Flat Consort - Fretwork - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Flat Consort is an album by Fretwork, released in 2022. The album is a classical CD.

New disc from critically praised early music ensemble. Released for 400th anniversary of british composer Matthew Locke.

Matthew Locke was born 400 years ago in 1622, and while he is often ranked as one of England’s finest composers, he is still unaccountably neglected: his music may not be as immediately appealing as his immediate successor, Henry Purcell, nor as wide-ranging as William Byrd, yet his forceful musical personality and luxuriant technique place him in the first echelon of English composers, with his works described by Richard Boothby of Fretwork as having a "quixotic, capricious restlessness that is constantly challenging the listener to follow his argument ... a thrilling musical ride". Accompanying Fretwork on continuo for this recording are David Miller (archlute and theorbo) and Silas Wollston (harpsichord).

The cover of the album bares an inscription in the walls by the choir stall of Exeter Cathedral, thought to have been carved by the composer during his time as a member of the choir there.

Tracklist

1. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 1 In C Minor - I. Fantazia
2. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 1 In C Minor - Ii. Courante
3. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 1 In C Minor - Iii. Fantazia
4. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 1 In C Minor - Iv. Sarabande
5. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 1 In C Minor - V. Fantazia
6. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 1 In C Minor - Vi. Jigg
7. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In C - I. Fantazia
8. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In C - Ii. Fantazia
9. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In C - Iii. Courante
10. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In C - Iv. Fantazia
11. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In C - V. Fantazia
12. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In C - Vi. Sarabande
13. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 2 In B-Flat Major - I. Fantazia
14. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 2 In B-Flat Major - Ii. Courante
15. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 2 In B-Flat Major - Iii. Fantazi
16. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 2 In B-Flat Major - Iv. Saraband
17. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 2 In B-Flat Major - V. Fantazia
18. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 2 In B-Flat Major - Vi. Jigg
19. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 3 In D Minor - I. Fantazia
20. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 3 In D Minor - Ii. Courante
21. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 3 In D Minor - Iii. Fantazia
22. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 3 In D Minor - Iv. Sarabande
23. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In D - I. Fantazia
24. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In D - Ii. Fantazia
25. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In D - Iii. Courante
26. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In D - Iv. Fantazia
27. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In D - V. Fantazia
28. Duo For 2 Bass Viols In D - Vi. Sarabande
29. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 4 In B-Flat Major - I. Fantazia
30. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 4 In B-Flat Major - Ii. Gaillard
31. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 4 In B-Flat Major - Iii. Fantazi
32. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 4 In B-Flat Major - Iv. Saraband
33. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 5 In a Minor - I. Fantazia
34. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 5 In a Minor - Ii. Gaillard
35. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 5 In a Minor - Iii. Fantazia
36. The Flat Consort, Suite No. 5 In a Minor - Iv. Sarabande

Label: Signum Classics | Origin: Holland

📌 Works By Matthew Locke