Album cover for Watkin’s Ale by BLOCK4 Recorder Quartet

Watkin’s Ale

BLOCK4 Recorder Quartet

About the album

The single Watkin’s Ale, performed by the BLOCK4 Recorder Quartet for their album Beneath a Pale Moon.

Tracklist

Anonymous

Watkins Ale, FVB 1801:36
Total playing time1:36

Artists

Composers

The excellent playing of these four musicians [...], the well-crafted arrangements, the extraordinary instrumentation (details are given in the booklet) and the beautiful recording.

Aart van der Wal, Opus Klassiek

The music and the story support each other beautifully, and the combination of the two stimulates the imagination.

Bernadette Pollen, Blokfluitist Magazine

[...] It’s a great skill to be able to present this music with such clarity, yet without losing the ambience of the resonant Lutheran Church in Haarlem where it was recorded. This is one of the best-captured recorder quartet discs this listener has heard in a long time. Fans of recorder consort music will find much to enjoy on this varied and well-programmed disc, but moreover, those who like their music to take them on a journey – in this case one of magic and enchantment – are in for a real treat.

The Early Music Shop

Credits

GenreEarly Music
InstrumentationChamber
Release dateMarch 8, 2024