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Top Recommendations for 2025 “a tremendous accomplishment on multiple grounds…” – Textura.org
“An engaging anthology … While Brian Kay’s tenor is prominent on many tracks, there is a great deal of variety among the 5 singers involved, and the 15 instrumentalists each supplied supportive accompaniments”- Brewer, American Record Guide
“this beautifully performed and charming recital has much to offer.” - Ken Meltzer, Early Music America“Play, Music! is a tremendous accomplishment on multiple grounds… The abundant vocal and instrumental resources are used to maximum effect to create the theatrical world associated with the Shakespearean era… The vocal side of the project is superbly accounted for by Kay, Wilson, Walker, Foreman, and O’Connell, and instrumentally the album is as successful, that aspect boosted considerably by the inclusion of so many different timbres… There are too many highlights to list” - Textura.org
“Kay seeks to make a Shakespeare program that stands by itself, beyond the presence of the plays… he chooses contrasting settings, not only alternating songs with instrumental dances but also accompanying the songs with different instruments. Kay has a talented group that can handle these demands … Give this a listen for a rich, fresh approach to Shakespearean music.” ★★★★ – James Manheim, AllMusic.com
“International ensemble THEATRO, founded and directed by GRAMMY® Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Brian Kay, creates memorable theatrical experiences that transport modern audiences to bygone eras and places, illuminating the stories of the past with immersive and authentic ambience.” – Russell Trunk, Exclusive magazine
“This is a fascinating compendium of music … even audiences not as well-versed in Shakespeare will find a great deal to enjoy in these sensitively arranged, beautifully played and very well-sung – if under-appreciated – Shakespearean gems.” ★★★★ - Mark Estren, Infodad.com
“Brian Kay, the founder of Theatro, brings 33 of these songs to glorious life in Play, Music!… I found this album to be nothing short of magical.” – Craig L Byrd, CulturalAttache.co “Harpist Ann O’Connell gets a star turn, accompanying herself and revealing a sweet and clear soprano…” – Oliver Camacho, WFMT.com
“I can’t say enough about Brian Kay and his Theatro colleagues in their new Shakespeare album, Play Music! Begun during the pandemic, Brian has marshaled a remarkable array of talented singers and players to contribute to the effort, and the results are stunning. It’s a true labor of love — love for Shakespeare and the music that permeates and surrounds his plays. Thoughtful, heartfelt, and creative, this is an album that Shakespeare lovers will want to hear again and again.”– Ross W. Duffin, author: Shakespeare’s Songbook
01.Drømde mik en drøm i nat
02. Cædmon's Hymn
03. Wulf & Eadwacer
04. Bryd One Brere
05. Douway Robin, Miri It Is
06. Sancta Mater Graciæ
07. Veni Santé Spiritus
08. Laudes Ergo Kentigerno
09. Nobilis Humilis
10. Worldes Blis
11. Blow, Northern Wynd
12. Sumer Is Icumen In
13. Krákumál
The early medieval music of the British Isles is shrouded in the proverbial mists of time. More deeply, even, than the music of Western Europe. This is due in part to the cultural and linguistic upheaval of the Norman Conquest of 1066, and the widespread destruction of artifacts wreaked during the Suppression of the Monasteries of 1536-1541. Medieval Britain was a cultural and linguistic crossroads, where the Norse of the Danelaw and the Anglo-Saxon of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumberland coexisted with the Venerable Bede's Latin, and all three blended with Norman French to create Middle English. This program brings together music from a variety of sources to tell the story of this tumultuous world. The earliest known poem in the Anglo-Saxon language, a song attributed to the legendary Viking king Ragnar Loðbrok, music from the medieval cathedrals of Dublin and Glasgow, polyphony from Orkney Islands, and one of the first Middle English love songs.
1.the river
2.tangadeen
3.meditation pt.1
4.way of life
5.again
6.meditation pt.2
7.for you
8.this road i travel
9.meditation pt.3
10.winter
11.have to go
12.meditation pt.4
The original solo album meditations is a very relaxed acoustic album. I took a minimalistic approach to both the writing and recording of the songs because I wanted to create an album that sounds something like one of my live solo performances. After recording something as dense as MOONSONG, this feels much more like a classic folk album.
1.Depart
2.Sacred Ground
3.Moonsong
4.Seasons Change
5.Gray Over Baltimore
6.On These Tracks
7.Leavin' Me On My Own
8.Distant Shore
9.Oceansong
10.Wave That Swells Upon The Sea
Moonsong combines elements from rock, pop, hip-hop, blues, jazz, folk/trad, classical, early, and Middle Eastern styles. The blending of these styles has created a unique and truly “World” music sound.
