Search - Christmas Traditional, Katherine Blake, English Anonymous :: The Best of the Mediæval Bæbes

Lovely music, but poor cd product

D. MILLER | Jerusalem, Israel | 08/09/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"After hearing a song of the Mediaeval Baebes on radio I wanted to hear more. I was not disappointed.



Most of songs on the 'Best Of' cd are lovely, enchanting and at times haunting. They transport you back in time to some Medieval village when life was simple, more elemental. The harmony of the Baebes voices is tastefully arranged and executed. Instruments of the period were used and sparsely at that.



On the whole, interesting listening but not something I play very often.



My only gripe is that the cd was produced with some miscalculation resulting in songs starting and ending mid-track! (From track 6 onward.) This means you have to listen to the tracks in order, from start to finish. If you skip to a later song, you arrive mid-song. This is very annoying and detracts from the enjoyment of the cd. What a pity. (I'd listen to the tracks at a music shop before buying to make sure all is in order.)



Let the music be medieval, not the cd technology."