Henry Purcell - The Complete Fantazias - Fretwork

Opgenomen in St. George's, Cambridge, Engeland, juni 2008

Classic FM Gramophone Baroque Instrumental Award 2009

"Fretwork released this suite of Purcell works in 1995 on Virgin's Veritas label. This time out these new performances are a bit shorter, a bit more deliberate, perhaps even more authoritative, if that's possible where Fretwork is concerned. But the biggest change will be found in the recording itself. A vastly improved soundstage offers more than enough detail for the listener to de-strand the many closely woven lines. Loaded with lots of rosin and stringy warmth, an airiness to the playing, better, purposeful dynamics and presence all arrive with the typically immaculate and moving execution Fretwork is known for. I'm not sure what moved Fretwork to revisit this music other than its enduring melancholy and the chance to take advantage of vast improvements in digital recording. And those reasons prove to be more than enough justification. If you've had the Veritas version on the shelves since 1995, don't hesitate to join Fretwork in revisiting these intimate and timeless works. If you haven't, this is an excellent recording of works that epitomize both the period and the abilities of one of the England's most distinctive early composers in a recording that features the ideal combination of a detailed and alive performance captured by detailed and wide awake production." (Recensie op Amazon.com)

Fretwork=
Wendy Gillespie, Asako Morikawa, Susanna Pell,
Richard Boothby, Richard Campbell, Richard Tunnicliffe,
viola's da gamba

"Here begineth the 3-part Fantazias"
1. Fantazia I [2:36]
2. Fantazia II [3:04]
3. Fantazia III [2:18]

Four-part Fantazias
4. Fantazia IV (June 10, 1680) [3:33]
5. Fantazia V (June 11, 1680) [4:09]
6. Fantazia VI (June 14, 1680) [3:15]
7. Fantazia VII (June 19, 1680) [3:35]
8. Fantazia VIII (June 22, 1680) [3:48]
9. Fantazia IX (June 23, 1680) [3:53]
10. Fantazia X (June 30, 1680) [3:41]
11. Fantazia XI (August 19, 1680) [3:01]
12. Fantazia XII (August 31, 1680) [3:14]

"Fantazia of 5 parts"
13. Fantazia upon one note [2:49]

"Here begineth ye 6, 7 & 8-part Fantazias"
14. In Nomine (in 6 parts) [2:30]
15. In Nomine (in 7 parts) [4:13]
TT: 49'50



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John Ward (ca. 1589-1638) - Upon a Bank with Roses [Consort Music] - Rose Consort of Viols

Opgenomen in Forde Abbey, april 1998-

"An extensive and diverse assortment of music for viols by John Ward has survived, and this superb disc presents a selection of his very finest pieces. On offer here are beautifully performed works, ranging from complex six-part fantasias to three part instrumental madrigals and simple two part ayres.
Although no information is provided regarding the instruments themselves, all six players bring great warmth to their playing and I failed to discern any weak link among them. The recording quality is also excellent, although the acoustics of Forde Abbey result in a blending together of the instrumental lines in the five and six part pieces where I would prefer a greater degree of separation.
As followers of this shadowy figure (there are competing theories regarding his biography) know, Ward’s greatest and most involving works are those written for five and six parts. These appear to have been written later than his vocal music and they show great confidence and stylistic maturity. Not surprisingly then, these works are well represented on this disc.
Making use of dissonance, there are some pieces that produce a hypnotic, unsettling effect on the listener (try track 5 Leggiadra sei a 5, and you will hear what I mean). Others, particularly the fantasias, are equally mesmerising, but are played with a lightness of touch that draws the listener into a strange but delightful musical tapestry. Track 15 Fantasia No 6 in C a 4 includes fragments that, oddly enough, immediately reminded me of the later hymn popularised as "The Lord of the Dance", while, perhaps the most sublime work of all Fantasia No 1 in A a 5 (track 13), would not be out of place among J S Bach’s late fugues.
The order of pieces is very well done, such that the disc never becomes wearisome (an important achievement, considering that there is relatively little room for textural variability in music written for a consort of viols). Four of the slighter works (tracks 7, 8, 16 & 17), include an organ part, ably played by John Bryan.
Critics of Ward’s compositions point to a certain lack of rhythmic invention, and a mechanical application of musical formulae which impacts upon their overall quality. Yet, on this disc, all I hear are beautiful, engaging and impressive works that I class alongside the best of Byrd and Gibbons. Full credit must go to the players who never fail to bring out all the rich sonority of this wonderful music. A must buy for all lovers of early seventeenth century music for strings."
Peter Bright - Musicweb-international

