Fortune's Wheel is a spirited collaboration of four distinguished early-music performers devoted to rediscovering the riches of medieval musical traditions. Their performances combine a meticulous attention to vocal sonority and instrumental virtuosity with an engaging sense of theater and improvisation. Their deep experience and personal warmth have won them a devoted following wherever they appear. Fortune's Wheel made its debut at the 1996 International Festival of Early Music in Mexico City, where critics acclaimed the group's "style, diction, tuning, perfect balance, and total engagement with the music." Since then, the ensemble has been presented by early music concert series in San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Tijuana, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Houston, Jackson, Tucson, Columbus, Cambridge, and Duke University. They have also appeared at the Boston Early Music Festival, the Berkeley Early Music Festival, the Amherst Early Music Festival, The Cloisters and the Frick Collection in New York City, Yale University's Collection of Musical Instruments, and many other series.

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Tagged as: Classical, World, Folk, Medieval, Classical Singing, Harp, Lute, Vielle.

1. Asteria: late-medieval vocal and instrumental music
2. Federico Moscogiuri: Original and evocative lute music
3. Skarazula: medieval European, Turkish and Arabic music
4. Canconier: Medieval music from the 12th to the 15th centuries
5. La Reverie: Recreating traditional music from a modern perspective
6. Andreas Almqvist: elegant classical guitar
7. Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
8. Voices of Music: Lilting Renaissance & Baroque vocal interpretations
9. Paul Beier: solo lute of the Italian renaissance.
10. Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
11. Jeff Wahl: acoustic new age and jazz guitar.
12. In Nova Cantica: carols and chansons from the 13th - 17th Centuries for dancing, festivities and mayhem
13. Alison Crum and Roy Marks: Ethereal, enigmatic and exhilarating renaissance miniature masterpieces for viol and lute
14. Edward Martin: vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute
15. Kaare Norge: outstanding classical guitar
16. Mauricio Buraglia: a marvelous classical spiral of lute sounds
17. Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
18. Misericordia: sickeningly good Medieval
19. Lara St John: Bach violin concertos
20. Da Camera: Celtic Renaissance/Baroque Ensemble