Hume: Musicall Humors

Captaine Tobias Hume

Musicall Humors 1605
Jordi Savall
Astrée (Harmonia mundi France) AS 77 [LP]
Astrée (Auvidis) E 7723 [CD]
Astrée (Naïve) « Musica Britannica » ES 9919 [CD]

Contents:

Musicall Humors 1605

1. 46. Captaine Humes Pavin
2. 48. A Souldiers Galliard
3. 6. The Duke of Holstones Almaine
4. 7. My hope is decayed
5. 47. Loves farewell
6. 10. Harke, harke
7. 14. Good againe
8. 12. Death
9. 13. Life
10. 38. Touch me lightly
11. 95. Beccus an Hungarian Lord his delight
    96. The second part
12. 11. A Souldiers Resolution
13. 42. A Pavin

Playing time: 52' 40"

Performers:
Jordi Savall (bass viol)

Recording site and date:
Church of Bärschwill, Switzerland [02/1982];
Rel.: 1982 [AS], 1987, 1997 (E), 2003 [ES]

Excerpts:
[2] Naïve (Auvidis) "Special" AS 1 29002 [CD] Shakespeare et la Musique Anglaise - Shakespeare and English Music
[6] Astrée (Auvidis) E 7699 [CD] Astrée Auvidis: un autre regard sur la musique

Compilation:
Astrée (Naïve) ES 9986 [CDx5] Jordi Savall: Pieces for the viols - Purcell, Dowland, Hume, Locke, Tye.

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 327-148 (may 1987)
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from CD.

Hume was a soldier by profession, and an idiosyncratic individual. He wrote a large volume of solo viol music, as well as some consort music.

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