William Lawes (1602-1645) - Consorts in Six Parts - Phantasm

Opgenomen in de evangelisch-lutherse kerk Juva, Finland, 2001

"The perverse madness, as in Lawes's five-part sets, is still found in joyful abundance, as are the energetic outbursts, the brooding meditations, the sunny pastorals, and jubilant incantations. As always, moments of the most blissful comfort can turn stormy and violent in the space of a few beats. Especially striking in the six-part pieces is a Dionysian frenzy hell-bent on breaking civilised taboos, as in the G-minor Aire and second F-major Fantasia, where the breathlessness in the part-writing produces a hypnotic effect. No one seems to have told Lawes that Praetorius categorised viols as 'quiet instruments'. (...) One thing is clear: here is a composer who frankly doesn't give a damn what you think. Which makes one care all the more passionately about what he has to say." - Laurence Dreyfus

"Dreyfus’s unselfconscious hyperbolic enthusiasm aside‚ these are beautifully thoughtout‚ sympathetic performances‚ worthy of a cultivated monarch and the composer’s quatercentenary." - Gramopohone

Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol, director
Wendy Gillespie, treble viol
Jonathan Manson, tenor viol
Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, bass viol
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Varpu Haavisto, tenor viol
Susanne Brauman, bass viol

Set a6 in g
1. Paven [6:13]
2. Fantazy [3:15]
3. Aire [2:06]
Set a6 in C
4. Fantazy [3:29]
5. Fantazy [2:49]
6. Aire [2:58]
Set a6 in F
7. Aire [2:13]
8. Fantazy [4:29]
9. Aire [1:25]
10. Fantazy [2:46]
Set a6 in B flat
11. Fantazy [4:09]
12. Inominy [4:02]
13. Aire [2:22]
Set a6 in c
14. Fantazy [2:59]
15. Fantazy [3:23]
16. Inomine [3:52]
17. Aire [2:24]
18. Fantazy a6 in F (early version of Fantazy, track 8) [4:34]

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