John Jenkins
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Division: The Virtuoso Consort
$20.99CDSignum Classics
Sep 12, 2025SIGCD938 -
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Division: The Virtuoso Consort
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CANTATA MEMORIA - FOR THE CHIL
Jenkins: Complete 4-Part Consort Music / Fretwork
John Jenkins (1592-1678) is perhaps the most popular English composer of the great golden era of music for multiple viols, ranging from William Cornyshe in 1520 through to Henry Purcell in 1680. The reason why is not hard to fathom: a rare melodic gift is married to an exceptionally deep understanding of harmony and modulation, and effortless counterpoint gives each part an equal voice in the musical conversation. Fretwork performs Jenkins complete consort works for four-part viol ensemble, in a new recording that showcases this composer’s rich and diverse compositions. In 2016, Fretwork celebrated their 30th anniversary. In these last three decades, they have explored the core repertory of great English concert music, from Taverner to Purcell, and made classic recordings against which others are judged.
Jenkins: Consort Music
Jenkins: 'Tis a Singing Age
Locke & Jenkins: For Several Friends / Jacobs, van der Voort
This album explores rarely recorded music by John Jenkins (1592-1678) and Matthew Locke (1621/2-1677). These composers are typically associated with consort music, but Lidewij van der Voort (baroque violin) and Fred Jacobs (theorbo) delve into their compositions for two instruments on their debut CD as a duo.
Jenkins: Fantasia Suites
“Jenkins is probably the finest English composer for instruments of the mid-seventeenth century” - Gramophone
Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace / World Orchestra of Peace
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins is the most performed work by any living composer. This performance is the largest ever staged and was uniquely performed in synchronisation with a specially commissioned war-archive film reinforcing the narrative of the work – the build up to war, war itself and the consequences of war. Projected onto five giant screens, the film delivers a poignant backdrop to the moving musical narration providing the audience with a powerful and emotional multimedia experience. In this truly unique historic occasion Sir Karl Jenkins conducts The World Orchestra for Peace and around 2,000 singers from nearly 30 countries who joined together to Sing for Peace in Berlin.