Rose Consort of Viols =
John Bryan - Alison Crum - Sarah Groser
Roy Marks - Susanna Pell - Peter Wendland

1. Upon a bank with roses a 5 [2:32]
2. Fantasia #1 a 4 [2:55]
3. In Nomine #1 a 6 [3:34]
4. Fantasia #7 a 4 [2:18]
5. Leggiadra sei a 5 [4:01]
6. Fantasia #7 in c a 4 [4:00]
7. Aire 1 in A a 2 & B. c. [1:37]
8. Aire 2 in A a 2 & B. c. [1:15]
9. Fantasia #4 in G a 6 [3:53]
10. In Nomine #2 a 6 [3:24]
11. O say, dear life a 3 [1:40]
12. Fly not so fast a 3 [2:04]
13. Fantasia #1 in a a 5 [3:22]
14. Fantasia #5 in a a 4 [3:00]
15. Fantasia #6 in C a 4 [2:48]
16. Aire 6 in D a 2 & B. c. [1:45]
17. Aire 5 in D a 2 & B. c. [1:42]
18. Fantasia #6 in A a 5 [3:10]
19. Non fu senze a 5 [2:52]
20. In Nomine a 5 [3:19]
21. Cor mio, deh non languire a 5 [3:04]
22. Sweet Philomel a 5 [2:32]
23. In Nomine #5 a 4 [3:53]
24. Fantasia #5 in g a 6 [2:44]
25. Fantasia #6 in c a 6 [4:11]



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Sonderlich auff Violen - Deutsche Barock Kammermusik - Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort

2 CD's. Opgenomen tussen 1992-2000

Philippe Pierlot, Francois Fernandez, Rainer Zipperling, Piet Stryckers, Sophie Watillon, Vittori Ghielmi, Kaori Uemura, Yuka Saito, viola's da gamba
Pierre Hantaï, Jan Willem Jansen, Guy Penson, Siebe Henstra, Robert Kohnen, orgel & clavecimbel
Konrad Junghänel, Philippe Malfeyt, theorbe

Deze opname werkt zich min of meer chronologisch doorheen de Duitse barok, met op CD I componisten als Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), August Kühnel (1645-1700), David Funck (c.1630-c.1690), Johann Michaël Nicolai (1629-1685), en op CD II componisten als Johann Schenck (1660-1722), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) en Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702-1771). Naarmate de tendens lichter en galanter wordt, en de muziek minder contemplatie oproept en meer zin in bier, worden wij juist steeds bedroefder: we zijn hier getuige van de ondergang van muziek voor viola da gamba ensemble.

CD I
1. [Scheidt] Canzon à 5 voc. super O Nachbar Roland [6:22]
2. [Hentzschel] Canzon mitt 8 Viol di gamben [4:31]
3. [Posch] Padouana et Gagliarda V [6:51]
4. [Buchner] Sonata V [8:54]
5. [Anonyme] Aus der Tieffen [5:40]
6. [Kühnel] Partita sopra Herr Jesu Christ du högst gut [9:22]
7. [Funck] Suite D-Dur - Allegro-Adagio [2:38]
8. [Funck] Suite D-Dur - Allemande [1:15]
9. [Funck] Suite D-Dur - Courante [0:52]
10. [Funck] Suite D-Dur - Sarabande [1:47]
11. [Funck] Suite D-Dur - Air [1:02]
12. [Funck] Suite D-Dur - Gigue [1:17]
13. [Anonyme] Sonata d-moll [7:25]
14. [Nicolai] Sonata à Tre Viol da Gamba - Sonata [3:09]
15. [Nicolai] Sonata à Tre Viol da Gamba - Aria [1:42]
16. [Nicolai] Sonata à Tre Viol da Gamba - Courante [1:26]
17. [Nicolai] Sonata à Tre Viol da Gamba - Giga [1:03]
18. [Nicolai] Sonata à Tre Viol da Gamba - Sarabanda [3:29]
19. [Nicolai] Sonata à Tre Viol da Gamba - Ciaconi [2:27]

