The Music Includes world music, traditional British music, early classical music on original instruments, novelty numbers, jazz, music hall, musical boxes, guitar quartets, saxophone quartet, brass group, viol consorts, choral music and chant, handbells and church bells, poetry and readings - from mediaeval times to the present day.

This double album forms part of Saydisc’s 50th Anniversary celebration releases and is drawn from recordings made over the years from mono open reel recording to high quality stereo digital. Saydisc has always kept up with the latest technology and has always taken enormous care with recording and editing procedures and weathered many an economic storm due to its wide range of unusual music and global outlook.

The personal selection by the partners, Gef and Genny Lucena, embraces classical, world music, traditional and other genres and is truly a kaleidoscope of rare and beautiful music.

Artists

Richard Burnett, Sue Mossop, Alison Stephens, Jing Ying Soloists, Blue Note Jazz Band, Monks of Prinknash Abbey, York Waits (early music ensemble), Sound In Brass Handbells, Jo Freya, Salomon Quartet, Gef Lucina, Best Of Brass, Broadside Band, Steve Tilston, Nigel Eaton, Fairer Sax, Ian Partridge (tenor), Fretwork viol consort, Bob Roberts, The Dartington String Quartet, St Clement Danes Chorale, English Guitar Quartet, Carnival Band, Maddy Prior, Bell ringing teams, Gef Lucena, Musical Box, Timothy Davies, David Fanshawe, Ralph Holmes: Richard Burnett, Fred Wedlock, Clarion Ensemble, Fred Douglas, Burning Bush: Lucy Skeaping, Musica Antiqua of London (early music ensemble), Arabesque:Hassan Erraji, Frank Mansell: Peter Tatham, Orlando Consort (early music ensemble), Nigel North (lute), Jim Europe's Society Orchestra, Sine Nomine, Jim Couza, Ella Shields, Ray Fisher, Eileen Monger, John Potter: Broadside Band, Siwsann George, Cambridge Baroque Camerata, Neil McClaren

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