1. Lully Lulle
2. Nottamun Town
3. Elore (in a garden so green)
4. Bryd one Breere
5. A Toye
6. Twa Corbies
7. Three Ravens
8. Ja Nuns Hons Pris
9. Come Again
10. Dompe Philli
11. O Mistress Mine
12. Twa Sisters
13. Ddoi Di Dai
14. Farewell and Adieu
Three Ravens: The folk song tradition of Albion (2015)
Brian Kay and an all-star lineup of musicians perform ancient ballads from the British Isles. These songs have come to us by way of an oral tradition that has been passed down through the centuries. Each song has its own history and is led by the musician into the future. This is, and has always been a common ground between folk and art song. Three Ravens is a meeting place for both styles and an exploration of the music that came from combining them.
4. The Trees They Do Grow High
7. Stella Splendens (instrumental)
9. Douce Dame
10. Mwashsha
11. Corpus Christi Carol
12. Eya!
13. Kostadina
Ocean (2013)
Brian's self-recorded debut album containing a variety of ancient and new songs following in the troubadour tradition. Brian sings and performs on over 20 instruments, including early and modern plucked, wind, bowed, and percussion instruments. Ocean presents Sephardic romances, Troubadour songs, Arabic mwashsha, folk songs from the British Isles, and original music written by Brian Kay.
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Netflix "The Witcher" season 4 (2025)
The new series of The Witcher is finally set to be released in October 2025. After the Continent-altering events of Season Three, Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri find themselves separated by a raging war and countless enemies. As their paths diverge, and their goals sharpen, they stumble on unexpected allies eager to join their journeys. Joseph Trapanese and Max Davidoff-Grey have once again composed the score that gives the serie the haunting and fantastical atmosphere that fans have come to know and love. The Witcher: Season 4 is available as a limited edition on orange and black marbled vinyl. LISTEN: https://youtu. Be/HK9dU6JIroU* 180 AUDIOPHILE VINYL* DELUXE SLEEVE WITH LEATHER LAMINATE FINISH* INCLUDES 4-PAGE BOOKLET* SOUNDTRACK TO THE NEWEST SEASON OF THE NETFLIX'S HIT SERIES, THE WITCHER* FEATURING THE NEW SONG 'SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT' BY HALF MOON RUN* LIMITED EDITION ON ORANGE AND BLACK MARBLED VINYLTrack listing:Side A1. The Witcher2. Not the End3. They Were in Love4. Something is Shifting5. I'm With You6. The Hansa7. Amarillo Heist8. Skipping the PleasantriesSide B1. A Life Well Lived2. Serve No Master3. I Believe in the Blade4. Destroy an Empire5. I'm One of You Now6. Greylock7. Rage Until the End8. SurroundedSide C1. Leading Souls to the Afterlife2. Zoltan's Forge3. As the Screw Turns4. Of Blood and Wine5. Maria Would Have Liked You6. Shadows of the Night - Half Moon RunSide D1. Druids2. It's All in Motion3. Rebuild Aretuza4. Closed for Business5. Let the Music Play6. We Meet at Last7. A Final Story8. Ogre Compensating9. Knighthood
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Netflix "The Witcher" season 3 (2023)
The Soundtrack to the 3rd season of Netflix’ The Witcher mixes score tracks by The Greatest Showman composer Joseph Trapanese and vocal tracks by Jaskier-actor Joey Batey, singer of the Season 1 hit “Toss A Coin to Your Witcher”, feat. in global and local Viral 50 playlists at the time. Polish folk band Percival Schuttenbach join on select tracks – celebrated for their music to The Witcher video games. For the first time in The Witcher series, actress Freya Allan who plays Ciri, is also featured on the soundtrack for her song “A Little Sacrifice.” Other songs on the vinyl include “Extraordinary Things,” “All Is Not As It Seems,” “Enchanted Flowers” and “The Ride of the Witcher.” This vinyl only features highlights of the soundtrack not the full digital soundtrack tracklist. However, the tracklist includes 1 bonus track that will only be available on this vinyl. The vinyl package includes 2x double-sided black vinyl in a gatefold with printed sleeves and an insert featuring song lyrics, liner notes and artwork from the show. Each package also includes one double-sided poster. The poster will feature either of the following pairings: Geralt x Ciri, Geralt x Yennefer, Geralt x Jaskier or Ciri x Yennefer. The poster in each package is chosen at random.
