The Fitzwiliam Virginal Book Vol.7
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 95648
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 9th April 2020
Contents
Works
A Medley CLXXIIIAllemanda CCLXXIV
A toye
Corranto CCLXVI
Corranto Lady Riche
Heaven and Earth
Praeludium CLI
Praeludium CXX
Why aske you
A Gigg CLXXXI
Alman CLVI
Alman CLXIII
Alman LXIII
Callino casturame, BK35
Corranto CCXLI
Earl of Oxford's March
Fortune LXV
Galliard CLXIV
Gipseis Round
Malt's come down CL
Miserere a3 CLXXVI
Miserere a4 CLXXVII
Monsieur's Alman LXI
Monsieur's Alman Variatio. LXII
O Mistrys Myne
Pavan CCLVI
Pavana and Galiarda 'Delight'
Pavan and Galliard 'Bray'
Pescodd Time CCLXXVI
Preludium, BK24
Sir John Gray's Galliard CXCI
The Ghost CLXII
Ut, mi, re CII
Wolsey's Wilde
A Gigge CCLXVII
Alman CXLVII
Bonny Sweete Robin
Daphne
Fantasia 'Ay me, poore heart' CCXXXIII
Fantasia CCVIII
Fantasia CCXCVI
Fantasia CCXXIX
Fantasia CCXXXIV
Fantasia CCXXXVIII
Grounde CCXL
Lord Zouches Maske
Praeludium CCXLVI
Put up thy Dagger, Jemy CXXVII
Rosseters Galliard CCLXXXIII
Spagnioletta LIV
The flatt pavan
Tower Hill
Up Tails All
Walter Erle's Pavan
Why aske you?
A Duo CCXLVIII
Fayne would I wedd
Hanskin CCXCVII
Nobodyes Gigge
Artists
Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord, muselar)Works
A Medley CLXXIIIAllemanda CCLXXIV
A toye
Corranto CCLXVI
Corranto Lady Riche
Heaven and Earth
Praeludium CLI
Praeludium CXX
Why aske you
A Gigg CLXXXI
Alman CLVI
Alman CLXIII
Alman LXIII
Callino casturame, BK35
Corranto CCXLI
Earl of Oxford's March
Fortune LXV
Galliard CLXIV
Gipseis Round
Malt's come down CL
Miserere a3 CLXXVI
Miserere a4 CLXXVII
Monsieur's Alman LXI
Monsieur's Alman Variatio. LXII
O Mistrys Myne
Pavan CCLVI
Pavana and Galiarda 'Delight'
Pavan and Galliard 'Bray'
Pescodd Time CCLXXVI
Preludium, BK24
Sir John Gray's Galliard CXCI
The Ghost CLXII
Ut, mi, re CII
Wolsey's Wilde
A Gigge CCLXVII
Alman CXLVII
Bonny Sweete Robin
Daphne
Fantasia 'Ay me, poore heart' CCXXXIII
Fantasia CCVIII
Fantasia CCXCVI
Fantasia CCXXIX
Fantasia CCXXXIV
Fantasia CCXXXVIII
Grounde CCXL
Lord Zouches Maske
Praeludium CCXLVI
Put up thy Dagger, Jemy CXXVII
Rosseters Galliard CCLXXXIII
Spagnioletta LIV
The flatt pavan
Tower Hill
Up Tails All
Walter Erle's Pavan
Why aske you?
A Duo CCXLVIII
Fayne would I wedd
Hanskin CCXCVII
Nobodyes Gigge
Artists
Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord, muselar)About
The book and its manuscripts provide us with an insight into Elizabethan and early Jacobean socio-cultural life. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536 by Henry VIII followed by Mary Tudor’s blood-soaked crackdown, it was clear that being a Protestant in Tudor England was risky business. Once Queen Elizabeth took the throne in 1558, she established a moderate form of Protestantism and halted the campaign of religious persecution. But the damage was already done, and many composers decided to steer clear of religion altogether and focus their efforts on secular music. (It is thought Farnaby was probably a Puritan sympathiser and Byrd hailed from a protestant background, although he switched to Catholicism later in life.) The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is a vital record of such works. Compiled in the late 1700s, the book today resides in a dedicated museum in Cambridge.
The first section of this release surveys Giles Farnaby’s musical output. Bony Sweet Robin is a setting of a popular Renaissance tune and Sir Walter Raleigh once in a letter to Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, wrote that Dudley was in the Queen’s favour, describing him as ‘her Sweet Robin’. This graceful arrangement is continental in its nature and similar to the Italian madrigal, with a conjunct and cantabile melody line and through-composed structure. As for Richard Farnaby, the four pieces recorded here are all that survives of his output. Nobodyes jig is his best-known work; a playful dance which requires a skilled performer to successfully execute the fast-paced polyphonic music. The final part features works by Byrd as well as anonymous works including almans, pavans, and keyboard arrangements of lute pieces and popular ballads.
Pieter-Jan Belder is a musicologist as well as a polished performer, and his in-depth study of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book makes for a highly informed performance practice. In this release, Belder has elected to play a harpsichord by Adlam Burnett after Ruckers and the muselar by Theo de Haas after Ruckers. In their entirety, the seven volumes so far released by Brilliant Classics bring this fascinating book to life and open up an exciting historical soundscape for everyone to discover and enjoy.
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