This album is organised in seven sets and enables us to discover many sides of a repertoire Jordi Savall explores with the steadiest and most respectful hand.
In this sequel to their 2009 recording, Jordi Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King are joined by Frank McGuire, bodhrán (Irish frame drum) maker and player. The repertoire is a mixture of traditional Irish and Scottish folk music with some tunes published or dating from the 18th to 20th centuries. Savall has grouped them into sets, each a suite of dances and character pieces, and each performed in a single key at modern pitch.
Elizabethan Street Songs is a new approach in the way early music has hitherto been presented and performed and heralds the first music release of Shakespeare’s Globe new record label, Globe Editions. Entertainment, innovation and excellence lie at the very heart of this release. Capturing the earthy atmosphere of 16th & 17th Century street life, with jigs, ballads and bawdy songs Elizabethan Street Songs is an authentic collection of music performed by acclaimed early music band Tarleton’s Jig.