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The Image of Melancolly

AMSTERDAM LOEKI STARDUST QUARTET
BOEKE, KEES - recorder

Holborne

Physical CD		Price
Normal PCM CD (In stock)		$20.41

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The Melancholic Humour, an Elizabethan Malady Man is the warmest on the first day of his existence, and coldest on the last(Hippocrates). For the Renaissance physician, mans physical being is stayed upon two pillars, which are the radicall heat and moisture. Natural heat, the very source of life, is maintained by moisture as the oyle which is put into the lampes doth mayntayne and feede the flame, but this being consumed day by day must finally give way to the cold and dryness of death....

Additional Information

Main artist	AMSTERDAM LOEKI STARDUST QUARTET BOEKE, KEES - recorder
Composer	Holborne
Inlay	A. Holborne The Image of Melancholly Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet & Kees Boeke, recorder A. Holborne: Bona Speranza The teares of the Muses; Paradizo + The Sighes; Infernum + Galliard; Amoretta + Nec invideo; The Image of Melancolly + Ecce quam bonum; Pavana Ploravit + Sic semper soleo; The funerals + Galliard; Muy linda K. Boeke: Lacrime J. Dowland: Mellancoly Galliard
Biography	The Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet was formed in 1978 while its members were students at Amsterdam's Sweelinck Conservatory. Since then the Quartet has enjoyed a reputation as the world's most innovative and exciting recorder consort. From the beginning it has brought an unconventional approach to recorder playing, exploring and extending the instrument's range with music from the Renaissance to present day jazz arrangements. Despite its unusual name and varied repertoire the Quartet has won world-wide recognition as a serious ensemble of unparalleled virtuosity. In 1981 it won the Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges. Since then the Quartet has appeared throughout Europe in radio and television broadcasts and has toured extensively in the United States, the Soviet Union, Australia and Japan. Its members have worked closely with instrument makers from all over the world and have assembled a unique collection of Renaissance and Baroque recorders, ranging from the 8 inch sopranino to the great bass, measuring over six feet.
Awards
Quotes	(...) played beautifully (...) American Recorder
Format	Normal PCM CD
Running time	48:12
Year of release	1991