Richard Boothby – Lawes: Complete Music for Solo Lyra Viol (2016) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Some of the most famous English composers of the 17th century wrote pieces for the lyra viol, or even entire anthologies. These composers include John Cooper, John Jenkins, Christopher Simpson, Charles Coleman, and William Lawes. Due to the number of strings and their rather flat layout, the lyra viol can approximate polyphonic textures, and because of its small size and large range, it is more suited to intricate and quick melodic lines than the larger types of bass viol.

Employed as musician in ordinary for lutes and voices at the court of Charles I, English composer Lawes (1602-1645) is most admired today for his sublime suites for viol consort. His less familiar solo repertoire for lyra-viol is performed here by Richard Boothby, a founder member of Fretwork, on the best preserved instrument of the period (Richard Meares, c. 1647-1725) which is now part of the Kessler Collection in the museum of the Royal College of Music, London.

Tracklist:
William Lawes (1602-1645)
01. Prelude, VdGS 435
02. Country Coll, VdGS 421
03. A Jigge, VdGS 422
04. Almain, VdGS 491
05. Coranto, VdGS 512
06. Almain, VdGS 461
07. Coranto, VdGS 423
08. Air, VdGS 596
09. Almain, VdGS 462
10. Complete Music for Solo Lyra Viol: Coranto VdGS 424
11. Almaine, VdGS 511
12. Coranto, VdGS 513
13. Saraband, VdGS 514
14. Almain, VdGS 463
15. Coranto, VdGS 465
16. Saraband, VdGS 467
17. Almain, VdGS 543
18. Coranto, VdGS 541
19. Almaine, VdGS 464
20. Corrant, VdGS 425
21. Saraband, VdGS 434
22. Almain (Pavan), VdGS 542
23. Coranto, VdGS 544
24. Almain, VdGS 430
25. Corant, VdGS 426
26. Sarabrand, VdGS 433
27. Corant, VdGS 427
28. Saraband, VdGS 591
29. Corant, VdGS 428
30. Saraband, VdGS 466
31. Coranto, VdGS 545
32. Coranto, VdGS 546
33. Corant, VdGS 429
34. Corant, VdGS 431
35. Sarabrand, VdGS 432