The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman - A High-Priz'd Noise: Violin Music for Charles I (English Orpheus 36) (1996)

Tracklist

01. The Prince's Alman
02. The Prince's Coranto
03. Air in G Minor
04. Fantasia for 3 Trebles in G Minor
05. The Temporiser
06. The Witty Wanton
07. Pavan in C Major
08. Alman in C Major
09. Alman in D Minor
10. Galliard in B-Flat Major after Bocquet
11. Echo No. 1 in D Minor
12. Echo No. 2 in G Major
13. Suite in F Major: I. Allamanda
14. Suite in F Major: II. Galliarde
15. Suite in F Major: III. Courante I
16. Suite in F Major: IV. Courante II
17. Suite in F Major: V. Courante III
18. Suite in F Major: VI. Courante IV
19. Suite in F Major: VII. Sarabanda
20. Variations on the Ruggiero
21. Alman in D Major "for the Violins of 2 Trebles"
22. Ballet in F Major
23. Air in C Minor No. 1
24. Air in C Minor No. 2
25. Air in C Major No. 1
26. Air in C Major No. 2
27. Pavan in D Minor
28. Galliard in D Minor

Charles I was passionately fond of music and himself a skilled performer. As Prince of Wales he could count the composers Robert Johnson, Alfonso Ferrabosco and Angelo Notari among the many who flocked to his court and, when he came to the throne in 1625, he inherited around a hundred musicians from his father.

This recording brings together some of the wealth of music written for use both at Court functions and in the Royal 'Privy Chamber'.

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