Still Music of the Spheres

Still Music of the Spheres
Consort Music by William Byrd and Richard Mico
Phantasm
Simax 1143

Contents:

  1. Byrd: Fantasia a6 II
  2. Byrd: In Nomine a5 II
  3. Byrd: In Nomine a5 III
  4. Byrd: In Nomine a5 IV
  5. Byrd: In Nomine a5 V
  6. Byrd: Browning a5
  7. Byrd: Fantasia a6 III
  8. Byrd: Fantasia a5 'Two in one'

    9. Mico: Set 1
  9. Fancy no. 5
  10. Fancy no. 19

    11. Mico: Set 2
  11. Pavan no. 2
  12. Fancy no. 4a
  13. Fancy no. 14
  14. Fancy no. 18

    15. Mico: Set 3
  15. Pavan no. 3
  16. Fancy no. 10
  17. Fancy no. 9

    18. Mico: Set 4
  18. Pavan no. 4
  19. Fancy no. 6
  20. Fancy no. 7

Performers: Laurence Dreyfus (treble viol), Wendy Gillespie (treble & tenor viols), Jonathan Manson (tenor viol), Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (bass viol), Martha McGaughey (tenor viol - tracks 1-8), Alison McGillivray (bass viol - tracks 1,7)

Playing time: 60'

Recording date: August 1996 (Suffolk)

Besides some of Byrd's best consort works, the present program includes some works by Richard Mico (c.1590-1661). The organization into "Sets" has been done by the present ensemble, based on key relationships.

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Todd M. McComb