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Lamento / Davies, Fretwork
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Lamento / Davies, Fretwork

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Davies, Fretwork, Wollston, Cutting
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Aug 27, 2021
Catalog #
SIGCD684
UPC
635212068427

About

Shortlisted for the Gramophone Awards!

Counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and and the viol consort Fretwork present a new recording of works for viol consort and voice drawn from 17th-century Germany, following their critically-praised 2019 album of works by Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell. Featuring performances from organist Silas Wollston and counter-tenor Hugh Cutting, the recital ranges widely over the 17th century – from the early years with three curiously similar sounding friends: Schein, Scheidt and Schütz, to the most significant member of the Bach family before Johann Sebastian, Johann Christoph Bach. From their they travel down North Sea to the foothills of the Alps, including Buxtehude’s predecessor at the Marienkirche in Lübeck – Franz Tunder (whose daughter Buxtehude was to marry) and another north German composer who worked in Copenhagen, Christian Geist. Giovanni Felice Sances is an outlier here: he was born in Rome, but spent the second part of his life working for three successive Emperors in Vienna, where viol playing was still very much in vogue. In 2021, Fretwork celebrates its 35th anniversary. In the past three and a half decades they have explored the core repertory of great English consort music, from Taverner to Purcell, and made classic recordings against which others are judged. In addition to this, Fretwork have become known as pioneers of contemporary music for viols, having commissioned over 40 new works. Iestyn Davies is a British countertenor widely recognised as one of the world’s finest singers celebrated for the beauty and technical dexterity of his voice and intelligent musicianship. Critical recognition of Iestyn’s work can be seen in two Gramophone Awards, a Grammy Award, a RPS Award for Young Singer of the Year, the Critics’ Circle Award and recently an Olivier Award Nomination. He was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2017 for services to music.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Salve mi Jesu 05:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    Salve mi Jesu
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Franz Tunder
    Performer
    Iestyn Davies, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  2. 2 Canzon No. 28, SSWV 66, "Canzon super O Nachbar Roland" 05:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Canzon No. 28, SSWV 66, "Canzon super O Nachbar Roland"
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Samuel Scheidt
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  3. 3 Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hatte (Lamento) 07:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hatte (Lamento)
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Johann Christoph Bach
    Performer
    Iestyn Davies, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  4. 4 I. Padouana 03:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Padouana
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  5. 5 II. Gagliarda 00:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Gagliarda
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  6. 6 III. Corente 00:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Corente
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  7. 7 IV. Allemande - Tripla 01:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allemande - Tripla
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  8. 8 Auf dem Gebirge, SWV 396 05:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    Auf dem Gebirge, SWV 396
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Heinrich Schütz
    Performer
    Iestyn Davies, Hugh Cutting, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  9. 9 I. Padouana 03:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Padouana
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  10. 10 II. Gagliarda 01:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Gagliarda
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  11. 11 III. Corente 00:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Corente
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  12. 12 IV. Allemande - Tripla 00:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allemande - Tripla
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  13. 13 Es war aber an der Stäte 08:36
    Track
    13
    Title
    Es war aber an der Stäte
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Christian Geist
    Performer
    Iestyn Davies, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  14. 14 An Wasserflussen Babylon 03:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    An Wasserflussen Babylon
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Franz Tunder
    Performer
    Iestyn Davies, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  15. 15 Canzon No. 29, "Canzon super Cantionem Gallicam" 04:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    Canzon No. 29, "Canzon super Cantionem Gallicam"
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Samuel Scheidt
    Performer
    Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  16. 16 O dulce nomen Jesu 05:21
    Track
    16
    Title
    O dulce nomen Jesu
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Giovanni Felice Sances
    Performer
    Iestyn Davies, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  17. 17 Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam 05:01
    Track
    17
    Title
    Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Johann Hermann Schein
    Performer
    Iestyn Davies, Hugh Cutting, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork