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What an extraordinary span there is from the early Miserere, or this brilliant youthful fancy, to the D minor fancy (BK46); from the C minor pavan BK29a, ‘the first that ever hee made’, to the playfully polyphonic concision of the Eccho pavan and galliard (BK114); from the Gypseis Round (BK80) to the entirely new keyboard textures of the O mistress mine, I must variations (BK83); and from the irrepressible Horne Pipe to the quite different mastery of length in the unique Quadran pavan and galliard (BK70a)!
from notes by Davitt Moroney © 1999
Quel énorme parcours de compositeur entre le petit Miserere ou cette brillante fantaisie de jeunesse, et la maturité de la Fancy en ré mineur (BK46) ; entre la pavane en ut mineur BK29a, “la première qu’il ait jamais faite”, et la polyphonie joyeusement économe de la pavane et la gaillarde Eccho (BK114) ; entre le Gypseis Round (BK80) et les textures novatrices des variations sur O mistress mine, I must, (BK83) ; entre la “gaieté inextinguible” du Horne Pipe et l’extraordinaire paire de pièces sur le Quadran (BK70a) !
extrait des notes rédigées par Davitt Moroney © 1999
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