Locke: The Little Consort / Fretwork

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Signum Classics
Release Date
November 11, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Matthew Locke
    • PERFORMER
      Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston, Fretwork
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 11, 2022
    • UPC
      635212072820
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD728
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    2. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    4. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    5. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    6. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    7. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    8. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    9. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    10. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    11. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    12. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    13. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    14. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    15. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    16. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    17. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    18. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    19. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    20. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    21. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    22. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    23. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    24. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    25. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    26. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    27. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    28. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    29. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    30. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    31. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    32. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    33. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    34. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    35. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    36. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    37. I. Pavan

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    38. II. Ayre

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    39. III. Courante

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston

    40. IV. Saraband

      Composer: Matthew Locke

      Ensemble: Fretwork

      Performer: Sergio Bucheli, Silas Wollston


In November 2022 Fretwork return for the second instalment of their cycle of works by Matthew Locke. Matthew Locke was born 400 years ago in 1622, and while he is often ranked as one of England’s finest composers, he is still unaccountably neglected: his music may not be as immediately appealing as his immediate successor, Henry Purcell, nor as wide-ranging as William Byrd, yet his forceful musical personality and luxuriant technique place him in the first echelon of English composers, with his works described by Richard Boothby of Fretwork as having a “quixotic, capricious restlessness that is constantly challenging the listener to follow his argument ... a thrilling musical ride”. Accompanying Fretwork on continuo for this recording are David Miller (archlute and theorbo) and Silas Wollston (harpsichord). The cover of the album bares an inscription in the walls by the choir stall of Exeter Cathedral, thought to have been carved by the composer during his time as a member of the choir there.

REVIEWS:

In most of the suites, Fretwork exploits the textural and percussive effects of the theorbo and harpsichord - both played with terrific flair - which articulate the all-pervasive dance rhythms. In the serene F major Suite No. 6, omitting the continuo highlights the sparse transparency of the three-part texture and Fretwork ‘play plain’ its interlaced melodies, weaving them into a sheer fabric of sound.

The players obviously relish these convivial musical conversations and the album makes for felicitous listening and, for the uninitiated, a perfect introduction to Locke’s viol consorts.

-- BBC Music Magazine

An intriguing recording: on first playing, I found this album difficult to get into, an experience. However, with repeated listenings it did it start to reveal its true – and beautiful – self. These ‘Pavans, Ayres, Corants and Sarabands’ by Matthew Locke are strange things indeed. It is the strangely shifting, uncanny edge to Locke’s music that is his trademark – and Fretwork here transform it into something beguiling.

Most intriguing are the fleeting moments when Fretwork do not sound like a viol consort. Locke’s designation of the book as ‘for viols or violins’ acknowledges that the viol was soon to be usurped by the violin; here, Fretwork embody this historical juncture through a flexibility and agility of stroke.

-- Gramophone