Album announcement!
It's official: my newest album, Dulce Melos, will be released 20 May! I named it for the Medieval Latin phrase for "sweet sound" that was later anglicized to "dulcimer"
The basic concept of the album was that it would be majority historical, focusing on but not limited to 15-17 century music. The other parts would be original and Irish music, with one track by Turlough O'Carolan straddling the divide. More specifically, I wanted to make the album roughly equal parts renaissance, baroque, original, and Irish, and I came pretty close. The final track list is:
Douce Dame Jolie (G. de Machaut, 1300 - 1377)
The Faerie Round (A. Holborne, 1545 - 1602)
The Rights of Man (traditional)
Augury (V. Conaway)
Fantasie 34 & 35 (F. Canova da Milano, 1497 - 1543)
Planxty Burke (T. O'Carolan, 1670 - 1738)
Le Souvenir (R. Morton, 1430 - c. 1479)
Corrente Terza (A. Piccinini, 1566 - 1638)
Cooley's Reel (traditional)
Volte VII & VIII (M. Galilei, 1575 - 1631)
Kyrie (anonymous, Faenza Codex)
Danza All'Improvviso (V. Conaway)
Toccata per spinettina sola (G. Frescobaldi, 1583 - 1643)
Falla con Misuras a.k.a. La Spagna (G. Ebreo da Pesaro, c. 1420 - c. 1484)
Replica Variata Della Corrente Terza (A. Piccinini, 1566 - 1638)
Foxhunter's Jig (traditional)
Allemonde in Em (J.S. Bach, 1685 - 1750)
Epiphany (V. Conaway)
I've listened to it a lot over the past two days; I'm pleased at how it's turned out and excited to share it with the world!
The basic concept of the album was that it would be majority historical, focusing on but not limited to 15-17 century music. The other parts would be original and Irish music, with one track by Turlough O'Carolan straddling the divide. More specifically, I wanted to make the album roughly equal parts renaissance, baroque, original, and Irish, and I came pretty close. The final track list is:
Douce Dame Jolie (G. de Machaut, 1300 - 1377)
The Faerie Round (A. Holborne, 1545 - 1602)
The Rights of Man (traditional)
Augury (V. Conaway)
Fantasie 34 & 35 (F. Canova da Milano, 1497 - 1543)
Planxty Burke (T. O'Carolan, 1670 - 1738)
Le Souvenir (R. Morton, 1430 - c. 1479)
Corrente Terza (A. Piccinini, 1566 - 1638)
Cooley's Reel (traditional)
Volte VII & VIII (M. Galilei, 1575 - 1631)
Kyrie (anonymous, Faenza Codex)
Danza All'Improvviso (V. Conaway)
Toccata per spinettina sola (G. Frescobaldi, 1583 - 1643)
Falla con Misuras a.k.a. La Spagna (G. Ebreo da Pesaro, c. 1420 - c. 1484)
Replica Variata Della Corrente Terza (A. Piccinini, 1566 - 1638)
Foxhunter's Jig (traditional)
Allemonde in Em (J.S. Bach, 1685 - 1750)
Epiphany (V. Conaway)
I've listened to it a lot over the past two days; I'm pleased at how it's turned out and excited to share it with the world!