(絕版)'Musique of Violenze' ('violins', not 'violence'): Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as something of a dancer (see picture above) and this disc contains a medley of the sort of music which was played after dinner in the royal court during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Alongside works by such well-known composers as Byrd, Morley, and Parsons, the recording includes miniatures by several more obscure composers, and from two contemporary 'anthologies' of dance music.
As you would expect, this is music of great vigour, with that sense of drive ideal for shedding those pounds after a lavish banquet—and for getting close to 'one's favourite' …
1. Dances From The Arundel Part-Books: Almand - Galliard - Galliard - Galliard
2. Hackney
3. Browning My Dear
4. Dances From The Arundel Part-Books: Innocent (Of Cremona's) Pavan And Galliard
5. Dances From The Arundel Part-Books: Division On Innocent's Pavan
6. Dances From The Arundel Part-Books: Pavan
7. Dances From The Arundel Part-Books: Division On The Pavan
8. Dances From The Arundel Part-Books: Milord markes Galliard - Division On The Galliard
9. Fancy
10. A Knell
11. Almand
12. Pavan And Galliard Of Albarti (Albert Of Venice?)
13. De la Court
14. In Nomine Pavan
15. The First Pavan
16. The First Galliard
17. Passaggi On Lassus's 'Susanna un jour'
18. Pavan On 'Susanna un jour'
19. 'The Queen's Goodnight': Prelude And Ground
20. Sacred End Pavan And Galliard
21. Southerne's Pavan
22. Southerne's Galliard
23. Wolsey's Wild
24. My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
25. Tickle My Toe
26. Strawberry Leaves |
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