Recording of Susato Dances?

[thehay95]

Can anyone recommend a good one?  For years, I've loved the New London Consort CD, but now have a hard time listening to a recording led by a convicted serial rapist, to put it mildly. I was looking for alternatives, but, from a quick glance at Amazon, the only one seems to be a selection of twelve led by David Munrow on a compilation set of Renaissance Dances by various composers. Does anyone know of a well-performed, larger collection of them, or is everything now out-of-print?  I remember some nice discs from the LP era, but can't remember the specifics on any of them.

[Brian]

I'm not sure if there are many other full CDs dedicated to Susato - there's one on Hungaroton which looks to be out of print. I do enjoy his music on a number of compilation albums on BIS, including two great ones by Joculatores Upsaliensis ("Early Music from Wik" has 6 Susato dances; the other has 2) - this ensemble of adventurous 1980s music students was playing not just on traditional instruments but on things like plastic buckets. The same label has a modern-brass album called "Then" with some Susato played on 21st century instruments.

[Biffo]

Susato was a publisher as well as a composer and instrumentalist so many of the dances that appear under his name are actually arrangements of other composers music. There is plenty of 16th century dance music around, it is just a matter of finding something you like. Jordi Savall has recorded lots of it but it is generally scattered amongst his various concept albums along with vocal music. His collection 'Espana Antigua' has a lot of instrumental music; it is available very cheaply but there is also a great deal of vocal music in this 8 disc set.

You could also try 'Dances from Terpsichore' by Michael Praetorius, again mainly arrangements of other composers. Peter Holman and The Parley of Instruments  recorded a selection as did David Munrow though I haven't seen the latter on CD>

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

I had the Munrow on LP, but didn't like it enough to keep it. On the other hand, Munrow's Praetorius disc is one of my favorite recordings of early instrumental music.

You could also try 'Dances from Terpsichore' by Michael Praetorius, again mainly arrangements of other composers. Peter Holman and The Parley of Instruments  recorded a selection as did David Munrow though I haven't seen the latter on CD>

I've got it on CD.

[Traverso]

I had the Munrow on LP, but didn't like it enough to keep it. On the other hand, Munrow's Praetorius disc is one of my favorite recordings of early instrumental music.

I've got it on CD.

[prémont]

Can anyone recommend a good one?  For years, I've loved the New London Consort CD, but now have a hard time listening to a recording led by a convicted serial rapist, to put it mildly. I was looking for alternatives, but, from a quick glance at Amazon, the only one seems to be a selection of twelve led by David Munrow on a compilation set of Renaissance Dances by various composers. Does anyone know of a well-performed, larger collection of them, or is everything now out-of-print?  I remember some nice discs from the LP era, but can't remember the specifics on any of them.

Besides the Pickett recording the Supraphon recording is, as far as I know, the only recording devoted - or almost devoted - to Susato's Dancerye. I have owned it for years, and it is IMO quite good.

Can be downloaded here:

https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/7973108--various-danserye-1551-dances-from-the-susato-c

[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/v/YoNsmaCCVAE

[prémont]

https://www.youtube.com/v/YoNsmaCCVAE

Actually I owned this LP, which contained dance music by Phalèse on one side and by Susato on the other side.

I digitized it before parting with it. Not that I found it that good.

[Mandryka]

(ALternating songs and dances)

[Mandryka]

(Half a dozen dances. http://www.egbertschoenmaker.de/cd-christian-vater-orgel-melle-st-petri-eingespielt-von-egbert-schoenmaker/)

This is not a recommendation!

[geralmar]

Not authentic; but fresh, enthusiastic performances.






https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C4xKWjqGTIY