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"Luther tanzt" - Songs from the Reformation and their Secular Roots



TotalTime 63:42
24 page booklet (german and english)
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (DHM)/ Sony
Release: 1. Juli 2016

Cast:
Björn Werner - vocals
Annegret Fischer - recorders
Erik Warkenthin - lute, Baroque guitar, chitarrone
Benjamin Dreßler - Viola da gamba
Nora Thiele - perkcussion

Reviews on this CD can be found here

Recommendation on the radio:

You can hear the samples (online) by downloading the following m3u file and open it with the audio player program on your computer:
Radio review "Luther tanzt" - m3u

"THE HUNT IS UP" - Shakespeare's Songbook
Tunes and Ballads from the Plays of William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Order at:
Björn Werner
Mobil.: +49 176 45 68 59 40
bjoern@the-playfords.de

15 Euro (+2 Euro shipping costs for German shipping)
Shipping costs for other countries ask us for shipping.

TotalTime 52:05
44 page booklet (german, english and frensh)
Label: Raumklang
Release: January 15, 2015

Cast:
Björn Werner - vocals
Annegret Fischer - recorders
Erik Warkenthin - lute, Baroque guitar
Benjamin Dreßler - Viola da gamba, G-Violone
Nora Thiele - percussion, colascione

Reviews on this CD can be found here

Recommendation on the radio:

You can hear the samples (online) by downloading the following m3u file and open it with the audio player program on your computer:
Radio review "THE HUNT IS UP" - m3u

"Oranges & Lemons"
John Playford's English Dancing Master (1651)

Order at:
Björn Werner
Mobil.: +49 176 45 68 59 40
bjoern@the-playfords.de

15 Euro (+2 Euro shipping costs for German shipping)
Shipping costs for other countries ask us for shipping.

TotalTime 61:24
39 page booklet (german and english)
Label: Coviello Classics
Release: May 1, 2007

Cast:
Björn Werner - vocals
Annegret Fischer - recorders
Erik Warkenthin - Baroque guitar, archlute, chitarrone
Benjamin Dreßler - Viola da gamba
Nora Thiele - percussion

Guests:
Anne Schneider - soprano
Claudia Mende - violin
Martin Erhardt - recorder

Reviews on this CD can be found here.

"Nova! Nova!"
Christmas Carols from Europe (14th-18th Century)

CD of the week at MDR Figaro


Order at:
Björn Werner
Mobil.: +49 176 45 68 59 40
bjoern@the-playfords.de

15 Euro (+2 Euro shipping costs for German shipping)
Shipping costs for other countries ask us for shipping.

TotalTime 60:51
59 page booklet (german, english and frensh)
Label: Coviello Classics
release: October 1, 2010

Cast:
Björn Werner - vocals
Annegret Fischer - recorders
Erik Warkenthin - Baroque guitar, archlute, chitarrone
Benjamin Dreßler - Viola da gamba
Nora Thiele - percussion

Guest:
Claudia Mende - violin

Reviews on this CD can be found here.

"Fa una canzone"
Italian Dance Music and Love Songs of the Renaissance

Order at:
Björn Werner
Mobil.: +49 176 45 68 59 40
bjoern@the-playfords.de

15 Euro (+2 Euro shipping costs for German shipping)
Shipping costs for other countries ask us for shipping.

TotalTime 57:22
39 page booklet (german and english)
Label: Coviello Classics
release: November 1, 2011

Cast:
Björn Werner - vocals
Annegret Fischer - recorders
Erik Warkenthin - Baroque guitar, archlute, chitarrone
Benjamin Dreßler - Viola da gamba
Nora Thiele - percussion, colascione

Reviews on this CD can be found here.