Playing time: 74'
Recording date: June 1994
Instrument: Italian harpsichord "F. A. 1677" - Kenneth Gilbert's collection
Excerpts:
[15] Naïve (Auvidis) "Special"
AS 1 29002 [CD] Shakespeare et la Musique Anglaise - Shakespeare
and English Music
Together with Byrd and Gibbons, John Bull (c.1563-1628) was one of the leading English keyboard composers of the era. Many of his compositions are among the most complex examples in the form, combining virtuoso passage-work with intricate counterpoint. Other compositions are more light-spirited.
Bull's music can be very difficult, and opinions differ as to the proper way to approach many of these pieces. Some have even conjectured that Bull used equal temperament (though this has been largely discredited). Many of the most complicated pieces (Fantasias, In Nomines) seem to work a little better on the organ. A recording:
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Todd M. McComb