A 2-discs-for-1 reissue of the acclaimed harmonia mundi recordings by The King's Noyse, The King's Delight and The Queen's Delight. Royal Delight offers all the fabulous music in one package, at a low 2-for-1 price. Here are, among many others, the ballads The Lovely Northern Lasse, and Barbara Allen, stirringly sung by Ellen Hargis, astounding lute solos performed by Paul O'Dette, as well as compositions by Dowland, Byrd, Brade, Sheidt, Praetorius, and exciting, toe-tapping arrangements for violin band by David Douglass. Noyse Productions also offers a performance edition of some of these well loved arrangements.

Reviews:
"Listening to The King's Noyse is one of the few unmitigated pleasures in life?you'll be hooked within minutes"
"The playing of the band is first-rate, with virtuoso divisions from Douglass, and pellucid intonation from the band." -Fanfare

 

Disk 1 Tracks: 1. The King's Delight (Anonymous) 2. All in a Garden Green (Anonymous) 3. Gathering Peascods (Anonymous) 4. Blew-cap for me (Anonymous) 5. Fortune my foe (Anonymous) 6. Browning (Byrd) 7. Jog on (Anonymous) 8. Packington's Pound (Praetorius) 9. Daphne (Anonymous) 10. Huntsuppe (Anonymous) 11. The lovely northern lasse (Anonymous) 12. Tantz (Schultz) 13. O Nachbar Roland (Scheidt) 14. Dulcina (Brade) 15. As at noone Dulcina rested (Anonymous) 16. Grimstock (Anonymous) 17. Robin is to the Greenwood gone (Anonymous) 18. Bonny sweet Robin (Simpson) 19. A light heart's a jewell (Anonymous) 20. Child Grove (Anonymous) 21. Easter Thursday (Anonymous) 22. The Beggar Boy (Anonymous) 23. Mr. Isaac's Maggot (Anonymous) 24. The little barley-corne (Anonymous) Total time: 75:03

Disk 2 Tracks: 1. The Happy Meeting (Anonymous) 2. Boatman (Anonymous) 3. Trip and go (Anonymous) 4. Barbara Allen's cruelty (Anonymous) 5. Praeludium (Byrd) 6. Browning my dear (Stoning) 7. Hollis berrie (Anonymous) 8. Newcastle (Anonymous) 9. Newmarket (Anonymous) 10. Now, o now, I needs must part (Dowland) 11. Coockow as I me walked (Baldwine) 12. Sing care away (Anonymous) 13. Souches marche (Anonymous) 14. Emperor of the moon (Anonymous) 15. Tickle my toe (Anonymous) 16. I smell a rat (Anonymous) 17. Wilson's wilde (Anonymous) 18. Walsingham (Marchant) 19. Begone sweet night (Anonymous) 20. Strawberries and cream(Anonymous) 21. The Queen's Delight (Anonymous) 22. Half Hanniken (Anonymous) 23. Nottingham ale (Anonymous)