Farnaby: Harpsichord music
- Giles Farnaby's Dream
- Pieces pour clavier
Pierre Hantaï
ADDA 581172
Accord 242 212
Accord 476 057
Contents:
- For two virginals
- Muscadin
- Fantasia No. 5
- Meridian Alman
- Mal Sims
- Alman No. 22
- Rosseter's Galliard
- Woody-Cock
- A maske (MB No. 33)
- Pawles Wharfe
- The Old Spagnioletta
- Fantasia No. 12
- His Humour
- A Maske
- The King's Hunt
- Fantasia No. 7
- A Gigge
- Galiarda
- Tell mee Daphne
- Spagnioletta
- Fantasia No. 10
- A Maske (MB No. 32)
- Johnson's Alman
- Fantasia
- Johnson's Pavana
- Why aske you
- Giles Farnaby's Dreame
- Quodling's Delight
- Lachrymae Pavan
- A Toye
Extra performer: Élisabeth Joye (track #1)
Playing time: 76'
Recording date: February & March 1990
Instrument: Italian harpsichord "F. A. 1677" - Kenneth Gilbert's
collection (tracks 1-21); harpsichord Ruckers 1624 (tracks 22-30)
The amateur Giles Farnaby (c.1563-1640) produced some of the
most idiosyncratic music of the all-too-short period of the English
virginalists. One cannot really compare him to the great masters
of the genre, but he provides a welcome contrast.
Other dedicated recordings:
- Farnaby: Complete Fantasias for Harpsichord
- Glen Wilson
Naxos 8.570025
- Giles Farnaby's Dreame
- Bradford Tracey
Adagio 91614
- Farnaby's Dreame
- 20 pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Timothy Roberts
Early-Music.com Productions 7756
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