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Locke: The Flat Consort / Fretwork
Signum Classics

Locke: The Flat Consort / Fretwork

$19.99

Details

Composer
Matthew Locke
Artist
Fretwork
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Jan 14, 2022
Catalog #
SIGCD696
UPC
635212069622

About

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 bears 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. In 2021, Fretwork celebrated 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. Their recent critically-praised releases with Signum include If and Lamento – both with countertenor Iestyn Davies – and In Nomine 2.

REVIEWS:

Fretwork captures the brooding quality of the minor-mode suites particularly well, and their sinewy playing points up Locke’s vigorous counterpoint and robust rhythms.

-- BBC Music Magazine

The delicious way in which Locke’s fantazias – unlike those of Jenkins or Lawes – present a cornucopia of switches in tempo or affect is matched by Fretwork’s agility in moving from one colour and affect to the next.

-- Gramophone

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. 1 I. Fantazia 03:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Fantazia
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  2. 2 II. Courante 01:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  3. 3 III. Fantazia 02:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Fantazia
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  4. 4 IV. Saraband 00:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Saraband
    Duration
    00:37
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  5. 5 V. Fantazia 01:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  6. 6 VI. Jigg 01:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Jigg
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  7. 7 I. Fantazia 01:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Joanna Levine, Richard Boothby
  8. 8 II. Fantazia 01:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Joanna Levine, Richard Boothby
  9. 9 III. Courant 01:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Courant
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Joanna Levine, Richard Boothby
  10. 10 IV. Fantazia 01:26
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Joanna Levine, Richard Boothby
  11. 11 V. Fantazia 01:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Joanna Levine, Richard Boothby
  12. 12 VI. Saraband 00:54
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Saraband
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Joanna Levine, Richard Boothby
  13. 13 I. Fantazia 02:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Fantazia
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  14. 14 II. Courant 01:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Courant
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  15. 15 III. Fantazia 03:04
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Fantazia
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  16. 16 IV. Saraband 00:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Saraband
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  17. 17 V. Fantazia 02:31
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Fantazia
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  18. 18 VI. Jigg 01:16
    Track
    18
    Title
    VI. Jigg
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  19. 19 I. Fantazia 03:36
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Fantazia
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  20. 20 II. Courante 01:34
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  21. 21 III. Fantazia 03:01
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Fantazia
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  22. 22 IV. Saraband 01:49
    Track
    22
    Title
    IV. Saraband
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  23. 23 I. Fantazia 01:26
    Track
    23
    Title
    I. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Richard Boothby, Asako Morikawa
  24. 24 II. Fantazia 01:13
    Track
    24
    Title
    II. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Richard Boothby, Asako Morikawa
  25. 25 III. Courant 01:11
    Track
    25
    Title
    III. Courant
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Richard Boothby, Asako Morikawa
  26. 26 IV. Fantazia 01:15
    Track
    26
    Title
    IV. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Richard Boothby, Asako Morikawa
  27. 27 V. Fantazia 01:14
    Track
    27
    Title
    V. Fantazia
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Richard Boothby, Asako Morikawa
  28. 28 VI. Saraband 00:54
    Track
    28
    Title
    VI. Saraband
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    Richard Boothby, Asako Morikawa
  29. 29 I. Fantazia 03:06
    Track
    29
    Title
    I. Fantazia
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  30. 30 II. Galliard 01:21
    Track
    30
    Title
    II. Galliard
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  31. 31 III. Fantazia 03:37
    Track
    31
    Title
    III. Fantazia
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  32. 32 IV. Saraband 01:35
    Track
    32
    Title
    IV. Saraband
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  33. 33 I. Fantazia 03:18
    Track
    33
    Title
    I. Fantazia
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  34. 34 II. Galliard 01:18
    Track
    34
    Title
    II. Galliard
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  35. 35 III. Fantazia 02:50
    Track
    35
    Title
    III. Fantazia
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork
  36. 36 IV. Saraband 01:42
    Track
    36
    Title
    IV. Saraband
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Matthew Locke
    Performer
    David Miller, Silas Wollston
    Ensemble
    Fretwork