On the Banks of Helicon: Early Music of Scotland
There are no more proficient or imaginative practitioners of early music than the members of the  Baltimore Consort. Their programs are invariably intelligent and involving, and the performances--well,  you just have to hear them. Faultless musicianship and a real sense of style characterize every interpretation  and arrangement. This disc features music of Renaissance Scotland--songs, dances, airs--both lively and  lyrical, serious and humorous, performed by a colorful variety of period instruments and, often, the  beautiful soprano of Custer LaRue. The nice thing is, you don't have to know anything about this music to  thoroughly enjoy it. And considering its origins as folk music, that's just as it should be.--David  Vernier