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Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band
An Evening of Carols & Capers
Genres: Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Masters in the Hall
2. Sans Day Carol
3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
4. Endrous Night
5. Charpentier's Christmas Stomp
6. Let an Anthem of Praise
7. The Oxen
8. Balthazar
9. Round Of Animals
10. Melima
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
2. The Sussex Carrol
3. Watts Cradle Song
4. Vals Musette
5. Entre Le Boeuf
6. Charpentier's Christmas Swing
7. Tinka's Polka
8. The Carnal and the Crane
9. Ding Dong Merrily On High
10. Angels from the Realms of Glory
11. Hark Hark
12. While Shepherds Watched

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CD Details

All Artists: Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band
Title: An Evening of Carols & Capers
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Park Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 4/7/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Traditional Folk, British & Celtic Folk, Celtic, Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 769934008628

Synopsis

Product Description

Two CD set from one of British Folk/Rock's most talented female vocalists Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span) and her band of roving musicians. Like their previous seasonal excursions, this one sees Maddy and the Carnival Band put their unique stamp on a range of familiar (and not-so-familar) festive material, while also exploring some new and exotic directions. The Carnival Band themselves, and leader Andy Watts in particular, are accomplished musicians with a lust to restore energy into much of the stiff, dry, medieval and renaissance material they tackle. They mix ancient, modern and ethnic instrumentation with a refreshingly cavalier attitude and plenty of humour, a quality they share with Maddy Prior.

CD Reviews

Love The Music But Not the CD Company

Frank Wood | Evanston, Il USA | 11/24/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have bought every cd by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band that I have been able to find except this ser. I love everyone I have. But of the 22 titles on these cd's, 10 appear on the same artists' "Carols at Christmas", "Carols & Capers" and/or "Gold Frankincense & Myrrh" . 12 apparently do not appear on those discs. Remember, however, that in traditional British music, the same music often has a number of different titles ("The World Turned Upside Down" vs "When the King Comes Into His Own Again " for you Yorktown students, for example.) I think that failure to disclose this duplication is a bit deceptive on the part of the cd maker. But if you can't find all 3 of the cd's I mention - or are willing to take the chance that there are 12 previously unavailable pieces - it may be worth it to you."