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BOOST ZONE The Stuarts And The Age Of RebellionWith the reign of Queen Elizabeth ending the Stuart dynasty begins. Plagued by internal and religious strife the period included the infamous Gunpowder Plot, The English Civil War and Restoration and the tragic Great Plague and Fire of London. The Stuarts And The Age Of Rebellion is the fifth release in the groundbreaking Historyzone series of albums charting the history of the world |
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1. THE QUEEN IS DEAD 00:01:30 THE FUNERAL OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. THE LAST OF THE TUDOR LINE. GLORIANA IS NO MORE
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2. PAVAN OF FORCED TEARS 00:03:28 A JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626) PAVANE FOR VIOL CONSORT. SAD AND POIGNANT
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3. VIOL CONSORT A 00:01:46 A VIOL CONSORT COMPOSITION BY THOMAS TALLIS (1505-1585). A MUSICAL GREAT OF THE ELIZABETHAN ERA HE CONTINUED TO BE HEARD THROUGH TO THE REIGN OF JAMES 1ST
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4. THE COURT OF KING JAMES 00:01:39 PREPARATIONS ARE MADE FOR THE SCOTTISH KING JAMES. SOLO VIRGINAL
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5. CANARIOS 00:01:46 SPANISH COURT MUSIC BY COMPOSER GASPAR SANZ (C1640-1710). JAUNTY BAROQUE GUITAR AND PERCUSSION
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6. O LUSTY MAY 00:01:28 RENAISSANCE PERIOD SCOTTISH FOLK MUSIC POPULAR AT THE TIME OF JAMES 1ST. CRUMHORN, HARPSICHORD, WHISTLE AND PERCUSSION
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7. NEWCASTLE ARGEERS 00:02:17 JOLLY ENGLISH FOLK DANCE CELEBRATING THE KING'S JOURNEY DOWN FROM SCOTLAND. DULCIAN, HARPSICHORD, WHISTLE AND PERCUSSION
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8. MASQUE FANTASY 00:04:10 BEAUTIFUL VIOL CONSORT PERFORMANCE OF 'FANTASY A 5' BY WILLIAM BYRD (1542-1623)
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9. THE BANQUETING HALL 00:01:50 GRAND ARCHITECTURAL PLANS OF THE JACOBEAN ERA. SLOW AND REGAL SOLO VIRGINAL
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10. MEN OF PARLIAMENT 00:02:03 MEN OF THE COMMONS COVEN TO DISCUSS THE TROUBLESOME MONARCH. SOLO PORTATIVE ORGAN
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11. TROUBLE BREWING 00:01:14 DANGEROUS CONVERSATIONS. DARK HARPSICHORD LED DRONE
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12. GUIDO’S MEN 00:01:10 THE GUNPOWDER PLOT. GUY FAWKES AND HIS MEN CONSPIRE TO BRING DOWN THE KING. DARK AND MOODY ATMOSPHERE FEATURING HARPSICHORD
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13. HUNTING THE CONSPIRATORS 00:02:08 THE NET IS CLOSING IN. ROBERT CECIL’S NETWORK OF SPIES AND INFORMANTS HUNT DOWN THE CONSPIRATORS. FOREBODING ATMOSPHERE WITH HARPSICHORD, SYNTHS AND FX
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14. TRAITORS GATE 00:02:50 TO THE TUNE OF SHAKESPEARE’S 'FORTUNE MY FOE' SUSPECTS ARE ROUNDED UP AND LED OFF TO THE TOWER OF LONDON. TENSE AND MOODY
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15. PUT TO DEATH 00:01:11 TRAITORS ARE PUT TO DEATH. DESOLATE AND FEARFUL DRONE
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16. THE NYMPH'S LAMENT 00:04:55 FAMOUS MONTEVERDI (C1567-1643) MADRIGAL 'AMOR DOV'E LA FE'. BRIDGING THE MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM RENAISSANCE TO BAROQUE. INTENSE AND ROMANTIC
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17. THE LEADING OF A STAR 00:04:35 A POPULAR JACOBEAN VERSE ANTHEM BY JOHN BULL (C1562-1628) COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS THE 'STARRE ANTHEM'. INTENSE AND POWERFUL POLYCHORAL ARRANGEMENT
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18. POR SU MAJESTAD 00:01:43 BAROQUE GUITAR PERFORMANCE IMAGINED IN THE SPANISH COURT OF PHILIP IV. BASED ON FRANCESC GUERAU’S (1649-1717) 'VILLANO'
