Relatively speaking, Michael and Kay Jaffee's Waverly Consort had a big hit with the 1992 release of 1492: Music from the Age of Discovery. Even people who didn't think they liked classical music liked the disc, capturing the attention of both the historically minded listener with its commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Europe's invasion of America and the world music listener with its raw colors, raucous tone, and rough rhythms. Since then, the Jaffees and the Consort have had other hits -- A Renaissance Christmas ...
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Relatively speaking, Michael and Kay Jaffee's Waverly Consort had a big hit with the 1992 release of 1492: Music from the Age of Discovery. Even people who didn't think they liked classical music liked the disc, capturing the attention of both the historically minded listener with its commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Europe's invasion of America and the world music listener with its raw colors, raucous tone, and rough rhythms. Since then, the Jaffees and the Consort have had other hits -- A Renaissance Christmas Celebration on CBS and the Cantigas de Santa Maria on EMI among them -- but it's taken until now for them to release a worthy follow-up to Music from the Age of Discovery: Iberia! Spanish and Portuguese Music of the Golden Age. The conceit here is a three-act play using as music songs and instrumental pieces typical of the time. And, like Music of the Age of Discovery, Music of the Golden Age is sure to please the historically minded listener with its evocation of the Iberian nations...
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