CD II
1. [Kühnel] - Sonate II à 2 (e-moll) [11:04]
2. [Schenck] - Sonata (a-moll) [6:22]
3. [C.P.E. Bach] - Solo a Viola di Gamba e Basso - Adagio ma non tanto [3:18]
4. [C.P.E. Bach] - Solo a Viola di Gamba e Basso - Allegro di molto [6:29]
5. [C.P.E. Bach] - Solo a Viola di Gamba e Basso - Arioso [3:39]
6. [Schaffrath] - Duetto - Poco allegro [4:37]
7. [Schaffrath] - Duetto - Adagio [4:19]
8. [Schaffrath] - Duetto - Allegro [3:45]
9. [C.P.E. Bach] - Sonata à Viola da Gamba solo e Basso - Andante [3:44]
10. [C.P.E. Bach] - Sonata à Viola da Gamba solo e Basso - Allegretto [6:56]
11. [C.P.E. Bach] - Sonata à Viola da Gamba solo e Basso - Arioso [3:22]
12. [Graun] - Trio (C-Dur) - (Andante) [4:31]
13. [Graun] - Trio (C-Dur) - Allegro non molto [5:42]
14. [Graun] - Trio (C-Dur) - Allegro [6:05]




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Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) - "Go from my window" Music for Viols - Concordia

Opgenomen in St Andrew's Church, Toddington, Gloucestershire, 2000

Concordia:
Mark Levy, Reiko Ichise, Joanna Levine, Emilia Benjamin,
Daniel Yeadon, Alison McGillivray, viola's da gamba
Gary Cooper, orgel
*Rachel Elliott, sopraan

1. Fantasia a6 #5 [3:03]
2. Fantasia a6 #6 [3:53]
3. Go from my window [4:58]
4. *What is our life? [4:19]
5. Fantasia a2 #5 [3:10]
6. Fantasia a2 #6 [3:19]
7. Pavan a6 [3:52]
8. Galliard a6 [2:41]
9. Fantasia a6 #3 [3:33]
10. Fantasia a6 #4 [2:45]
11. Fantasia a2 #1 [2:42]
12. Fantasia a2 #2 [2:42]
13. *Ah dear heart [1:51]
14. *The silver swan [1:39]
15. Fantasia a6 #1 [3:20]
16. Fantasia a6 #2 [3:53]
17. Fantasia a2 #3 [3:25]
18. Fantasia a2 #4 [4:03]



"The silver swan who, living, had no note
when death approach'd, unlock'd her silent throat.
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore
Thus sung her first and last, And sung no more.
Farewell all joys, O Death come close mine eyes.
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise."

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Matthew Locke (1630-1677) - Consort of Fower Parts - Hespèrion XX

Opgenomen in 1993 (Cardona)

Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall, viole soprano
Eunice Brandoa, viole alto
Sergi Casademunt, viole ténor
Paolo Pandolfo, viole basse
Lorenz Duftschmid, violone
Andrew Lawrence-King, harpe double
Michael Behringer, orgue du chambre

1-4 Suite I (Fantazie - Courante - Ayre - Sarabande) [12:48]
5-8 Suite II (Fantazie - Courante - Ayre - Sarabande) [9:08]
9-12 Suite III (Fantazie - Courante - Ayre - Sarabande) [9:25]
13-16 Suite IV (Fantazie - Courante - Ayre - Sarabande) [9:36]
17-20 Suite V (Fantazie - Courante - Ayre - Sarabande) [9:53]
21-24 Suite VI (Fantazie - Courante - Ayre - Sarabande) [9:35]

Ayre (Suite II):


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William Lawes (1602-1645) - Music for Viols - Concordia

•Opgenomen in Orford Church, Suffolk, 2001

Concordia:
Mark Levy, Veli-Markus Tapio, Joanna Levine,
Emilia Benjamin, Reiko Ichise, Alison McGillivray, viola's da gamba
Gary Cooper, orgel

Consort Sett a6 in F major
1. Fantazy [4:00]
2. Aire [2:21]
3. Fantazy [3:08]
4. Aire [1:38]

