THE CRIES OF LONDON & MUSIC FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH I - Denis Stevens, The Ambrosian Singers and Players (Digital Download)

THE DOWNLOAD INCLUDES A BOOKLET WITH FULL NOTES AND TEXTS THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS AND PLAYERS Patricia Clark and Ursula Connors, SopranosJean Allister, Contralto Edgar Fleet and Leslie Fyson, TenorsJohn Frost, Bass Neville Marriner and Peter Gibbs, ViolinsLeslie Malowany and Max Gilbert, ViolasBernard Richards, Cello DENIS STEVENS, Conductor   ABOUT "THE CRIES OF LONDON" Centuries before our age of high-powered advertising and television commercials, it was up to the merchants, vendors, and pedlars of great cities to cry their wares and so attract the attention of prospective customers. The cries can still be heard today in some European cities, though they are rapidly losing ground because of the inevitable disappearance of ancient local traditions and the insistent encroachment of modern mechanical factors. In earlier times, cries were much more numerous and infinitely melodious, spilling over into the art-music of Italy, France, and England in such a way as to enshrine themselves in