audiences here and abroad for his epic musical storytelling adventures, including the Voyage of Saint Brendan and the Roman de Silence. He can be heard, as well, on Erato, New Albion and BMG records.

Worlds Bliss - Medieval Songs of Love and Death

Tagged as: Classical, Folk, Medieval.

1. Misericordia: sickeningly good Medieval
2. Canconier: Medieval music from the 12th to the 15th centuries
3. Briddes Roune: 13th century medieval English songs
4. Musica Pacifica: Baroque and traditional music from England, Scotland and Ireland
5. Asteria: late-medieval vocal and instrumental music
6. Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.
7. La Primavera: English Renaissance music.
8. Dufay Collective: instrumental and vocal music from the Middle Ages and Reniassance
9. Lara St John: Bach violin concertos
10. Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
11. Daughters of Elvin: Medieval Songs of Love and Enchantment
12. Mediva: medieval music made enticingly modern
13. In Nova Cantica: carols and chansons from the 13th - 17th Centuries for dancing, festivities and mayhem
14. Ostraka: virtuosic music for viol, lutes and guitars
15. La Reverie: Recreating traditional music from a modern perspective
16. American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
17. Poeticall Musicke: Late Renaissance and Early Baroque music, historically performed
18. Chambure Vihuela Quartet: Dance music and songs of Renaissance Spain
19. Tim Rayborn: Medieval and Middle Eastern music
20. Rossignol: spare and lyrical medieval troubadour songs