Thomas Simpson

Thomas Simpson - An Englishman Abroad
The Parley of Instruments - Peter Holman
Hyperion 66435 (The English Orpheus Vol. 6)

Contents:

  1. Paduana (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  2. Intrada (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  3. Ricercar (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  4. Canzon (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  5. Courantes 1 & 2 (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  6. Almande (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  7. John Farmer: Pavan (violin, 3 violas, bass violin, lute)
  8. Galliard (violin, 3 violas, bass violin, lute)
  9. Robert Johnson: The Satyrs Dance (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  10. Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Alman (lyra viol)
  11. Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Alman (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  12. Joseph Shirley: The Prince's Courant (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, harp, virginals)
  13. Paduan (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, organ)
  14. Galliard (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, organ)
  15. Pasameza (2 violins, 2 violas, bass violin, theorbo, harp, organ)
  16. Dowland: Paduan (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, virginals)
  17. Dowland: Aria - Mrs. Nichols Almand (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, virginals)
  18. Johann Grabbe: Canzon (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, virginals)
  19. Dowland: M. John Langstons Pavan (violin, 3 violas, bass violin, lute)
  20. Galliard (violin, 3 violas, bass violin, lute)
  21. Almande (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, harp, organ)
  22. Canzon (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, harp, organ)
  23. Anon: My Robin is to the greenwood gone (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, harp, organ)
  24. Ricercar on "Bonny sweet Robin" (2 violins, viola, bass violin, theorbo, harp, organ)

Playing time: 59'

Recording date: November 1989

Unattributed pieces are by Thomas Simpson (1582-c.1628).

To purchasing information for this disc.

To FAQ references to this recording.

To FAQ CD index page.

Todd M. McComb