Our bestselling album of all time! In DANCING IN THE ISLES: BAROQUE AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, some of America’s most dynamic Baroque performers present a mix of virtuoso chamber pieces and their own arrangements of traditional tunes from Scotland, Ireland, and England – from toe-tapping Celtic reels and jigs to melancholy instrumental ballads and English country dances.

The popular spirit of the British Isles strongly infused the works by some of the master composers of the time also presented here, including the touching and vivid Sonata on Scots Tunes by James Oswald and a brilliant variation set on another Scots tune by Francesco Maria Veracini. Other highlights include Henry Purcell’s sublime Three Parts on a Ground, a set of dances from the English court masque, and a cheeky sonata by Matthew Locke.