Consort Songs
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WILLIAM BYRD
Consort Songs
Fretwork with Emma Kirkby (soprano)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 6 April 2005
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"This is a varied well-chosen programme, beautifully sung and played. Kirkby and Fretwork complement each other both in style and timbre." (MusicWeb July 2006)
"Emma Kirkby is one of the finest interpreters of this music"
- Early Music Review, UK
"The playing of Fretwork is nothing short of a revelation."
- American Record Guide
"This is a varied well-chosen programme, beautifully sung and played. Kirkby and Fretwork complement each other both in style and timbre. You never feel that Fretwork are simply accompanying; all the performers are partners. Lovers of this repertoire will want to buy Robin Blaze's fine disc as well, but if you just choose one then you won't go far wrong with this."
(MusicWeb July 2006)
The stature of William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) the church musician has somewhat obscured his pioneering achievement in the more intimate genre of consort song for solo voice with string accompaniment. Early-music star Emma Kirkby joins forces with Fretwork to present this wide-ranging selection of Byrd songs "of sundrie natures."
