Music of the English Virginalists
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Composer or Director: William Byrd, Martin Peerson, Thomas Morley, John Mundy, John Bull, Richard Farnaby, Henry Purcell
Label: Orfeo
Magazine Review Date: 10/1989
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: M139861A
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Volte, G No. 2, 'Lord/Lady Morley' |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Pavan and Galliard, G minor No. 1, 'on the passame |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer |
| Wilson's Wild |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The soldiers' summons |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The march of footmen |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The bagpipe and the drone |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The flute and the drum |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Burying of the dead |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Soldiers' dance |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Galliard, G No. 10, 'for the victory' |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Walsingham |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| In Nomine |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| My Jewel |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) King's Hunt |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Alman, C |
Thomas Morley, Composer
Thomas Morley, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Robin |
John Mundy, Composer
John Mundy, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Keyboard Works, Movement: Fall of the Leaf |
Martin Peerson, Composer
Martin Peerson, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Nobody's Jig |
Richard Farnaby, Composer
Richard Farnaby, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (4) Grounds, Movement: C minor, T D221 (spurious, by ?Croft) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Henry Purcell, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
Composer or Director: William Byrd, Martin Peerson, Thomas Morley, John Mundy, John Bull, Richard Farnaby, Henry Purcell
Label: Orfeo
Magazine Review Date: 10/1989
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: S139861A
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Volte, G No. 2, 'Lord/Lady Morley' |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Pavan and Galliard, G minor No. 1, 'on the passame |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer |
| Wilson's Wild |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The soldiers' summons |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The march of footmen |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The bagpipe and the drone |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The flute and the drum |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Burying of the dead |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Soldiers' dance |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Galliard, G No. 10, 'for the victory' |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Walsingham |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| In Nomine |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| My Jewel |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) King's Hunt |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Alman, C |
Thomas Morley, Composer
Thomas Morley, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Robin |
John Mundy, Composer
John Mundy, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Keyboard Works, Movement: Fall of the Leaf |
Martin Peerson, Composer
Martin Peerson, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Nobody's Jig |
Richard Farnaby, Composer
Richard Farnaby, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (4) Grounds, Movement: C minor, T D221 (spurious, by ?Croft) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Henry Purcell, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
Composer or Director: William Byrd, Martin Peerson, Thomas Morley, John Mundy, John Bull, Richard Farnaby, Henry Purcell
Label: Orfeo
Magazine Review Date: 10/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 57
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: C139861A
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Volte, G No. 2, 'Lord/Lady Morley' |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Pavan and Galliard, G minor No. 1, 'on the passame |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer |
| Wilson's Wild |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The soldiers' summons |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The march of footmen |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The bagpipe and the drone |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Battle, Movement: The flute and the drum |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Burying of the dead |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) Soldiers' dance |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Galliard, G No. 10, 'for the victory' |
William Byrd, Composer
William Byrd, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Walsingham |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| In Nomine |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| My Jewel |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (The) King's Hunt |
John Bull, Composer
John Bull, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Alman, C |
Thomas Morley, Composer
Thomas Morley, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Robin |
John Mundy, Composer
John Mundy, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Keyboard Works, Movement: Fall of the Leaf |
Martin Peerson, Composer
Martin Peerson, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| Nobody's Jig |
Richard Farnaby, Composer
Richard Farnaby, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
| (4) Grounds, Movement: C minor, T D221 (spurious, by ?Croft) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Henry Purcell, Composer Zuzana Ruzicková, Harpsichord |
Author: John Duarte
The recording may engender a sense of deja-vu in those who are long in memory; a high proportion of the programme is identical with that of Rickova's earlier, identically titled Supraphon LP (9/68—nla). Out, and rightly so, go Dowland and Purcell (though Croft, disguised as Craft [sic] remains), and Byrd extends his activities to the battlefield. I am assured, nevertheless, that this is an entirely new recording (1984), though little else seems to have changed in nearly two decades. Rickova's love of coloration, for instance remains undimmed; many items are adorned with prismatic registrations in which the buff stop and piping super-octaves (bird- rather than Byrdsong) are not overlooked. There are, too, some strange stylistic happenings: a few passages of mincing staccato (like an imitation of a pianist imitating an imagined harpsichordist), fussy and excessive ornamentation that at its worst disturbs the fall of Peerson's leaf, romantic dwellings in contemplating Dr Bull's Jewel, and an anachronistic petite reprise to the first half of Mundy's Robin—but not to the second.
In his review of the earlier recording, LS approved of her shortening of Bull's Walsingham variations (the more welcome since, at Rickova's pace the pilgrims would still be 'getting there' today), she omits Nos. 4, 5, 7 and 11, after which she cuts straight from 12 to a grandstand finish with 22. The same composer's In Nomine is Fitzwilliam XXXVII; the annotation fails to identify it. There are better ways to end a programme than with Byrd's The Battle, here given the full treatment, which seems longer than the 10 1/2 minutes it takes. The impressiveness of Rickova's technique is as undoubtable as is her overt affection for this music—and the tenuousness of her grasp of its style and spirit. There is much to enjoy and admire in this recording, but it has little to do with the real essence of its title.'
In his review of the earlier recording, LS approved of her shortening of Bull's Walsingham variations (the more welcome since, at Rickova's pace the pilgrims would still be 'getting there' today), she omits Nos. 4, 5, 7 and 11, after which she cuts straight from 12 to a grandstand finish with 22. The same composer's In Nomine is Fitzwilliam XXXVII; the annotation fails to identify it. There are better ways to end a programme than with Byrd's The Battle, here given the full treatment, which seems longer than the 10 1
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