Hume: Passions & Division / Heinrich

Susanne Heinrich, viola da gamba

Tobias Hume (?c1579–1645): Passion & Division from The First Part of Ayres—CaptainHumes Musicall Humors (1605) / Loves Pastime / A Jigge / Harke, harke / Now I come / Rossamond / Touch me lightly / The Duke of Holstones Almayne / A Souldiers Resolution / I am melancholy / Tickell, tickell / A French Ayre / Deth / Life / The Spirit of Gambo / Tinckeldum, twinckeldum / Captain Humes Pavan / A Soldiers Galliard / Loves Farewell

Gramophone Editor's Choice - May 2010
Susanne Heinrich’s first solo release for Hyperion was a deliciously atmsopheric award winning disc of music by Abel. She continues her exploration of the world of the viol with this fascinating selection of works by the English composer Tobias Hume. Hume is a paradoxical figure: sometime mercenary solider and popularly described as a dilettante, the suggestive titles of some of these pieces reinforce that picture—a picture that is belied by the music itself. Many of these works show a deep understanding of pure, translucent emotion, as if to take a magnifying glass straight to the core of one’s feelings. A sense of melancholy and sadness, enhanced by Heinrich’s sympathetic playing, entices the listener into a world of dark enchantment.

Price: $19.98