Available on vinyl, CD and mp3 formats on Amazon
Netflix "The Witcher" season 2 (2022)
Based on the best-selling fantasy series of books, The Witcher is an epic tale of fate and family. The story of the intertwined destinies of three individuals in the vast world of The Continent, where humans, elves, witchers, dwarves, and monsters battle to survive and thrive, and where good and evil is not easily identified. The full soundtrack album to the highly-anticipated second season of Netflix’s epic fantasy series features an original score by Joseph Trapanese as well as three additional vocal tracks performed by actor Joey Batey, who plays the role of Jaskier in the show and is the voice behind Season 1’s chart-topping, viral hit song “Toss A Coin To Your Witcher.”
La Yave d’Espanya by Trio Sefardi (2019)
The songs on this recording come from Turkey, Greece, and the former Yugoslavia, where the Jews of Spain, known as Sephardim, flourished for more than four centuries. Most of these communities were destroyed in WWII, but we are now witnessing a surge of interest in Sephardic songs in the Americas, Europe, and Israel. Like traditional music everywhere, the songs speak of love and loss, courtship and marriage, holidays and histories. The language is Ladino, or Judeo-Espanyol, typically described as an older form of Spanish, sometimes mixed with words and phrases in Hebrew and various local languages, such as Turkish or Arabic, depending on where the Sephardim settled.
2019 GRAMMY® Winner!!!
Songs of Orpheus by Apollo's Fire (2018)
Karim Sulayman's debut solo album with Apollo’s Fire is a journey through love and redemption. The timeless myth of Orpheus, the great singer who stormed the gates of hell to rescue his beloved, comes to life through the songs of 17th-c. composers Monteverdi, Caccini, Landi, and d’India. Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire instrumentalists interweave sonatas by Castello and Cima to evoke the changing moods of the Orpheus story.
Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain by Apollo's Fire (2018)
“Festive Disc of the Year” –Gramophone Magazine, 2018
Debuted at #3, Billboard Traditional Classical Chart (Nov. 2018)
Riveting… spectacularly performed and deeply moving.
–Seen & Heard International
Apollo’s Fire’s latest CD album celebrates the ancient Celtic folk carols that were brought to America by the Irish immigrants – and then transformed into soulful Appalachian carols. Based on Jeannette Sorrell’s concert program of the same title (premiered in 5 sold-out concerts in 2017), this is a glowing and joyful album featuring medieval harp and vielle, wooden flutes, fiddles and lutes, along with children’s voices and the acclaimed Apollo’s Singers. The booklet includes informative program notes by Sorrell as well as photos from the live production.
Kaminos by Trio Sefardi (2016)
"Kaminos" is an album of traditional music of the Sephardim, the Jews of Spain, who were sent into exile in 1492 by the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella. The language of the Sephardic people is called Ladino, which is old Spanish with a mix of words from the languages they learned in their new countries; Ladino also often incorporates Hebrew words and phrases. The music on this recording comes from the Balkans, Turkey, Greece, and North Africa, all places were the Jews of Spain flourished during the centuries leading up to the outbreak of World War II. Many Sephardic communities were destroyed by the Nazis and their allies in the Holocaust.
Barley Moon by Ayreheart (2016)
Ayreheart blends the "art" and "folk" traditions so organically, we are reminded how artificial such a separation actually is. "John Barleycorn," the witty view of brewing as an act of torture and abuse, is so perfect that Vaughan Williams himself wondered if it may have been created by "an antiquarian revivalist," who then saw it pass "into popular currency and become 'folklorised'." Many in the folk-rock movement recorded the song, most prominently the group Traffic in their album named for the song itself. Ronn McFarlane was true to his ancestry then, and has kept that flame alive in creative and newly-evolving ways with Ayreheart. Is it art music? Is it folk? Could it possibly matter less?
-Robert Aubry Davis
Sephardic Journey by Apollo's Fire (2016)
Cast out of Jerusalem and Spain, the Spanish Jews absorbed the colorful musical accents of Italy, Turkey, and North Africa. Apollo's Fire's musical journey interweaves Sephardic folk song with the Monteverdi-like Hebrew choral work of Salamone Rossi the Songs of Solomon. The daily rhythms of life love, rejection, feasting, and celebration culminate in the mystical prayers of Shabbat.