Lyra viol trio in d minor
5. Fantazy [4:30]
6. Pavan [3:29]
7. Alman [1:56]

8. Catch - Hark jolly lads [2:04]
9. Catch - Come my lads [1:18]

Consort Sett a6 in g minor
10. Pavan [7:42]
11. Fantazy [3:18]
12. Aire [2:11]

13. Catch - Whither go ye [2:24]
14. Catch - The wise men were but seven [1:25]

Lyra viol trio in D major
15. Fantazy [2:45]
16. Humor [2:49]
17. Saraband [1:17]

Consort Sett a6 in B flat major
18. Fantazy [4:06]
19. Aire [3:20]
20. In Nominy [3:10]

Fantazy (Consort Sett a6 in F major):


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John Jenkins (1592-1678) - Fantazia - Ensemble Jérôme Hantaï

Opgenomen in de Duits-Evangelische Kerk te Parijs, april 2004
Afbeelding: Paolo Uccello (1397-1475)

- Jenkins was an uniquely important 17th Century master. So influential was he that when Henry Purcell was growing to maturity he was described as "the Jenkins of his age".
We have to look to the Fantasias of the younger generation of Thomas Lupo and Christopher Gibbons for anything like the flexibility of Jenkins' melody. William Lawes, killed tragically young at the siege of Chester in 1645, added adventurous instrumental gesture to idiosyncratic harmony foreshadowing the works of Locke and Purcell. Jenkins, on the other hand, produced a lyrical music, equally original, which, even at its most intense, is always smooth in outline and almost without unprepared dissonance. He is however the most modern of them all in his use of the still developing diatonic system and confident in the handling of of adventurous modulation. Carolyn Coxon in boekje

...the sound of the recording, made in the German Evangelical Church in Paris, is top-notch. - James Manheim, AMG


Ensemble Jérôme Hantaï
François Fernandez, Simon Heyerick, viool
Jérôme Hantaï, Kaori Uemura, tenor & bas viola da gamba
Catherine Arnoux, Alix Verzier, bas viola da gamba
Brian Feehan, luit
Maude Gratton, Pierre Hantaï, orgel & continuo

1. Fantazia 5 In Six Parts [5:03]
2. In Nomine 1 In Six Parts [4:28]
3. Suite 3: Fantasia [3:08]
4. Suite 3: Almain [1:57]
5. Suite 3: Corant [1:31]
6. Pavan In Six Parts [8:40]
7. Divisions For Two Viols [3:36]
8. Fantazia 8 In Six Parts [4:32]
9. Fantazia 3 In Six Parts [4:07]
10. Newark Siege [5:37]
11. Galliard [2:30]
12. Suite 1: Fantasia [4:33]
13. Suite 1: Air [3:19]
14. Suite 1: Corant [1:59]
15. In Nomine 2 In Six Parts [4:44]
TT 59:53



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Christopher Tye (c.1505 - c.1572) - Lawdes Deo - Hespèrion XX

Opname 1988, heruitgave op Astrée/Audivis 2000

"It is remarkable what Tye can convey within works lasting as short as 90 seconds; his pure and reverent music looks forward to aspects of Beethoven’s late string quartets such as the central Heiliger Dankgesgang movement of the A Minor Quartet, Op. 132, with which it shares the visionary long held chords of painfully beautiful intensity. As with these Beethoven masterpieces, Tye’s brief studies are imbued with tremendous feeling and spirituality. Tye’s own magnum opus, his De Profundis, is entitled Sit Fast. Scored for three viols (where the majority of these instrumental works are for five players), it lasts a full seven and a half minutes, which considering Tye’s poetic capacities for condensation of material and mood, is comparatively symphonic in scope." - Volledige recensie op Epinions.com

Hespèrion XX:
Jordi Savall
Eunice Brandao
Sergi Casademunt
Lorenz Duftschmid
Paolo Pandolfo
Laurence Bonnal,
viola da gamba's

