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Among the various recordings brought out to mark the 400th anniversary of William Byrd's death in 1623 was this complete set of pieces from My Ladye Nevells Booke, which made classical best-seller lists in the summer of 2023. Harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder is a specialist in complete recordings that cover large collections of sectors of a composer's output; he has already recorded the larger Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, with hundreds of pieces by Byrd and others. My Ladye Nevells Booke is a collection of pieces that Byrd assembled and gave to a patron. It wasn't in any sense meant as a single work (and, in fact, the recording was made at different times over several years), but Belder seems to at least entertain the possibility that someone might listen to the three-disc album straight through (the pieces are in order as they appear in the manuscript); he uses five different instruments, one of them apparently a Ruckers original, to vary the texture. My Ladye Nevells Booke hasn't often been recorded complete, but truth to tell, for those with the stamina, it has lots to reveal when heard this way. The album shows Byrd's mastery of all genres of keyboard music, from adaptations of vocal pieces to instrumental pavans and galliards, ground bass pieces, fascinating experiments like A Fancie, MB 25, and even a big descriptive piece, The Battell. Hearing them all together shows the depth and density of Byrd's thinking in each one. Belder's playing is straightforward, his ornaments crisp and intense -- just what is needed in a big set like this. The sound engineering is mighty close up, and one might sample around to determine how much of an impediment this will be, but Byrd collections should benefit from this ambitious release.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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William BYRD, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Artist, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
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Albumbeschreibung
Among the various recordings brought out to mark the 400th anniversary of William Byrd's death in 1623 was this complete set of pieces from My Ladye Nevells Booke, which made classical best-seller lists in the summer of 2023. Harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder is a specialist in complete recordings that cover large collections of sectors of a composer's output; he has already recorded the larger Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, with hundreds of pieces by Byrd and others. My Ladye Nevells Booke is a collection of pieces that Byrd assembled and gave to a patron. It wasn't in any sense meant as a single work (and, in fact, the recording was made at different times over several years), but Belder seems to at least entertain the possibility that someone might listen to the three-disc album straight through (the pieces are in order as they appear in the manuscript); he uses five different instruments, one of them apparently a Ruckers original, to vary the texture. My Ladye Nevells Booke hasn't often been recorded complete, but truth to tell, for those with the stamina, it has lots to reveal when heard this way. The album shows Byrd's mastery of all genres of keyboard music, from adaptations of vocal pieces to instrumental pavans and galliards, ground bass pieces, fascinating experiments like A Fancie, MB 25, and even a big descriptive piece, The Battell. Hearing them all together shows the depth and density of Byrd's thinking in each one. Belder's playing is straightforward, his ornaments crisp and intense -- just what is needed in a big set like this. The sound engineering is mighty close up, and one might sample around to determine how much of an impediment this will be, but Byrd collections should benefit from this ambitious release.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 42 track(s)
- Total length: 03:21:14
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Pieter-Jan Belder
- Composer: William Byrd
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Klassiek
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