Byrd: Complete Fantasias For Harpsichord / Glen Wilson

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 25, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BYRD, WILLIAM
    • PERFORMER
      Glen Wilson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 25, 2011
    • UPC
      747313243372
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572433
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Praeludium in G Major (from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 117)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    2. Fantasia in G Major, No. 2 (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 62)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    3. Praeludium to the Fancie in A Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 12)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    4. Fantasia in A Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 13)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    5. Praeludium in C Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 24)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    6. Fantasia in C Major, No. 2 (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 25)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    7. Fantasia in G Minor (Music Britannica, Vol. 55, No. 55)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    8. Ut re mi fa sol la in G Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 64)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    9. Ut mi re (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 65)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    10. Prelude: Doric Music (Musica Britannica, Vol. 14, No. 59)

      Composer: John Bull

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    11. Fantasia in D Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 46)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    12. Praeludium (attrib. W. Byrd) (Musica Britannica, Vol. 55, No. 3)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    13. Ut re mi fa sol la in F Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 58)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    14. Praeludium in G Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 1)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    15. Fantasia in G Major, No. 3 (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 63)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson

    16. Fantasia in C Major, No. 1 (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 26)

      Composer: William Byrd

      Performer: Glen Wilson


The fantasia was in the process of being adapted for keyboard from lute and consort music during William Byrd’s youth, and his formidable mastery of counterpoint brought the form to a pinnacle equivalent to his matchless vocal works. These splendours combine with lively dances and virtuoso display and quotations from songs of love and death. They also may hold fascinating symbols which mark secret Catholic allegiances, a gift for Elizabeth I, and a memorial to the tragic Mary, Queen of Scots. Our cover image shows the only possible contemporary impression of Byrd, as a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal at the funeral of Elizabeth I.