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. American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
2. Edward Martin: vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute
3. Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
4. Vox Nostra: gorgeously complex and rich vocals using manuscripts from the middle ages
5. Vito Paternoster: cellist extraordinaire
6. Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
7. Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
8. Paul Berget: renaissance lute, modernized.
9. Canconier: Medieval music from the 12th to the 15th centuries
10. Paul Beier: solo lute of the Italian renaissance.
11. Asteria: late-medieval vocal and instrumental music
12. Richard MacKenzie: Virtuoso English Lutenist and Guitarist
13. Stephane Potvin and the Con Brio Choir: choral conductor extraordinaire
14. Jacob Heringman: renaissance lute
15. Andreas Almqvist: elegant classical guitar
16. La Reverie: Recreating traditional music from a modern perspective
17. In Nova Cantica: carols and chansons from the 13th - 17th Centuries for dancing, festivities and mayhem
18. Colin Booth: solo harpsichord music
19. Musica Pacifica: Baroque and traditional music from England, Scotland and Ireland
20. Skarazula: medieval European, Turkish and Arabic music