Artist: Fretwork, David Skinner, Alamire
Title: Byrd 1589
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: Inventa Records
Genre: Classical
Quality:  flac 24bits - 96.0kHz + Booklet
Total Time: 02:02:32
Total Size:  2.23 gb

Tracklist

CD1
01. Lord in Thy Rage Rebuke Me Not a3
02. Right Blessed are They a3
03. Lord in They Wrath Correct Me Not a3
04. O God Which Art Most Merciful a3
05. Lord Hear My Prayer Instantly a3
06. From Depth of Sin a3
07. Attend Mine Humble Prayer Lord a3
08. Susanna Fair a3
09. The Nightingale a3
10. When Younglings First a3
11. Upon a Summer’s Day a3
12. The Greedy Hawk a3
13. Is Love a Boy? a4
14. Wounded I Am a4
15. From Citheron the Warlike Boy is Fled a4
16. O Lord My God a4
17. While That the Sun a4

CD2
01. Weeping Full Sore a5
02. Penelope That Longed For the Sight a5
03. Compel the Hawk a5
04. See Those Sweet Eyes a5
05. When I was Otherwise a5
06. When First by Force a5
07. I Thought Love Had Been a Boy a5
08. O Dear Life a5
09. From Virgin’s Womb a5
10. Of Gold all Burnished a5
11. Behold How Good a6
12. An Earthly Tree a Heavenly Fruit a6
13. Who Made Thee Hob a6
14. And Think Ye Nymphs a6
15. If In Thine Heart a6
16. Unto the Hills Mine Eyes I Lift a6
17. Christ Rising Again a6

Following the critically acclaimed album of Byrd’s 1588 collection, Alamire returns with the completion of their survey of the early song collections with the 1589 Collection, in this, the composer’s 400th anniversary year. • Alamire is joined by viol consort Fretwork and director David Skinner. • Byrd’s first song collection was published in 1588. In following year he writes that he had ‘bene encouraged thereby, to take further paines therein, and to make the pertaker thereof, because I would shew my selfe gratefull to thee for thy loue, and desirous to delight thee with varietie, whereof (in my opinion) no Science is more plentifully adorned then Musicke.’ This 1589 collection, therefore, offers songs of 3, 4, 5 and 6 parts, ‘to serue for all companies and voyces: whereof some are easie and plaine to sing, [while] other more hard and dificult.’ • Byrd clearly sought to be as inclusive as possible for all musicians, amateur and professional. With the 1589 collection, Byrd’s complete early song collections are now committed to recording. Together they provide a variety themes and textures, as well as vocal and instrumental combinations, demonstrating the richness of Elizabethan courtly music.