Fabulous London - English Music For Viol Consort
Label: Christopho Catalog: CHR77369 Format: CD JOHN JENKINS (1592-1678): Almain - RICHARD MICO (1590-1661): Fantasia No. 3 CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON (c. 1605-1669): aus/from 22 Dances - ORLANDO GIBBONS (1583-1625): Fantasia No. 18 - AUGUSTINO BASSANO (1538-1604): Augusto Pavan (The Trumbull Lute Book, c. 1595) - WILLIAM BYRD (c.1543-1623): Browning - CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON: Division No. 5 ANTHONY HOLBORNE (c. 1545-1602): The Image of Melancholly (No. 27) - Galliard (No. 54) - ALFONSO FERRABOSCO (c. 1575-1628): Fantasia No. 14 14 TOBIAS HUME (c. 1569-1645): The Passion of Musicke - ORLANDO GIBBONS: In Nomine - Fantasy No. 1 At the end of 16th century London rose to become the most important North Sea port and, with the founding of the British East India Company in 1600, the metropolis on the Thames attained overseas importance. This London is also the marvellous world of Fancies, unique musical genres such as the Brownings and In nomines and the home of consort music - in such great demand that composers produced it incessantly for almost 120 years. Price: $27.98 |