Cardboard sleeves in cardboard box. Included 200 p. booklet. Lyrics and sung texts may be downloaded at https://www.loiseau-lyre.co.uk (Inactive)
Editor's Note 1: Recordings by The Medieval Ensemble of London and The Consort Of Musicke, and other ensembles, are listed in the booklet with members of the Ensemble who participated in the recording for each track, but generally not what instruments they played. Vocal ranges are usually listed per track, and are including in the track listing. Because of how this information is presented, since their tracks are individual works and not part of a larger work, it is impossible to provide complete instrumental credits for each track. Therefore, the general Credits section is used to note artists credited as performers & members of these ensembles with instruments used, and vocal range, if not provided in the booklet. Editor's Note 2: Tracks with - for track position are to separate parts or acts that would ordinarily call for a Header, to keep complete works under a single Index Track. Editor's Note 3: Some tracks are divided into separate subtracks as clearly presented on disc sleeves or booklet, to manage multipart tracks. Track position is as printed or by using #.# convention. The printed track timing is entered for the Originally subtrack only. Editor's Note 4: Instrument Builder credits are in the Credits section rather than track listing.
CD 1 60:29 DDD Recording Location: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, 31 October-2 November 1985. ℗ 1985 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m988498=L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 342-2], 1985.
CD 2 61:37 DDD Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, 2 January 1982. ℗ 1983 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m814381=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSDL 704], 1983.
CD 3 61:37 DDD Recording Location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 12-14 January 1986. ℗ 1986 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m872580=L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 373-2], 1986.
CD 4 69:48 DDD Recording location: Temple Church, London, 28-30 November 1990. ℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [r11010851=L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 186-2], 1982.
CD 5 75:19 DDD Recording location: Temple Church, London, 5-8 February 1990. ℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1149864=L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 194-2], 1992.
CD 6 53:45 CD 7 72:35 Total timing 126:20 DDD Recording Location: Temple Church, London, 31 October-4 November 1989. ℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1062946=L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 148-2], 1992.
CD 8 48:51 DDD Recording Location: London, 4-9 January 1982 ℗ 1983 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [r2656432=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSDL 705], 1982.
CD 9 67:05 DDD Recording Location: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, 21 & 22 Mar 1994. ℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as L'Oiseau-Lyre 444 173-2, 1996.
CD 10 63:10 CD 11 67:34 Total timing 130:44 Recording Location: St George the Martyr, London, Feb 1981 ℗ 1982 (corrected from 1992) Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1682406=L'Oiseau-Lyre D254D3], 1982.
CD 12 50:50 Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hempstead, London, January 1978. ℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [r6823904=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 577], 1980.
CD 13 66:24 DDD Recording Location: Church of St Martin of Tours, East Woodhay, Berkshire, 23-25 May 1995. ℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1682274=L'Oiseau-Lyre 448 992-2], 1996.
CD 14 69:14 ADD Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hempstead, London, July 1980. ℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1536346=L'Oiseau-Lyre D237D2], 1981.
CD 15 51:57 DDD Recording Location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 6-9 January 1984. ℗ 1984 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m682535=411 937], 1984.
CD 16 47:21 DDD Recording Location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 6-9 January 1984. ℗ 1985 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [r7060630=L'Oiseau-Lyre 411 938-1], 1985.
CD 17 61:35 DDD Recording Location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 4-8 January 1983. ℗ 1983 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [r4984263=L'Oiseau-Lyre 410 107-1], 1983.
CD 18 51:40 DDD Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hempstead, London, 16-21 June 1980. ℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 593, 1981.
CD 22 62:29 DDD Recording: Henry Wood Hall, London, 4-8 January 1983. ℗ 1983, Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1684557=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSDL 714], 1983.
CD 23 71:20 DDD Recording: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, November-December 1978 (Erminia); St. Barnabas' Church, London, March 1982 (San Pietro). ℗ 1980 (Erminia), 1982 (San Pietro) Decca Music Group Limited San Pietro Originally released as [m1536829=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSDL 706], 1982. Erminia Originally released on [r6824687=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 570], 1980.
CD 24 42:08 ADD Recording: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, 23-25 April 1969. ℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1322892=DSLO 569], 1980.
CD 25 66:17 DDD Recording: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, October 1991. ℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m896097=L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 131-2], 1993.
CD 26 65:21 ADD Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hempstead, London, 3-9 July 1977. ℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 555, 1979.
