Pamela Thorby "Garden of Early Delights" SACD

Pamela Thorby "Garden of Early Delights" SACD

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Pamela Thorby collaborates with Andrew Lawrence-King in this delightful selection.

‘No connoisseur of recorder-playing or Renaissance instrumental virtuosity will want to be without this delightful anthology.' The Telegraph 

5 stars ‘...this is music to warm the heart and delight the senses.' Financial Times

‘...a very captivating collection...her execution is flawless...' International Record Review
 
 5 stars 'Thorby's playing exhibits a vitality, exuberance and earthiness...' BBC Music Magazine

‘This is Paradise indeed.' Gramophone

Garden of Early Delights is a mixed bouquet of diverse, joyous, unusual and eloquent pieces from the Renaissance and aarly Baroque periods. Performed by Pamela Thorby on recorders and Andrew Lawrence-King on harps and psaltery, these are two virtuosic musicians unsurpassed in their respective fields. The garden of sixteenth and seventeenth-century music brought forth a rich harvest of symbolism and literary associations – some of which are presented on this album. The programme includes bursts of good humour in the treatment of van Eyck's popular variations, sensuous melancholy from Dowland contrasting with the formality of diminutions on favourite madrigals. Garden of Early Delights includes solo pieces from both musicians, plus works that allow them to come together and showcase their considerable skills for musical interaction. Pamela Thorby and Andrew Lawrence-King merge their considerable experience of other genres to deliver a unique performance on an album that brings to life music full of surprise, beauty and delight.

Tracklisting

  1. Trattado de Glosas: Recercada segunda de tenore
  2. Der Flutyen Lust-Hof: Wat zal men op den Avond doen
  3. Der Flutyen Lust-Hof: Derde, Doen Daphne d’over
  4. Der Flutyen Lust-Hof: Boffons
  5. Sonate concertate in stil modern, libro second: Sonata seconda a soprano solo
  6. Second Book of Songes: Sorrow, sorrow stay
  7. T’Uitnement Kabinet (after Dowland): Lachrime Pavaen
  8. Third Book of Songes: Weep you no more
  9. Motetti, madrigali et canzone francese: Susanne un jour
  10. Trattado de Glosas: Recercada segunda de canto llano
  11. Sonate a 1. 2. 3. per il violin, o cornetto, fagotto, chitarone, violincino o simile altro istrumento: Sonata sesta
  12. Per Ogni Sorte d’Stromento: Passacalio
  13. Sonate a 1. 2. 3. per il violin, o cornetto, fagotto, chitarone, violincino o simile altro istrumento: Sonata seconda
  14. Der Flutyen Lust-Hof: Amarilli mia bella
  15. Trattado de Glosas: Recercada prima sobre doulce mémoire
  16. Motetti, madrigali et canzone francese: Frais et gaillard