1. ST. PATRICK'S STOUT 00:01:31 "GRIMSTOCK" IS A TRADITIONAL ENGLISH FOLK TUNE THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS AND IS PLAYED ON VARIOUS TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THE GUITAR, MANDOLIN, AND FIDDLE. THE MELODY OF "GRIMSTOCK" IS LIVELY AND SPIRITED, WITH A DISTINCT AND MEMORABLE CHARACTER. HERE IT IS PERFORMED IN A LIVELY TEMPO, SHOWCASING THE ENERGETIC NATURE OF THE FOLK TRADITION.

3. HENRY'S LAMENT 00:01:30 ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY VIII (ALTHOUGH HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY HIM), GREENSLEEVES IS PERHAPS THE MOST POPULAR OF FOLK SONGS FROM THE THAT PREDATES THE 16TH CENTURY. THIS MELANCHOLIC AND HAUNTING MELODY HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY MANY COMPOSERS, INCLUDING THE C20TH COMPOSER VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.

5. BRAVE SCOT 00:01:28 MY LADY CAREY'S DOMPE FEATURES A LUTE MELODY WITH CHORDAL ACCOMPANIMENT. IT OPENS WITH A "PREAMBULUM" OF DRUMS AND DRONES ESTABLISHING THE THEME. THE PIECE THEN BUILDS VARIATIONS ON THIS THEME THROUGH CHANGES IN RHYTHM, ORNAMENTATION, AND HARMONIES WITHIN THE MODAL RENAISSANCE STYLE. OVERALL, IT DEMONSTRATES INTRICATE INSTRUMENTAL WRITING OF THE ERA.

9. VILLAGE GATHERING 00:01:31 THIS IS PERFORMED WITH A LIVELY TEMPO AND FEATURES A CATCHY MELODY. THIS BUOYANT AND SPRITELY FOLK SONG HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS AND REMAINS A POPULAR PIECE WITHIN THE ENGLISH FOLK MUSIC REPERTOIRE. THE DRUM DRIVES THE MELODY, EVOKING THE SENSE OF COMMOTION OR A BUSY VILLAGE FETE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED "THE HUNT IS UP" ,DEPICTING THE END OF A HUNT, THE LEAPING 4THS DEPICT THE HUNTING HORN.

11. GUINEVERE'S DREAM 00:01:29 LA SPAGNA IS A SET OF VARIATIONS BASED ON A POPULAR MELODY OF THE TIME, WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SPANISH DANCE. THE COMPOSITION SHOWCASES C16TH ITALIAN COMPOSER AND LUTENIST DA MILANO'S VIRTUOSITY ON THE LUTE, WITH INTRICATE FINGERPICKING PATTERNS, MELODIC EMBELLISHMENTS, AND EXPRESSIVE PHRASING. THE PIECE IS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS RHYTHMIC DRIVE, MELODIC RICHNESS, AND HARMONIC INVENTIVENESS. THERE IS A LOVELY EBB AND FLOW THAT EVOKE A DREAMLIKE QUALITY TO THE MUSIC.

13. RITUAL OF THE VESTAL VIRGIN 00:01:30 THE "LAMENTO DI TRISTANO" IS A MEDIEVAL INSTRUMENTAL WORK LINKED TO THE TRAGIC LEGEND OF TRISTAN AND ISOLDE. PERFORMED ON LUTE OR HARP, ITS SOMBRE, ORNATE MELODY CAPTURES THE SORROW OF THE TALE, SHOWCASING MUSICAL TECHNIQUES AND EXPRESSIVENESS REFLECTIVE OF THE ERA.

15. MUSES' DANCE 00:01:32 THE ESTAMPIE REAL IS A MEDIEVAL, INSTRUMENTAL DANCE PIECE IN TRIPLE METRE FEATURING REPETITIVE, IMPROVISATIONAL MELODIES. PERFORMED ON FIDDLE, PIPE AND TABOR, OR PERCUSSION, THIS REGAL 13TH CENTURY FORM SHOWCASES LIVELY RHYTHMS AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH ROYAL COURTS.

17. MAID MARION'S GIFT 00:01:32 THIS UPBEAT FOLK PIECE EVOKES IMAGES OF FESTIVITIES IN SHERWOOD FOREST, THE LEGENDARY HOME OF ROBIN HOOD, WITH THE TABOR ACCOMPANYING A MELODY INSTRUMENT THAT REPEATS THE MAIN THEME TO A PEDAL NOTE IN THE TONIC AND DOMINANT. BAGPIPES OFFER A MORE CELTIC MOOD AS IT ALSO PLAYS ALONG TO THE MAIN THEME.

19. EMPEROR'S BANQUET 00:01:30 THIS ENERGETIC FOLK PIECE IS PLAYED ON PIPE ACCOMPANIED BY A DRONE IN A BRISK TRIPLE METER. THE ORNAMENTED MODAL MELODY IS REMINISCENT OF MEDIEVAL BANQUETS BRIMMING WITH JESTERS, DANCERS AND REVELRY. AS AN "ESTAMPIE REAL", IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH REGAL COURT DANCING, ITS REFINED STYLE DISTINGUISHING IT FROM OTHER CONTEMPORANEOUS DANCE GENRES. THE IMPROVISATORY NATURE AND REPETITION IN THE MUSIC EVOKES THE FEASTING AND MERRIMENT OF A MEDIEVAL NOBLE CELEBRATION.

21. THE LAST VOYAGE 00:01:34 THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF MEDIEVAL MUSIC, CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THE ERA AND PROVIDING A GLIMPSE INTO THE MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF THE TIME BY USING PARALLEL HARMONIES AND OSTINATO. THE SLOW EBB AND FLOW OF THE LILTING LUTE CRADLES THE SINGER AND FLUTE LIKE A BOAT ON A CALM SEA.