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19. BY BEAUTEOUS SOFTNESS 00:02:47 BEAUTIFUL HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695) BALLAD CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN MARY IN 1689. FEMALE VOCALS AND LUTE
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20. VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER 00:02:00 PILGRIMS SETTING OUT FROM PLYMOUTH (1620) FOR NEW BEGINNINGS IN AMERICA. AN EPIC VOYAGE INTO THE UNKNOWN. WHISTLES AND PERCUSSION
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21. WATKIN’S ALE-WILSON’S END 00:01:39 TRADITIONAL FOLK CELEBRATION. 17TH CENTURY STREETS FILLED WITH REVELLERS. WHISTLES, RECORDER, DULCIAN AND PERCUSSION
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22. WOODICOCK-DAPHNE 00:02:02 MID-TEMPO ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE. A VILLAGE GATHERING FOR A CELEBRATION. HARPSICHORD, GUITAR AND RECORDER
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23. ADEW DUNDEE 00:01:34 TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH FOLK TUNE FROM 1630. EVERYDAY LIFE OF ORDINARY PEOPLE. HARP, WHISTLE, RECORDER AND TRIANGLE
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24. CHARLIE'S JIG 00:01:18 PEOPLE CELEBRATING THE ACCESSION OF A NEW MONARCH. CHARLES 1ST TAKES TO THE THRONE. CRUMHORN, HARPSICHORD, WHISTLE AND HAND CLAPS
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25. CROMWELL’S UPRISING 00:01:38 TENSION BUILDS BETWEEN PARLIAMENTARIANS AND THE MONARCHY CULMINATING IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR. UP-TEMPO ORCHESTRAL DRAMA WITH RECORDER AND FX
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26. PERSECUTION 00:01:08 VILLAGES BURNT TO THE GROUND IN THE WAKE OF CROMWELL’S NEW MODEL ARMY. PIERCING SCENE-SETTING DRONE
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27. IRONSIDES MARCH 00:02:07 CROMWELL’S ARMY BEGINS THEIR ASSAULT ON ROYALIST OUTPOSTS. MILITARY SNARE WITH HARP AND WHISTLE
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28. CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS 00:01:46 INTO BATTLE. THE DRAMATIC CLASH OF THE NEW MODEL ARMY AND ROYALISTS AT NASEBY IN 1645. ORCHESTRA WITH TRUMPET FEATURE AND HEAVY PERCUSSION
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29. BATTLEFIELD 00:01:18 BLOOD-SOAKED FIELDS AS COMBATANTS COLLECT THEIR DEAD. GRIMLY BLEAK CELLO DRONE
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30. EXECUTION OF A KING 00:01:40 DRAMATIC SCENES AS THE KING CHARLES 1ST WALKS TO WHITEHALL TO FACE HIS EXECUTIONER
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31. THE GREAT PLAGUE 00:01:06 TERRIFIED LONDONERS FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS A MYSTERIOUS PLAGUE TAKES HOLD. DARK DRONE
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32. BRING OUT YOUR DEAD 00:01:15 PILES OF BODIES DUMPED INTO LIME PITS ACROSS LONDON. TENSE DARK DRONE WITH A STENCH OF DEATH
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33. LONDON'S BURNING 00:01:45 A DEPICTION OF THE DESTRUCTION DURING THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON OF 1666. TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYME WRITTEN ABOUT THE FIRE FEATURING FX
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35. DANCE FOR A QUEEN 00:01:11 COURT MUSIC TO CELEBRATE THE MARRIAGE OF CHARLES 2ND TO OUR PORTUGUESE QUEEN CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA IN 1662. SPRITELY BAROQUE GUITAR
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36. JACOBEAN PAVANE 00:01:42 COURT MUSIC FROM THE JACOBEAN ERA. REGAL AND SERIOUS. RECORDER, HARPSICHORD AND DRUM
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38. A NEW ERA 00:02:16 THE INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN BAROQUE MOVEMENT EMERGES. SOLEMN AND ATMOSPHERIC CHURCH ORGAN AND HARPSICHORD
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39. DOWLAND LAMENT 00:03:24 CLASSIC JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626) LAMENT FROM HIS FIRST BOOK OF SONGS (1597) 'GO CRYSTAL TEARES'. MELANCHOLY AND BEAUTIFUL
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