Customer Reviews
Absolutely Beautiful - By: , 21 Jan 2004 
A perfect album for relaxing after a hard day's work at the office.
purists may not like it but everyone one else will! - By: , 02 Oct 2001 This is a beautiful albul full of haunting melodies coupled with exiting, rawcous sining. The medieaval excerpts themselves are extremely interesting & entertaining & they helped mein no end with the studying of A Level English! This album may not be as accesible as later Baebes albums but it remains bt far the purist & most overtly classical of the three. I would not hesitate to reccomend this album to anyone - with the exception of the classical purists. I would say however that the first Mediaeval Baebes album a newcomer should by is either their 'Best of' or Worldes Blysse which is the more accesable of the three. By the way I also listen to Hole, My Ruin, Nirvana & Deftones so dont be put off if you dont usually buy classical music. This is a perfect Christmas of birthday present for anyone & the Baebes are particularly captivating & intruiging particularly Audrey Evans who has a beautiful singing voice but is often overlookedin favour of the founder Katharine Blake ( who also has a good voice I'm not saying she's overrated!). Particular songs to look out for are Fowlesin the Frith, Miri it Is, Salva Nos, AH Si Mon Moine & This Ay Nicht. Enjoy!
Absolutely Brilliant!!!! - By: bronymor@bushinternet.com, 30 Sep 2001 This CD is one of the fewin my collection that actually makes me put down my book to listen to it. It's absolutely brilliant, the voices all blend together superbly whether they are unaccompanied or accompanied by atmospheric music.
Lashings of pure, vibrato-free singing! - By: acupples@bigfoot.com, 20 Jan 2001 This is a pleasant little album to listen to. It's a bit hard to categorise - it isn't out-and-medieval/Renaissance music, it certainly isn't pop, but yet it's not really a crossover. What it is though, is a good introduction to a form of singing which has been sorely neglected - old church music, folk songs, & especially something approaching their original language, pronunciation etc. OK, the pedants among you may not appreciate the fact that it is sung by a group of pretty young women, most of whom have little musical training - you must remember that folk sings were sung by normal people; not that I'm knocking the quality of singing - there is something heart-rendingly delightful about the pure female voice - vibrato-free, with no pretensions or yearnings to sing Verdi or whatever. There is a fair amount of Christian musicin here, but surely that is because people's Christian belief was a major part of their livesin the period involved, & many composers werein the employment of cathedrals & churches. If you are worried by the Christian content - don't be. This music is chosen for its beauty, not for its religious message. I challenge you to listen to Veni, Veni Emmanuel & not be captivated.
Really quite enjoyable - By: , 09 Sep 2000 
I'm no expert on medieval music but I really did enjoy this album. A refreshing change & rather soothing too.
