The Lady and the Unicorn

by John Renbourn

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1970
  • Label: Transatlantic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 42:10
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

John Renbourn's 'The Lady and the Unicorn' explores early music, English folk melody, and acoustic guitar composition outside the Pentangle group setting. The album uses recorder, hand percussion, and chamber-like textures to connect folk revival performance with medieval and Renaissance repertoire.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, instrumental, medieval, melodic, polyphonic, virtuosic, traditional, folk

Tracklist

  1. Trotto / Saltarello (Medley) (2:32)
  2. Lamento di Tristano - La Rotta - Saltarello (Medley) (2:54)
  3. Veri floris / Triple Ballade (Medley) (2:42)
  4. Bransle Gay / Bransle de Bourgogne (Medley) (2:48)
  5. Alman / Melancholy Galliard (Medley) (4:40)
  6. Sarabande (2:41)
  7. The Lady and the Unicorn (3:28)
  8. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker / Westron Wynde / Scarborough Fair (Medley) (13:03)
  9. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (2:43)
  10. Three Dances Medley: Brentzel Gay / La Rotta / The Earle of Salisbury (Live at The Royal Festival Hall, 1968) (4:35)

Credits

  • Anonymous - composed by
  • Lea Nicholson - concertina
  • Ray Warleigh - flute
  • Tony Roberts - flute
  • Don Harper - viola
  • Dave Swarbrick - violin
  • Traditional - written by
  • Terry Cox - percussion [hand drums], glockenspiel

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