Ed Durbrow has studied the lute since the mid 1970s. Among his many teachers were Robert Strizich, Paul Odette and a year with Eugene Dombois at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland in 1979-80. His discography includes a band single recorded in EMI's Abbey Road Studios as a result of winning the first Melody Maker Rock Contest in London in 1972 and a writing credit on an Ueda Masaki number one album in Japan in 1983. He has composed music for TV commercials and other performers CDs in Japan as well as recording much music in his own studio for many diverse artists. He has played all over Japan performing in costume for general audiences many of whom have never seen a lute. The personel for La Primavera seems to be ever changing in Japan. For this recording, tenor Jacob Dougherty, bass Nathaniel Hurvitz and soprano Michelle Keobke of Canada joined Americans viola da gambists David Morris and Natalie Sera, recorder player Richard Geisler, and soprano Beverly Marks.

English Renaissance Music

Tagged as: Classical, Renaissance, Classical Singing, Composer: Diego Ortiz, Composer: Giulio Caccini, Composer: John Dowland, Composer: Philip Rosseter, Composer: Robert Jones, Composer: Thomas Campion, Composer: Tobias Hume, Composer: William Byrd, Lute.

1. Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
2. In Nova Cantica: carols and chansons from the 13th - 17th Centuries for dancing, festivities and mayhem
3. Jacob Heringman: renaissance lute
4. Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
5. Paul Berget: renaissance lute, modernized.
6. Dufay Collective: instrumental and vocal music from the Middle Ages and Reniassance
7. Jeni Melia: Elizabethan lute and folk song
8. Edward Martin: vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute
9. Paul Beier: solo lute of the Italian renaissance.
10. American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
11. Vito Paternoster: cellist extraordinaire
12. Canconier: Medieval music from the 12th to the 15th centuries
13. Asteria: late-medieval vocal and instrumental music
14. Richard MacKenzie: Virtuoso English Lutenist and Guitarist
15. Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
16. Ed Durbrow: Renaissance lute music.
17. Vox Nostra: gorgeously complex and rich vocals using manuscripts from the middle ages
18. Zephyrus: Early Music vocal ensemble
19. Jacob Heringman and Catherine King: renaissance songs
20. Andreas Almqvist: elegant classical guitar