Rosemary Standley - Love I Obey (2015)

Rosemary Standley, a Franco-American singer with a gentle, charismatic voice, tackles Baroque repertory with sobriety and elegance. She is accompanied by the ensemble of Bruno Helstroffer, a guitarist and lutenist at the crossroads between early and modern worlds, made up of musicians who specialise in early instruments (harpsichord, organ, viola da gamba, serpent).?Love, I Obey is the evocative title of a poignant tribute to ballads that seem to warp time. Yes, the music comes from the past, but those who perform it are steeped in the present.? One listens to Love, I Obey like a proposition and experiences it like a fantasy, with its everyday stories that give us an insight into History with a capital H. The in-depth research pursued like a musical detective by the groups harpsichordist Elisabeth Geiger restores to life pieces forgotten for 400 years, such as the title song by William Lawes: Love, I Obey.

TRACKLIST
1. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer & Elisabeth Geiger – Love I Obey (5:49)
2. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer, Martin Bauer & Elisabeth Geiger – Bruton Town (5:08)
3. Rosemary Standley & Bruno Helstroffer – Geordie (3:31)
4. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer, Martin Bauer & Elisabeth Geiger – Wagoner's Lad (4:09)
5. Bruno Helstroffer & Elisabeth Geiger – Pastime (1:48)
6. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer, Martin Bauer & Elisabeth Geiger – O Death (4:29)
7. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer & Elisabeth Geiger – I Once Loved a Lass (3:50)
8. Rosemary Standley, Michel Godard, Bruno Helstroffer & Elisabeth Geiger – What If a Day (4:22)
9. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer, Martin Bauer & Elisabeth Geiger – Jack Hall (4:12)
10. Rosemary Standley & Elisabeth Geiger – I Love a Lasse (3:47)
11. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer, Martin Bauer & Elisabeth Geiger – Hush You Bye (2:24)
12. Rosemary Standley & Bruno Helstroffer – Echoes / A Hymn to the Evening (4:11)
13. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer, Michel Godard, Martin Bauer & Elisabeth Geiger – An Evening Hymn, Z. 193 (4:00)
14. Rosemary Standley, Bruno Helstroffer, Martin Bauer & Elisabeth Geiger – Poor Wayfaring Stranger (6:06)