"Broken" consorts were popular in Restoration England, employing a variety of instruments rather than "unbroken" families of viols or woodwind. Their range of tonal colour allied to sprightly dance rhythms makes attractive listening, particularly when supplied by this highly accomplished US ensemble – but beware. Matthew Locke (c.1621-77), "composer to the private musick" of King Charles II, wrote yards of suites for his monarch, and taken at one go, the eight examples recorded here (some 40 dances in all) can make you feel as giddy as an over-refreshed courtier.