CD 27 53:48 ADD Recording location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 1-3 March 1983. ℗ 1983 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m779699=L'Oiseau-Lyre 410 128-1], 1983.
CD 28 48:53 DDD Recording location: St. Barnabas' Church, London 8-11 June 1982. ℗ 1983 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1017067=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSDL 708], 1983.
CD 29 51:58 ADD Recording location: St. Barnabas' Church, London, May 1981. ℗ 1982 Decca Music Group Limited Editor's Note, Track 11: Skriking: From Middle English skriken, a borrowing from Old Norse skríkja (“to scream”) (compare Old English sċrīċ, sċrēċ > English shriek/screech), literally bird with a shrill call, referring to a thrush, possibly imitative of its call. Attested from ca. 1573 (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skrike). John Wilbye was born in 1574. Originally released as [r5701499=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 597], 1982.
CD 30 50:08 DDD Recording: All Saints Church, Petersham, Surrey, 30 June-2 Jul 1977. ℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m826376=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 537], 1977.
CD 31 47:57 ADD Recording location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 27 November-5 December 1978 ℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1688385=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 576], 1979.
CD 32 44:17 ADD Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 12-14 February 1975. ℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1285427=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 12], 1975.
CD 33 51:39 ADD Recording location: Christ Church, Sutton, Surrey, April 1978. ℗ 1983 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1978 The Folio Society Limited, London, England Originally released as [m1342219=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 606], 1983.
CD 34 65:24 ADD Recording location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 12-17 May 1980. ℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m685767=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 596], 1981.
CD 35 51:18 ADD Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, 16-19 September 1980 ℗ 1983 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [r5139443=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 599], 1983.
CD 36 84:38 ADD Recording Location: The Adlam-Burnett collection of historical keyboard instruments, Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, June 1975 ℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1296864=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 566] (tracks 1-13), 1979; [m827924=L'Oiseau-Lyre 29D1-3] (tracks 14-17), 1976.
CD 37 43:33 ADD Recording Location: All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey, 29 March 1974 ℗ 1977 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1497868=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 510], 1977.
CD 38 52:23 CD 39 47:33 Total timing: 99:56 ADD Recording Locations: Knole House, Kent, 28 April 1981 (organ [English, c. 1523]); Ham House, Surrey, 7-9 May 1981 (spinet, [Marco Jadra, Italian 1568] & virginal [Thomas White. London 1642]); Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 11 May 1981 (harpsichord [Italian, 16th century]) ℗ 1977 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1052670=L'Oiseau-Lyre D261D2], 1981.
CD 40 50:32 CD 41 42:37 Total timing: 93:09 DDD Recording Location: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 31 May-6 Jun 1981. ℗ 1982 The Decca Record Company Limited Played on three harpsichords: tracks 40-1 to 40-4, 40-8, 41-6 to 41-10: Giovanni Battista Giusti, Lucca 1681; tracks 40-5, 40-9, 40-10: Anon., Italian ca. 1650; tracks 40-6, 40-7, 41-1 to 41-3, 41-5: Carlo Grimaldi, Messina 1697, and Virginal on track 41-4: Dominicus Pisaurensis, Venice 1540 Originally released as [m1283930=L'Oiseau-Lyre D260D1/2], 1982.
CD 42 75:31 DDD Recording location: Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset, 26 March 1984 ℗ 1986 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1400941=L'Oiseau-Lyre 414 148-2], 1986.
CD 43 52:55 ADD Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, 25-27 June 1979 ℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1283930=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 587], 1980.
CD 44 60:02 DDD Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 13-28 February 1978 ℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited Note: Total time for Sett No. 8 In D Major is 8:03, not 11:12 as listed on sleeve back and booklet. Originally released as [m820152=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 564], 1979.
CD 45 58:27 ADD Recording Location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK, 6-8 December 1978 ℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1256655=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 545], 1980.
CD 46 75:00 ADD Recording location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 27-30 January 1976. ℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m955440=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 580-9], 1976.
CD 47 62:27 ADD Recording location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 26-28 January 1976. ℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1041160=L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 517], 1976.
CD 48 50:26 DDD Recording location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 21-23 March 1985 ℗ 1986 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [m1041160=L'Oiseau-Lyre 414 633-2], 1976.
CD 49 60:34 DDD Recording location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 15-17 April 1988. ℗ 1990 Decca Music Group Limited Originally released as [r8083476=L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 610-2], 1990.