QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble - Elisa is the fayrest Quene (2002) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Suite of 5 Galliards
02. Elvetham entertainment: Elisa Is the fayrest quene: Verse 1
03. Elvetham entertainment: Com agayne, faire Natures treasure
04. Elvetham entertainment: Elisa Is the fayrest quene: Verse 2
05. Fantasia in G Major, No. 1, "Voluntary for my Lady Nevell"
06. Book of Songs, Book 1, Come again, sweet love doth now invite: Come again, sweet love doth now invite
07. In Nomine a 4
08. Book of Songs, Book 1, Come away, come, sweet love: Come away, come, sweet love
09. Fantasia a 6
10. 4 divisions on popular tunes: No. 1, Walsingham
11. Pavans, Galliards, Almains: Pavan
12. Pavans, Galliards, Almains: Galliard: Lullabie
13. Pavans, Galliards, Almains: Almaine: The Honey-Suckle
14. Chromatic (Queen Elizabeth's): Pavan
15. Chromatic (Queen Elizabeth's): Galliard
16. Pavana
17. Galiard
18. Sweet Love, If thou wilt gaine a Monarches glory
19. Suite of Almands


In 1558 the hopes and dreams of the English people for a better society, after the ravages of the reign of Queen Mary, were intertwined with their aspirations for the new Tudor monarch, Elizabeth. Over the next forty-five years she was to prove herself one of the most able of the Tudors, securing both international respect and the affection of her subjects. Elizabeth I lived and ruled at a time when England was experiencing the beginning of its growh from provincial nation into world empire. The programme recorded here aims to illuminate a small part of the rich tapestry that was Elizabethan music-making, namely the music of the cornetts, sackbuts, the solo voice, and the Queen's own instruments, the lute and the keyboard. The disc takes its title from a song by Edward Johnson who is represented alongside such other well known composers as William Byrd, John Dowland, Antony Holborne, John Bull and John Wilbye. Dances by the enterprising composer-publishers Pierre Attaignant and Claude Gervaise fit naturally within the programme, as does a pair of dances by Augustine Bassano, member of a numberous Italian immigrant family which left its mark on the court's musical life for over a century.

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