1. O Lux a 5 [3:15]
2. In Nomine a 4 [1:52]
3. In Nomine a 5 Weep no more Rachell [2:19]
4. In Nomine a 6 [2:04]
5. In Nomine a 5 Farwell my good I for ever [1:41]
6. In Nomine a 5 Rachells weepinge [2:18]
7. Rubum Quem a 5 [1:15]
8. In Nomine a 5 My death [2:19]
9. In Nomine a 5 Blamles [2:31]
10. In Nomine a 5 [2:11]
11. In Nomine a 5 Rounde [2:28]
12. In Nomine a 5 Follow me [2:14]
13. Christus Resurgens a 5 [2:56]
14. Dum Transisset a 5 [3:49]
15. Dum Transisset a 5 (2) [3:41]
16. Dum Transisset a 5 (3) [3:53]
17. Dum Transisset a 5 (4) [3:41]
18. Amavit a 5 [2:54]
19. In Nomine a 5 Surrexit non est hicc [2:32]
20. In Nomine a 5 Free from all [2:13]
21. In Nomine a 5 Trust [1:33]
22. In Nomine a 5 Beleve me [2:24]
23. In Nomine a 5 Crye [2:08]
24. Lawdes Deo a 5 [2:21]
25. In Nomine a 5 I come [2:25]
26. In Nomine a 5 Re la re [1:16]
27. In Nomine a 5 Howld fast [1:13]
28. In Nomine a 5 Saye so [2:04]
29. In Nomine a 5 Seldom sene [2:09]
30. In Nomine a 5 Reporte [1:33]
31. Sit Fast a 3 [7:34]
TT 79:00



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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
en
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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William Lawes (1602-1645) - Consorts in Four and Five Parts - Phantasm

Opgenomen in Forde Abbey, England, August 1999

"But mostly it is due to compositional genius and his sensitivity to sound that, even in the smaller scale works, Lawes can unite each one of the disparate musical lines and then go on to take them further, to become much greater than their sum. By comparison, even the finest pieces of other composers - such as Byrd or Tomkins - wonderful as they are, can seem to be merely entwined lines playing simultaneously. The overall impression - indeed, illusion - of William Lawes' music is one that can really only be described as symphonic."

Nigel Rushbrook op deze informatieve William Lawes-webstek: http://www.canterburygreenman.fsnet.co.uk/WilliamLawes.htm

Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol, director
Wendy Gillespie, treble viol
Jonathan Manson, tenor viol
Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, bass viol
en
Sarah Cunningham, bass viol


Consort Setts in Five Parts
Set a5 in A
1. Fantazy — 2. Fantazy —3. Aire
Set a5 in F
4. Fantazy — 5. Paven — 6. Aire
Set a5 in C
7. Fantazy — 8. Aire — 9. Paven — 10. Aire
Set a5 in C
11. Fantazy — 12. Paven — 13. Aire
Set a5 in G
14. Fantazy — 15. On the Playnsong — 16. Aire
For the Violls a4
17. Fantazy in c — 18. Aire (Fantazy) in C — 19. Aire in c — 20. Aire in C — 21. Aire in c — 22. Aire in C
TT 66:50

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William Lawes (1602-1645) - Concord is conquer'd - Fretwork

Consort Setts for 5 & 6 viols
4 Herrick Songs
Pieces for lyra viol

Opgenomen in St Bartholomew's Church, Oxford, september 1991

Fretwork
[Wendy Gillespie, Richard Campbell, William Hunt, Julia Hodgson, Susanna Pell, Richard Boothby], viola's da gamba
Catherine Bott, sopraan
Richard Boothby, lyra viol
Paul Nicholson, orgel

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"Celestiall Witchcraft" - The Private Music Of Henry and Charles Princes of Wales - Fretwork

Opgenomen in Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset, 27-30 april 1998

Fretwork
[Wendy Gillespie, Richard Campbell, Richard Boothby, William Hunt, Julia Hodgson, Susanna Pell], viola's da gamba
met
Mark Padmore, tenor
Paul Nicholson, orgel
Nigel North, luit & theorbe
William Carter, theorbe

"The title of this recording comes, appropriately, from Thomas Campion’s Elegie upon the untimely death of Prince Henry: ‘his carriage was full of celestiall witchcraft, winning all to admiration and love personall.’ Henry’s musical taste was equally so and listeners to this CD are implicitly asked to consider whether, had he lived to become king instead of Charles, the course of English musical history (not to say non-musical history) might have been quite different. Coprario’s two airs – one mourning the death of Henry, the other comforting Charles – must have provided the initial inspiration for the CD.

