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Byrd 1588: Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie
RecommendedPsalmes, Sonets & Songs of sadnes and pietie
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner
The real beauty of these readings...is the singers’ poetic nuancing of the texts, which they articulate with glassy clarity. The members of Fretwork play with characteristic grace, weaving gossamer... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording
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The Nyman performances are exemplary – crisp and cleanly articulated from Fretwork and dispatched by Davies with a vacant, unrippled purity that is so essential to the music, and must be hard... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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An Elizabethan Christmas RecommendedByrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes
Fretwork, Helen Charlston
The songs are interspersed with short instrumental pieces, including two genial fantasies ‘for ye great dooble bass’ by Gibbons. All are played with Fretwork’s typical attunement to the sensibilities... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2021
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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…Kirkby highlights the poetry of the texts through her crisp diction and sincerity. The dynamic range of Fretwork is stunning, its tone vibrantly rich and its careful paragraphing and sensitive... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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Dowland: Tunes of Sad Despaire
Dominique Visse (countertenor)
Fretwork, Renaud Delaigue & Eric Bellocq
In the final analysis, though in many ways infuriating, this is a brilliant and inspiring Dowland recital that cannot easily be ignored. — More…
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50 Minimalist Classics
Joby Burgess, Lara James, Daniella Ganeva, Ulrich Heinen, Soumik Datta, Claire Jones, Llŷr Williams, Sally Pryce, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Iain Burnside, Ailish Tynan, Jeremy Young, Julian Bliss, Christoph Denoth, The Zoo Duet, The Smith Quartet, Gareth Lubbe, Matthew Barley, City of Birmingham Symphony...
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The Early Byrd
Early works for voices, viols and virginals
Sophie Yates (virginals)
I Fagiolini, Fretwork
This disc adopts an imaginative approach to programming Byrd's music by presenting works in different genres grouped together to demonstrate a single stage in his development. It includes Latin... — More…
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An outstanding collection of viol consort music [...] The playing is both stylish and vivacious. This is a tuneful entertainment, not just for the specialist collector, and Fretwork convey their... — More…
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