Gibbons: Music For Viols Vol 1 - Royal Fantasies / Concordia

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Gibbons: Music For Viols Vol 1 - Royal Fantasies / Concordia

	Release Date: 10/17/2000 Label: Metronome Catalog #: 1033 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Orlando Gibbons Performer: Joanna Levine, Mark Levy, Daniel Yeadon, Emilia Benjamin, Alison McGillivray, Gary Cooper Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Number of Discs: 1 Recorded in: Stereo Length: 1 Hours 5 Mins.	CD $18.99 In Stock

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There's no more agreeable, melodious, or concordant sound on earth than that of a consort of viols, and Orlando Gibbons' music for these instruments is among the finest ever written. Besides its artful scoring and clever melodic invention, the essence of the music lies in its harmony, which brings sensuousness and emotional expression to a rare peak of refinement. Perhaps treble viol player Mark Levy, who writes a very interesting set of liner notes, says it best when he describes Gibbons as "a high priest of the sensual mathematics of counterpoint," a comment that makes perfect sense if you don't think about it too long and just listen to the music. This recording by the British viol group Concordia (founded in 1992) is the first volume in a proposed comprehensive survey of Gibbons' consort music. After the three In Nomines for five instruments that open the disc, the program focuses on Fantasies in three and four parts, some including a part for "the Greate Dooble Base". And when you hear this very low viol enter the scene, as in the Fantazia a4 No. 1 and its companion No. 2, you can literally feel the resonance--a striking effect that will absolutely thrill lovers of the nether regions of string sound (and subwoofers). For my taste, however, there's just a little too much bass throughout the recording, which has more to do with engineering decisions than with the inherent power of the greate dooble base. For the first time on CD, these performers present the nine three-part Fantasies together in their "original sequence" following a theory that this is really a set of variations on a theme. Most of the selections include a harpsichord, a decision based on contemporary documentary evidence, and instead of this sounding like an intrusion, it actually works rather well. The playing is absolutely first rate, and it will especially appeal to those who prefer these pieces--often played in a gentle, gentlemanly, round-edged style--performed with assertiveness and energy and enthusiasm, with just a bit of an edge. Since most of Gibbons' consort music appears on compilations with other works and composers, and since even at that only a pathetic few recordings of Gibbons' music exist (my favorite two or three have been deleted), we should applaud this disc and trust the projected series will go forward. I eagerly await volume two. --David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com


Works on This Recording			Back to Top

1.	In Nomine � 5 no 1 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.


2.	In Nomine � 5 no 2 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.


3.	In Nomine � 5 no 3 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.


4.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 1 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs.


5.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 2 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs.


6.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 3 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs.


7.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 4 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.


8.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 5 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs.


9.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 6 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs.


10.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 7 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs.


11.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 8 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs.


12.	Fantasias (15) � 3: no 9 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs.


13.	Fantasias (2) � 4 "for the great double bass": no 1 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Joanna Levine (Bass Viola da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 5 Minutes 5 Secs.


14.	Fantasias (2) � 4 "for the great double bass": no 2 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Joanna Levine (Bass Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs.


15.	In Nomine � 4 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.


16.	Fantasias (9) � 3: no 1 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Bass Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: circa 1620; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs.


17.	Fantasias (9) � 3: no 2 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Joanna Levine (Bass Viola da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: circa 1620; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.


18.	Galliard by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Joanna Levine (Bass Viola da gamba), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 1 Minutes 6 Secs.


19.	Pavane "De le Roye" by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Joanna Levine (Treble Vla da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs.


20.	Fantasias (9) � 3: no 3 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Bass Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: circa 1620; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs.


21.	Fantasias (9) � 3: no 4 by Orlando Gibbons
	Performer: Mark Levy (Treble Vla da gamba), Joanna Levine (Bass Viola da gamba), Emilia Benjamin (Tenor Viola da gamba), Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba), Gary Cooper (Harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (Bass Viola da gamba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Period: Renaissance Written: circa 1620; England	Date of Recording: 09/1998 Venue: Toddington Church, Gloucester, England Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.

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