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Parthenia / Alina Rotaru
Sono Luminus

Parthenia / Alina Rotaru

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Details

Composer
BULL BYRD GIBBONS
Artist
Alina Rotaru
Format
CD
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
Oct 28, 2016
Catalog #
DSL-92208
UPC
053479220820

About

Parthenia, or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that was ever printed for the Virginalls, is perhaps the most important early publication of English keyboard music. It was first published either late 1612 or early 1613 and, as its title indicates, was the first printed collection of keyboard music to appear in England. The “mastermind” behind Parthenia was the engraver William Hole, who conceived it as a wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth Stuart (the second child and eldest daughter of James VI and I) and Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Stage plays, musical performances, mock battles on the Thames, and fireworks were featured in the festivities which accompanied the ceremony. The original dedication to Parthenia contains a somewhat cryptic passage that singles out the “neighbor letters E and F, the vowel that makes so sweet a Consonat, Her notes so linkt and wedded together seeme liuely Hierogliphicks of the harmony of marriage…” The author has linked these two together because they represent the royal couple, E referring to Elizabeth and F to Frederick. These two pitches play a central role in the piece, being the two opening notes and each section following begins alternately on E or F.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Praeludium in G Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 1) 00:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    Praeludium in G Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 1)
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  2. 2 Pavan 04:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    Pavan
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  3. 3 Galliard 01:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    Galliard
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  4. 4 Prelude in C Major 01:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    Prelude in C Major
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  5. 5 Galliard in C Major: No. 4. Mistress Mary Brownlow 02:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    Galliard in C Major: No. 4. Mistress Mary Brownlow
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  6. 6 Pavan 01:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    Pavan
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  7. 7 Galliardo No. 1 01:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    Galliardo No. 1
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  8. 8 Galliardo No. 2 01:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    Galliardo No. 2
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  9. 9 Prelude in G Major 00:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    Prelude in G Major
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    John Bull
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  10. 10 Pavan 02:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Pavan
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    John Bull
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  11. 11 Galliard 03:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    Galliard
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    John Bull
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  12. 12 Pavan No. 2 04:54
    Track
    12
    Title
    Pavan No. 2
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    John Bull
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  13. 13 Galliard to the Pavan 01:44
    Track
    13
    Title
    Galliard to the Pavan
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    John Bull
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  14. 14 Galliard in D Major 01:43
    Track
    14
    Title
    Galliard in D Major
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    John Bull
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  15. 15 Galliard in D Major 01:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    Galliard in D Major
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    John Bull
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  16. 16 Galliard (Musica Britannica, Vol. 20, No. 24) 02:29
    Track
    16
    Title
    Galliard (Musica Britannica, Vol. 20, No. 24)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Orlando Gibbons
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  17. 17 Fantasia in A Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 20, No. 12) 05:58
    Track
    17
    Title
    Fantasia in A Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 20, No. 12)
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Orlando Gibbons
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  18. 18 Pavan 05:57
    Track
    18
    Title
    Pavan
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Orlando Gibbons
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  19. 19 Galliard 02:18
    Track
    19
    Title
    Galliard
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Orlando Gibbons
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  20. 20 The Queen's command 01:33
    Track
    20
    Title
    The Queen's command
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Orlando Gibbons
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru
  21. 21 Prelude in G Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 20, No. 2) 01:33
    Track
    21
    Title
    Prelude in G Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 20, No. 2)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Orlando Gibbons
    Performer
    Alina Rotaru