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 Richard Boothby’s critically acclaimed exploration of the early English viol repertoire. Joined by Sam Stadlen and Jo Levine, Boothby performs Ferrabosco’s Lessons for 1, 2 & 3 Viols — a rich succession of pavanes, allemandes, gaillardes and courantes that highlights the full expressive range 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 English court in the early 17th century. Recorded on period instruments and gut strings, this album captures all the depth, intimacy and understated brilliance of this music.