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. Voices of Music: Lilting Renaissance & Baroque vocal interpretations
2. Takashi Matsuishi Spark: flautists with finesse, intelligence and grooves
3. Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
4. American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
5. Lara St John: Bach violin concertos
6. La Reverie: Recreating traditional music from a modern perspective
7. Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
8. Vox Nostra: gorgeously complex and rich vocals using manuscripts from the middle ages
9. Da Camera: Celtic Renaissance/Baroque Ensemble
10. Andreas Almqvist: elegant classical guitar
11. Canconier: Medieval music from the 12th to the 15th centuries
12. Sebastian Forster: exquisitely performed Beethoven piano sonatas
13. Skarazula: medieval European, Turkish and Arabic music
14. Asteria: late-medieval vocal and instrumental music
15. Misericordia: sickeningly good Medieval
16. AlmaNova: lively flute/guitar duo
17. Jeff Wahl: acoustic new age and jazz guitar.
18. Telemann Trio Berlin: Skillfully balanced chamber music
19. Dufay Collective: instrumental and vocal music from the Middle Ages and Reniassance
20. Music of the Spheres: small Baroque chamber ensemble