I looked up the Medieval Ensemble of London online and found out one of the Davies was in fact the successor to David Munrow after the latter unexpectedly passed away in the mid 70's. I have a fair number of recordings by David Munrow and know him reasonably well but know next to nothing about the Davies ...
It's been interesting to note that a lot of us in these parts have been listening to very old or very new music lately (in terms of the time period of the composer). It's fun exploring outside of the "standard" repertory.
For me, it is still probing the very old as the newest so called "modern" classical music has no appeal to me ...
You might be surprised - modern classical is very fragmented and there is likely something to satisfy virtually any tastes.
On the TT tonight, Stravinsky's "Les Noces" (The Wedding) with Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss and Roger Sessions pianists. What a line up of American classical music luminaries! This is the Speakers Corner reissue and it sounds wonderful in the Kevin Gray remastering. One of the best in this business today: 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A silly cover, but the playing is seriously stunning. (I bought it at his concert in Berkeley on Sunday.)
Now playing CD1 from the following twofer, which just arrived today for a first listen ... The following DG LP also has been in my collection for over thirty years ...
I see several Berwald cycles listed on Amazon. I might have to investigate as the Björlin is the only Berwald I've ever heard.