Happily, Henry’s music tutor, Alfonso Ferrabosco II, figures prominently here: two airs from his 1609 collection, sublimely sung and accompanied on the lute; a wistful pavan in three parts, delicately played with cadences that end with a whisper; and an In Nomine ‘through all parts’ of great subtlety. Thomas Lupo’s polished six-part fantasia that opens the recording – offering a further example of the sort of music Henry is known to have enjoyed – Fretwork’s performance doesn’t disappoint: it captures the rhetoric of the beginning, bringing crystal clarity to the syncopations of the middle section while articulating the musical architecture. William Lawes is the composer most closely associated with the young Charles I and his music is represented on this disc by a fantasia, three dances (a mournful Pavin followed by a wittily played Almain and a danceable Saraband), an affecting transcription he made of a Monteverdi madrigal, and one of the Royal Consorts in the richer, six-part version calling for two theorbos. The two Gibbons Fantasias for the great double bass allow William Hunt to shine on his wonderfully resonant larger viol.

Fretwork produces polished, sophisticated performances complemented by those of Padmore and North, offering delightfully varied and – dare I say it? – bewitching entertainment fit for a king." - Gramophone 6/1999


1. Lupo Fantasia a6 3:26
2. Gibbons Fantasia a6 3:10
3. Ferrabosco So beautie on the water stood 1:30
4. Ferrabosco Pavin 5:12
5. Ferrabosco In Nomine through all parts 5:00
6. Gibbons Fantasia for the Great Dooble Bass No 2 3:50
7. Gibbons Fantasia for the Great Dooble Bass No 3 4:08
8. Ferrabosco So, so leave off this last lamenting kiss 2:57
9. Monteverdi/Lawes O come'è gran martire 2:14
10. Coprario Fantasia : Chi può Mirarvi 3:21
11. Lawes Royal Consort Sett No 7-1 2:27
12. Lawes Royal Consort Sett No 7-2 1:51
13. Lawes Royal Consort Sett No 7-3 1:10
14. Lawes Royal Consort Sett No 7-4 1:28
15. Lawes Royal Consort Sett No 7-5 1:48
16. Lawes Royal Consort Sett No 7-6 0:58
17. Lupo Ardo sì-1 2:03
18. Lupo Ardo sì-2 2:07
19. Coprario To the most disconsolate Great Brittaine 2:57
20. Lawes Pavin first 4:48
21. Lawes Almain 1:36
22. Monteverdi/Mico Latral Parte Seconda-1 1:43
23. Monteverdi/Mico Latral Parte Seconda-2 1:52
24. Lawes Fantasia 1st 2:44
25. Lawes Serabrand 1:18
26. Coprario To the most High and Mighty Princes Charles 2:05
27. Gibbons Fantasia a6 3:47
TT 71:52


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Thomas Lupo (1571-1627) - Consort Music - The English Fantasy

Opgenomen in United Reformed Church, Highgate, London, 1995

Het zijn misschien zijn Italiaanse wortels waardoor Lupo's muziek niet de gravitas heeft van de andere componisten die het patronaat van Charles I genoten - Orlando Gibbons, John Coprario, Alfonso Ferrabosco II, collega's met wie Lupo het repertoire van de Engelse consortmuziek ontwikkelde. Als hofcomponist was Lupo verantwoordelijk voor dingen waarop men kon dansen, en dat is duidelijk te horen in zijn sterk ritmisch georiënteerde consortmuziek. Maar zoals bij een mooie dans - elegant, verfijnd, keurig - die men na de laatste maat alweer bijna vergeten is, om met terugwerkende kracht het besef te laten knagen dat men genoten heeft, dat men beter had moeten opletten maar dat het nu voorbij is; zo zet de lichte melancholie in die, zo denkt men achteraf, ook al ergens in de dans verweven zat.
The English Fantasy speelt helder, ietwat ielig misschien, maar dat slanke tot licht uitgemergelde past nu eenmaal mooi bij Engelse dames.

