Special offer. William Young: An Englishman Abroad
Works for Viola da Gamba: Sonatas, Suites, Fantasies & Dances
Hamburger Ratsmusik, Simone Eckert
The whole ensemble gives spirited accounts of the various published and unpublished Italian sonatas. These are revealed as works of considerable imagination and melodic inspiration, fully justifying...
Special offer. William Young: An Englishman Abroad
Works for Viola da Gamba: Sonatas, Suites, Fantasies & Dances
Hamburger Ratsmusik, Simone Eckert
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The whole ensemble gives spirited accounts of the various published and unpublished Italian sonatas. These are revealed as works of considerable imagination and melodic inspiration, fully justifying...
About
William Young proved to be one of the most important English composers in the years prior to Purcell, Jenkins and Lawes. Although he was English he spent the last years of his life in Innsbruck. Little is known about the composer and Viola da Gambist, but his collection of sonatas from 1653 was the first such collection by an Englishman. Young’s music is highly varied in style and he proves to be an adaptable, versatile composer open to the developments of his times.
Contents and tracklist
Young, W:
Sonata a 3, 4, 5 con alcune allemande, correnti e balletti a 3, Sonata No. 9 in F Major
Work length3:24
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
- Simone Eckert
- Simone Eckert, Hermann Hickethier
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
- Simone Eckert
- Simone Eckert, Hermann Hickethier
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
Young, W:
Sonata a 3, 4, 5 con alcune allemande, correnti e balletti a 3, Sonata No. 3 in G Minor
Work length7:33
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
- Simone Eckert
- Simone Eckert
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
- Simone Eckert
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
- Simone Eckert
- Simone Eckert, Hermann Hickethier
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
- Simone Eckert, Hermann Hickethier
Young, W:
Sonata a 3, 4, 5 con alcune allemande, correnti e balletti a 3, Sonata No. 8 in G Major
Work length4:43
- Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble
- Simone Eckert
Awards and reviews
May 2012
The whole ensemble gives spirited accounts of the various published and unpublished Italian sonatas. These are revealed as works of considerable imagination and melodic inspiration, fully justifying Young's reputation as the most important English composer of chamber music before Purcell....Crowned by exemplary sound engineering, this is a deligthful recital on every level.
August 2012
It is probably William Young who should be given the honour of being the first 'European' composer. His oeuvre shows elements of English, Italian and German/Austrian styles...This disc is a happy marriage of fine music, sensitive playing and informative liner-notes.
