English singer, lutenist, guitarist and composer Martin Best is the subject of this Continuum program. He has been activein early music since the mid 1970s with special emphasis on Renaissancemusic and minstrel songs of the French troubadours and trouveres. With many CDs to his credit, selections from three of his most famous ones are performed by the Martin Best Ensemble. The recordings by the ensemble used are: Thys Yool - Nimbus NI 5137, Forgotten Provence - Nimbus NI 5445, and Songs of Chivalry - Nimbus NI 5006.