Artist: JungHae Kim
Title: The Virginalists
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Magnatune
Genre: Classical Harpsichord
Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 00:50:09
Total Size: 337 mb

Tracklist

01. More Palatino (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
02. The Old Spagnoletta (Giles Farnaby)
03. Lachrymae Pavan (John Dowland set by William Randall)
04. Galliard Can She Excuse (John Dowland)
05. Romanesca (Anonymous)
06. The Short Mesure off my Lady (Wynkfylds Rownde: Anonymous)
07. Meridian Alman (Giles Farnaby)
08. The 10th Pavan (William Byrd)
09. Galliard of Mr. Peter (William Byrd)
10. Sellinger's Round (William Byrd)
11. 2nd Pavan (William Byrd)
12. Galliard (William Byrd)
13. My Ladye Nevell's Ground (William Byrd)
14. My Ladye Careys Dompe (Anonymous)
15. A Toye (Giles Farnaby)
16. Almaine (Anonymous)
17. Almaine (Anonymous)

This collection of works by William Byrd, Giles Farnaby, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and others may owe its existence to the restless work of a rebellious and wealthy prisoner. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book was compiled by Francis Tregian (1574-1618) in the last decade of his life and is well known for the famous but probably apocryphal story that it was compiled while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Wherever it was assembled, the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is a great repository of musical heritage, and this compilation of music from it by harpsichordist JungHae Kim is a beautifully elegant celebration of its more complex variations. Ms. Kim is well known for her work with Ensemble Mirable and many other period instrument groups, but in her solo work you can realy appreciate how fresh, relevant, and virtuosic her style is; these piece don't sound stuffy for even a moment—they're graceful, poignant, and renewing.