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Byrd, William (1540(?)-1623) Prelude (Parthenia 1; MB 27 / 1) Pavan “Sir William Petre” Galliard (Parthenia 3; MB 27 / 3b) The Battell: The Flute and the Droome The wood so wild The Maiden Song, MB82 John come kiss me now Pavana “The Earle of Salisbury” Galliard (Parthenia 7; MB 27 / 15b) Galliard in C major ‘Mistress Mary Brownlow’ The Bells O mistress mine, I must The Second Ground – 16 Variations (Nevell 30; MB 27 / 42) Earl of Oxford’s March Ut re mi fa sol la Ut, mi, re Walsingham Sellinger’s Round Bull, John (?1562-1628) Fantasia (Fitzwilliam 108) Fantastic Pavan (Fitzwilliam 34; MB 19 / 86a) Fantastic Galliard (Fitzwilliam 35; MB 19 / 86b) Canons 51 – 48 – 39 – 7 – 15 – 114 (ÖNB Mus. Hs. 17771) Prelude “Laet ons met herten reijne” (MB 14 / 56; BL Add. MS 23623 f. 65) Carol “Laet ons met herten reijne” (MB 14 / 56; BL Add. MS 23623 f. 65) Les Buffons Walsingham Chromatic (Queen Elisabeth’s) Pavan My Grief Prelude (Fitzwilliam 43) Melancholy Pavan Canons 68 – 78 – 79 – 65 – 3 – 53 (ÖNB Mus. Hs. 17771) Fantasia on a Fugue of Sweelinck Telluris ingens conditor: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 (MB 14 / 47; BL Add. Ms 23623 f. 170) American pianist and composer Kit Armstrong steps back in time to revive the spirit of Elizabethan England. For his first album on Deutsche Grammophon, Kit Armstrong presents works by two composers who elevated instrumental music to new heights of refinement in the Golden Age of Elizabeth I and her successor James I. BBC Music Magazine September 2021 Armstrong’s playing is both expressive and technically brilliant, a combination here in constant demand as the ornamentation is intricate and often dizzyingly fast. And they run the emotional gamut…So much beauty and ingenuity is packed into these works that I shall listen to them over and over again. 5 out of 5 stars Gramophone Magazine August 2021 [This music] can easily sound merely intellectual if performed without fantasy and imagination. Armstrong brings abundant quantities of both. Presto Music August 2021 Inventive, authoritative and often audacious, Armstrong’s mission to showcase the keyboard music of Byrd and Bull in glorious technicolour may raise the hackles of purists, but if you’re not allergic to hearing this repertoire performed on a concert grand you’ll likely find the colour and vitality of these performances impossible to resist. Katherine Cooper Presto Music 17th December 2021 Whether you’re a Romantic piano lover who eschews anything pre-Mozart, or an early music fan who finds even the fortepiano a stretch, I guarantee there’s something on this album that you’ll find illuminating and enjoyable. David Smith |
