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Three ensembles of 17th-century music: Fretwork, His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts and the Magdalena Consort combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for this first complete recording of the consort anthems of Orlando Gibbons. Let us here remind the reader that consort anthems were conceived as domestic music to be performed at the private homes of the nobility and gentry or at court; they are more often than not scored for voices and viols, with alternating instrumental and vocal moments – even if the viols, probably, were to play throughout. Consort anthems are different from verse anthems in that the latter were written for liturgical use, featuring one or more soloists, accompanied by the organ and alternating with passages for the full cathedral choir. To close the subject, the full anthem was entirely written for the chorus. Thus, the present recording shows us Gibbons as a composer for highly skilled amateurs, from the King’s own entourage down to the educated bourgeoisie. Alas, the scarcity of material that has come to us, as well as the flabbergasting diversity of manuscript or published sources, has brought the artists of this album to complete the extant consort anthems with a handful of other kinds of anthems, most likely verse anthems. But whatever the format, Gibbons appears here as a huge though somewhat neglected genius – the utter complexity of his music, his rather short life-span, as well as the fact that many a score may have been lost during the First Civil War and the bleak Cromwellian protectorate, may account for that relative neglect.
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Charles Daniels, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Catherine King, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Samuel Boden, MainArtist - Eleanor Minney, MainArtist - Nicholas Todd, MainArtist - Simon Gallear, MainArtist - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Charles Daniels, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Charles Daniels, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Ensemble - Silas Woolston, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Samuel Boden, MainArtist - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Catherine King, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Julia Doyle, MainArtist - Samuel Boden, MainArtist - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Charles Daniels, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Catherine King, MainArtist - Charles Daniels, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Greg Skidmore, MainArtist - Samuel Boden, MainArtist - Eleanor Minney, MainArtist - Kirsty Whatley, MainArtist - Nicholas Todd, MainArtist - Simon Gallear, MainArtist - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble - Silas Woolston, MainArtist - Will Gaunt, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Catherine King, MainArtist - Charles Daniels, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Eleanor Minney, MainArtist - His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Ensemble - Nicholas Todd, MainArtist - Simon Gallear, MainArtist - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble - Silas Woolston, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Charles Daniels, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble - Will Gaunt, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Catherine King, MainArtist - Charles Daniels, MainArtist - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Peter Harvey, MainArtist - Samuel Boden, MainArtist - Simon Gallear, MainArtist - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Fretwork, Ensemble - Samuel Boden, MainArtist - Eleanor Minney, MainArtist - His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Ensemble - Magdalena Consort, Ensemble - Silas Woolston, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
Albumbeschreibung
Three ensembles of 17th-century music: Fretwork, His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts and the Magdalena Consort combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for this first complete recording of the consort anthems of Orlando Gibbons. Let us here remind the reader that consort anthems were conceived as domestic music to be performed at the private homes of the nobility and gentry or at court; they are more often than not scored for voices and viols, with alternating instrumental and vocal moments – even if the viols, probably, were to play throughout. Consort anthems are different from verse anthems in that the latter were written for liturgical use, featuring one or more soloists, accompanied by the organ and alternating with passages for the full cathedral choir. To close the subject, the full anthem was entirely written for the chorus. Thus, the present recording shows us Gibbons as a composer for highly skilled amateurs, from the King’s own entourage down to the educated bourgeoisie. Alas, the scarcity of material that has come to us, as well as the flabbergasting diversity of manuscript or published sources, has brought the artists of this album to complete the extant consort anthems with a handful of other kinds of anthems, most likely verse anthems. But whatever the format, Gibbons appears here as a huge though somewhat neglected genius – the utter complexity of his music, his rather short life-span, as well as the fact that many a score may have been lost during the First Civil War and the bleak Cromwellian protectorate, may account for that relative neglect.
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:28
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Magdalena Consort Fretwork His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
- Composer: Orlando Gibbons
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Klassiek Religieuze vocale muziek
(C) 2017 Signum Records (P) 2017 Signum Records
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