1. ARDO, SÌ a5 - Prima Parte 1:57
2. ARDI ET GELA - Seconda Parte 2:06
3. FANTASIA a3 No.5 (VdGS 6) 2:59
4. FANTASY a4 No.8 2:39
5. FANTASIA (AIR) a3 No.21 (VdGS 17) 1:45
6. FANTASIA a6 No.12 2:59
7. FANTASY a5 No.25 3:00
8. FANTASIA a3 No.12 (VdGS 15/25) 1:50
9. AIRE a4 1:34
10. FANTASIA a3 No.15 (VdGS 26) 3:16
11. FANTASIA a6 No.5 3:34
12. FANTASY a5 No.26 3:21
13. FANTASIA (AIR) a3 No.24 (VdGS 21) 1:44
14. FANTASIA a4 (Meyer No.3) 2:49
15. PAVAN a3 No.28 (VdGS 3) 3:54
16. FANTASIA a6 No.4 3:35
17. IO MORIRÒ a5 1:57
18. FANTASIA a5 No.88 2:01
19. ALTRE PAROLE a5 2:42
20. FANTASIA a3 No.16 (VdGS 27) 2:36
21. FANTASY a5 No.4 2:39
22. FANTASIA a3 No.11 (VdGS 14) 1:47
23. FANTASIA a6 No.9 3:48

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The Spirit of Gambo - Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XX

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William Byrd (1543-1623) - Complete consort music - Fretwork

Opgenomen in The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, 1987-1989-1993.

Fretwork, gamba's
Christopher Wilson, luit

1. Prelude & Ground
2. Christe redemptor a 4
3. Sermone blando a 3 & a 4 # 1
4. Pavan & Galliard a 5
5. Fantasia a 5 'two in one'
6. In nomine a 4 # 1
7. In nomine a 4 # 2
8-10. Fantasia a 3 # 1-3
11. Fantasia a 4 # 1
12. Browning a 5
13. Pavan & Galliard a 6
14-18. In nomine a 5 # 1-5
19. Fantasia a 6 # 3
20. Christe qui lux a 4 # 1-3
21. Te lucis a 4 # 2, verse 2
22. Miserere a 4
23. Fantasia a 6 # 2
TT 76:27

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Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) - Above the Starrs - Fretwork, Emma Kirkby e.a.

Fretwork met
Emma Kirkby, sopraan
Catherine King, alt
Charles Daniels, tenor
Donald Greig, bariton
Richard Wistreich & Jonathan Arnold, bas
Opname 2002, St. Bartolomew's Church, Orford, Suffolk.

Inhoud:
1. ''O Lord, lett me knowe myne end''
2. Fantasia a 6
3. Pavan a 6
4. Galliard a 6
5. Fantasia a 3
6. In Nomine a 3
7. Ut re mi fa sol la
8. ''Sing unto God''
9. Pavan a 6
10. Alman a 6
11. ''Above the starrs my saviour dwells''
12. Fantasia a 3
13. Pavan a 5
14. ''Woe is me''
15. In Nomine a 3
16. Fantasia a 6
17. ''Thou art my king''
18. Fantasia a 3
19. Fantasia a 6
20. ''Rejoice, rejoice and singe''

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Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) - Consorts for Viols - Phantasm

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"To begin with, there are the six-part fantasies, gems like no others, composed with a fluency of idiom and with such a concentration of ideas that they're best heard as a group. Listening to them is like peering into a kaleidoscope: one can decide to follow the fortunes of one pattern over that of another, thereby gaining insight each time into the coherence of the whole."

Phantasm, een gambaconsort, werd gevormd in 1994. Eén van de musici behoort ook tot het vermaarde Fretwork.

Inhoud:

Fantasies a6
1. Fantasia V
2. Fantasia VI
3. Fantasia III
4. Fantasia I
5. Fantasia II
6. Fantasia IV
In Nomines a5
7. In Nomine I
8. In Nomine II
Virginals Music a4 and a madrigal a5
9. Peascod Time (The Hunt's Up)
10. Pavan Lord Salisbury
11. Fantasia
12. The Silver Swan
Fantasies a3
13. Fantasy I
14. Fantasy II
15. Fantasy III
16. Fantasy IV
Anthems a6
17. O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not
18. Hosanna to the Son of David
Dances and divisions a6
19. Pavan
20. Galliard
21. Go from my Window
TT 71: 48

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http://rapidshare.com/files/22120682/GibbConsPhan.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/22124397/GibbConsPhan.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/22129618/GibbConsPhan.part4.rar