Ton Koopman - Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (2016)

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Title: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Capriccio
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
Total Time: 01:00:33
Total Size: 365 / 154 Mb
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Tracklist:

Toccata (Giovanni Picchi)
1. Toccata 04:32
Pavana (Orlando Gibbons)
2. Pavana 06:40
Fancie (Thomas Morley)
3. Fancie 04:21
Ut re mi fa so la (Musica Britannica, Vol. 14, No. 17) (John Bull)
4. Ut re mi fa so la 05:38
Up Tail's All (Giles Farnaby)
5. Up Tail's All 06:01
Pavan & Galliard No. 1 in D Minor (William Byrd)
6. Pavan 05:28
7. Galliard 01:36
Amarilli di Julio Romano (After G. Caccini) (Peter Philips)
8. Amarilli di Julio Romano (After G. Caccini) 05:43
Pavana dolorosa Tregian (Peter Philips)
9. Pavana dolorosa Tregian 08:06
Galiarda Dolorosa (Peter Philips)
10. Galiarda dolorosa 02:32
Pakington's Pownde (Anonyme)
11. Pakington's Pownde 02:12
Fantasia in A minor (William Byrd)
12. Fantasia in A Minor 07:44

Performers:
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)

The Fitzwilliam Virginal book is one of the primary sources of keyboard music. The book, which is now housed in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, hails from the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods in England. + This release features excerpts from the Fitzwilliam Virginal book from composers including Giovanni Picchi, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull, William Bird, and more. + Dutch conductor, organist, and harpsichordist Ton Koopman performs the works on this album. He was knighted in 2003, receiving the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and is currently a professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.