Hathor Consort & Romina Lischka – Ferrabosco II: The Art of Fantasy (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger, viol player at the court of Elizabeth I and Charles I, was the most innovative and influential composer of viol consort music of his generation. Following the steps of his father, composer Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder, he continued the specifically English « In Nomine » tradition for viol consort into the seventeenth century while adding his own special touch in the « In Nomine through all parts » in using the cantus firmus in all voices with various rhythms and transpositions. His greatest achievement was the development of an imitative counterpoint perfectly adapted to the viol. The particular character of Ferrabosco’s music was determined by his love for architecture and symmetrical forms which were integrated in all possible ways into his Fantasies: flexible motives, augmentations and diminutions of themes and a clear harmonic structure.

Tracklist:
01. Fantasia No. 2 à 6, MB 81/30
02. Fantasia No. 15 à 4, MB 62/15
03. Pavan No. 2 on Seven Notes à 5, MB 81/7
04. Almaine No. 10 à 5, MB 81/24
05. Galliard for Two Viols in the First Tuning
06. Almain for Two Viols in the First Tuning
07. Fantasia No. 9 à 4, MB62/9
08. Fantasia No. 13 à 4, MB 62/13
09. In Nomine No. 1 à 5, MB 81/3
10. A Pavin for Three Viols in the Second Tuning
11. Almain for One Lyra Viol
12. Coranto for One Lyra Viol
13. Fantasia No. 4 à 6, MB 81/32
14. Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La-La Sol Fa Mi Re Ut à 5, MB 81/2a&b
15. Fantasia à 4, MB 62 App./VdGS No. 24
16. Fantasia No. 6 à 6, MB 81/34
17. A Fancie for Three Viols in the Third Tuning
18. Fantasia No. 11 à 4, MB 62/11
19. In Nomine No. 3: Through all Parts à 6, MB 81/28
20. Prelude for One Lyra Viol
21. Pavin for One Lyra Viol
22. Fantasia on the Hexachord à 6, MB 81/25