Musique of Violenze

Queen Elizabeth I dancing with Robert Rudley, Earl of Leicester by an unknown artist
Reproduced by permission of Viscount De L'Isle, from his private collection

CDA66929

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Recording details: October 1996
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Roy Mowatt
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: July 1997
Total duration: 58 minutes 35 seconds

'Remarquable élaboré, ce récital convainc surtout par la subtilité dynamique de 'interprétation, par la précision de certains jeux rhythmiques et la virtuosité chaleureuse de chacun des membres du consort. Un très beau programme' (Répertoire, France)

The English Orpheus

Musique of Violenze

Dances, Fantasias and Popular Tunes for Queen Elizabeth’s Violin Band

The Parley of Instruments

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		Dances from The Arundel Part-Books Anonymous
1		Almand – Galliard – Galliard – Galliard [3'23]
2		Hackney [1'14] Clement Woodcock (c1540-1589)
3		Browning my dear [2'31] Clement Woodcock (c1540-1589)
		Dances from The Arundel Part-Books Anonymous
4		Innocent, of Cremona's?, Pavan and Galliard [2'17]
5		Divisions on Innocent's Pavan [0'50]
6		Pavan [1'36]
7		Divisions on the Pavan [1'19]
8		Milord Markes Galliard – Divisions on the Galliard [2'24]
9		Fancy [1'49] Edward Blancks (c1550-1633)
10		A Knell [2'51] Edward Johnson (fl1572-1601)
		Dances from The Arundel Part-Books Anonymous
11		Almand [0'48]
12		Pavan and Galliard of Albarti, Albert of Venice? [1'34]
13		De la Court [4'37] Robert Parsons (c1535-1572)
14		In Nomine Pavan [2'22] Nicholas Strogers (d1575?)
		The First Pavan and Galliard William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
15		Pavan [2'25]
16		Galliard [1'11]
17		Passagi on Lassus's Susanna un jour [4'00] Francesco Rognoni Taeggio (dbefore 1626) & Orlande de Lassus (1530/32-1594)
18		Pavan on Susanna un jour [2'49] Joseph Lupo (c1537-1616) & Orlande de Lassus (1530/32-1594)
19		Prelude and Ground 'The Queen's Goodnight' [5'27] William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
20		Sacred End Pavan and Galliard [4'03] Thomas Morley (1557/8-1602)
		Southerne's Pavan and Galliard Thomas Morley (1557/8-1602)
21		Pavan [2'30]
22		Galliard [2'00]
		Popular Tunes from The Wigthorpe Manuscript Anonymous
23		Wolsey's Wild [0'42]
24		My Robin is to the Greenwood gone [1'48]
25		Tickle my toe [0'44]
26		Strawberry leaves [1'21]

'Musique of Violenze' ('violins', not 'violence'): Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as something of a dancer (see picture above) and this disc contains a medley of the sort of music which was played after dinner in the royal court during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Alongside works by such well-known composers as Byrd, Morley, and Parsons, the recording includes miniatures by several more obscure composers, and from two contemporary 'anthologies' of dance music.

As you would expect, this is music of great vigour, with that sense of drive ideal for shedding those pounds after a lavish banquet—and for getting close to 'one's favourite' …

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