Ferrabosco, Alfonso : Music to hear - Musique pour lyra-viol de 1609 - Volumes 2 et 3

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Music to Hear... Alfonso Ferrabosco: music for lyra-viol from 1609, volumes 2 and 3 continues the critically acclaimed exploration by Richard Boothby of the early English viol repertoire. Surrounded by Sam Stadlen and Jo Levine, Boothby performs Ferrabosco's Lessons for 1, 2 & 3 Viols - a rich succession of pavans, allemandes, galliards and courantes that highlights the full expressive palette of consort music in the Jacobean era.Composed for Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, these pieces illustrate Ferrabosco's inventiveness and refinement at the heart of the early 17th-century English court. Recorded on period instruments and gut strings, this album restores all the depth, intimacy and discreet brilliance of this music.