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Counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and the viol consort Fretwork present a new recording of German works for viol consort and voice drawn from 17th-century, following their critically-praised 2019 album of works by Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell. Featuring performances from organist Silas Wollston and counter-tenor Hugh Cutting, the recital ranges widely over the 17th century – from the early years with three curiously similar sounding friends: Schein, Scheidt and Schütz, to the most significant member of the Bach family before Johann Sebastian, Johann Christoph Bach. From their they travel down North Sea to the foothills of the Alps, including Buxtehude’s predecessor at the Marienkirche in Lübeck – Franz Tunder (whose daughter Buxtehude was to marry) and another north German composer who worked in Copenhagen, Christian Geist.
Giovanni Felice Sances is an outlier here: he was born in Rome, but spent the second part of his life working for three successive Emperors in Vienna, where viol playing was still very much in vogue. In 2021, Fretwork celebrates its 35th anniversary. In the past three and a half decades they have explored the core repertory of great English consort music, from Taverner to Purcell, and made classic recordings against which others are judged. In addition to this, Fretwork have become known as pioneers of contemporary music for viols, having commissioned over 40 new works. Iestyn Davies is a British countertenor widely recognised as one of the world’s finest singers celebrated for the beauty and technical dexterity of his voice and intelligent musicianship. © Signum Classics
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Iestyn Davies, Countertenor - Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Franz Tunder, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Virginals - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Samuel Scheidt, Composer
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Iestyn Davies, Countertenor - Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Christoph Bach, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Virginals - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Virginals - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Virginals - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Iestyn Davies, Countertenor - Hugh Cutting, Countertenor - Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Heinrich Schütz, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Virginals - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Virginals - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Virginals - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Iestyn Davies, Countertenor - Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Christian Geist, Composer
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Iestyn Davies, Countertenor - Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Franz Tunder, Composer
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Silas Wollston, Virginals - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Samuel Scheidt, Composer
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Iestyn Davies, Countertenor - Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Giovanni Felice Sances, Composer
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Iestyn Davies, Countertenor - Hugh Cutting, Countertenor - Silas Wollston, Organ - Fretwork, Ensemble - Richard Boothby, Conductor - Johann Hermann Schein, Composer
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Album review
Counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and the viol consort Fretwork present a new recording of German works for viol consort and voice drawn from 17th-century, following their critically-praised 2019 album of works by Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell. Featuring performances from organist Silas Wollston and counter-tenor Hugh Cutting, the recital ranges widely over the 17th century – from the early years with three curiously similar sounding friends: Schein, Scheidt and Schütz, to the most significant member of the Bach family before Johann Sebastian, Johann Christoph Bach. From their they travel down North Sea to the foothills of the Alps, including Buxtehude’s predecessor at the Marienkirche in Lübeck – Franz Tunder (whose daughter Buxtehude was to marry) and another north German composer who worked in Copenhagen, Christian Geist.
Giovanni Felice Sances is an outlier here: he was born in Rome, but spent the second part of his life working for three successive Emperors in Vienna, where viol playing was still very much in vogue. In 2021, Fretwork celebrates its 35th anniversary. In the past three and a half decades they have explored the core repertory of great English consort music, from Taverner to Purcell, and made classic recordings against which others are judged. In addition to this, Fretwork have become known as pioneers of contemporary music for viols, having commissioned over 40 new works. Iestyn Davies is a British countertenor widely recognised as one of the world’s finest singers celebrated for the beauty and technical dexterity of his voice and intelligent musicianship. © Signum Classics
Details of the original recording : Recorded from 21st to 23rd July 2020 at The Apex, Bury St Edmonds (UK)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:28
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Fretwork Iestyn Davies
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
- Period: Baroque Music
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