Musica Reservata is a musical ensemble founded in London in 1960 by Michael Morrow, John Beckett and John Sothcott. Michael Morrow and John Beckett became the creative directors. [1] The group's main intention was to rediscover and reinterpret mainly renaissance and baroque music, and since its inception has given recitals throughout the world, undertaken broadcasts and given numerous recorded performances, thus popularising medieval and early modern music. The great asset of the ensemble was the mezzo-soprano Jantina Noorman; as Edward Breen remarks in an article, her “striking use of chest-voice frequently divided critics” [2]. Michael Morrow was responsible for a number of important arrangements, developing a particular interest in European folk music, especially in those of Balkan countries until his death in 1994. The significance of Morrow's work and his approach may be perhaps best described in the words of Catherine Mackintosh, a former leader of the Academy of Ancient Music and later the Orchestra of the Age of Englightenment: “Musica Reservata was the most exciting and original early music group – ever!”. In Morrow's obituary notice, the musician has been called by David Fallows “the clearest case of what they call an original” [3]. Amongst musicians who played for some time in Musica Reservata was, it may be noted, the legendary David Munrow, the latter founder of The Early Music Consort of London and Andrew Parrott, who conducted Musica Reservata in the mid-1970s. Selected discography: 1967 - Music of the Early Renaissance. John Dunstable and His Contemporaries (recorded with the Purcell Consort of Voices), Vox "Turnabout" # TV 34058S (LP) 1968 - Metaphysical Tobacco. Songs and Dances by Dowland, East, and Holborne (recorded with the Purcell Consort of Voices), Argo # ZRG-572 (LP) 1968 - To Entertain a King, Music for Henry VIII (recorded with the Purcell Consort of Voices), Argo # ZRG 566 (LP) 1968 - Music from the Time of Christopher Columbus, Philips # 432 821-2 PM 1968 - French Court Music of the Thirteenth Century, Delysé # DS 3201 (LP) 1968 - Music from the Hundred Years War, Philips "Trésors classiques" # 839 753 LY (LP) 1970 - Sixteenth Century Italian Dance Music, Philips # 6500 102 (LP) 1970 - Music from the Decameron, Philips "Trésors classiques" # 802 904 LY (LP) 1971 - Music from the Court of Burgundy, Philips "Trésors classiques" # 6500 085 (LP) 1971 - A Florentine Festival, Argo # ZRG 602 (LP) 1971 - Sixteenth Century French Dance Music, Philips "Trésors classiques" 6500 293 (LP) 1972 - The Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vanguard Classics # 08 9059 72 (CD Reissue) 1973 - The Art of Courtly Love (Compilation), Virgin Veritas # 7243 5 61284 2 2 (CD Reissue) 1976 - Josquin Des Prés, Argo # ZRG 793 (LP) 1978 - A Concert of Early Music, Vanguard Classics # SVC 96 (LP) [1] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_Reservata_%28grupo%29 [2] http://www.semibrevity.com/2015/05/david-munrow-of-the-early-music-consort-and-folk-music/ [3] Nick Wilson, The Art of Re-enchantment: Making Early Music in the Modern Age, Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 25; online preview: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eVOcAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Musica+Reservata%22+%22morrow%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.