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I like the Noah Greenberg recording, but I would suspect the Decca Serenata recording from 1978, with Mark Brown, Pro Cantione Antiqua and the Landini Consort, may be closer to Munrow's intention... and may share quite a few of his musicians!

http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/medieval/OxenfordDanielWhite.html (and scroll down a little!)

I often wonder how a piece of (relatively) obscure music such as this would be commissioned in the first place. Would Decca have detected a potential interest in releasing a recording of the play and then look to their roster of available artistes, do you think? In fact, do you think Mark Brown may have stepped in to provide Decca with a recording after their first choice of artist had sadly made himself unavailable?



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 Munrow, and his Consort were intending to do the Play of Daniel but it was not to be. However, what is presented here is The Play of Daniel as interpreted by Noah Greenberg. To what extent, Munrows own arrangement would have been based on it is unknown...as he sadly ended his life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXyK7yVwBVA

Maybe of interest..notably the pics..

http://www.thetweedpig.com/2011/03/james-bowman-high-praise-for-high-notes.html

The following gives us a clear idea of how much of Munrows arrangement of the later Renaissance Bands record was influenced by NY Pro Musica headed by Greenberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjdsQ97DZc&list=FLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV3_gnlQX2E&list=FLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w

Nice find!

Is it just me, or do these early recordings have more 'character' than today's rather clinical perfect renditions?

The following gives us a clear idea of how much of Munrows arrangement of the later Renaissance Bands record was influenced by NY Pro Musica headed by Greenberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjdsQ97DZc&list=FLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV3_gnlQX2E&list=FLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w

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Philip Pickett and Shirley Collins both appeared (together occasionally, but mostly separately) in various permutations of Ashley Hutchings' Albion Band of the 1970s/1980s. Again, the idea, so it seemed, was to marry diverse early instrumentation with folk music, although the end product was also a Folk Rock chimaera. I fear that Ms Collins' creative output dried up considerably after she was taken from her own milieu and placed into these more rocking contexts tho'.

I'm divided on the matter of Folk Rock. I have no problem with Folk Rock as a cross-pollinating genre, as it proves that a good tune's a good tune irrespective of the setting, but sadly, I have to say that too much of Mr Hutchings' output relies on a four-to-the-floor rock drummer booting the songs up the backside, with little thought for dynamics or interest. The end products tend to be rather homogenous, rather samey, much like a lot of the worst kind of 1950s rock'n'roll. It takes a band with decent sensibilities in both camps to 'do' Folk Rock well. Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span have both shown how well it can be done, and Ashley Hutchings was a founder member of both groups, before marrying Shirley Collins.

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Another "jazzy" piece!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7QBilISsj0

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