Music from the Armada Years

Music from the Armada Years
Academy of Ancient Music - Christopher Hogwood, dir. / Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall, dir.
Folio Society FS 1003 / 1004 [LPx2]

Content:

    LP-1: From the time of Elizabeth I

    Antony Holborne
  1. Heres Paternus

    2. William Byrd
  2. Though Amaryllis dance in green

    3. Giles Farnaby
  3. 1. The Old Spagnoletta
    John Bull
    2. Regina galliard

    4. Luca Marenzio
  4. 1. I must depart all hapless
    Thomas Weelkes
    2. On the plains fairy trains

    5. John Johnson
  5. The flat pavan and galliard

    6. Tomas Weelkes
  6. 1. Sweet heart, arise
    Thomas Weelkes
    2. Welcome, sweet pleasure

    7. John Johnson (set by)
  7. Variations on Greensleeves

    8. —
    Ravenscroft
  8. Tomorrow the fox will come to town

    9. John Bull
  9. 1. The Spanish Pavan
    John Bull
    2. Coranto "Alarm"
    John Bull
    3. Coranto "Battle"

    10. Antony Holborne
  10. Mylinda

    11. William Byrd
  11. I joy not in no earthly bliss

    12. Antony Holborne
  12. 1. Galliard
    Antony Holborne
    2. The night watch
    Antony Holborne
    3. Last will and testament

    13. Antony Holborne
  13. Tinternell

    14. Anon., english
  14. 1. Martyn said to his man
    Anon.
    2. The baffled knight

    15. LP-2: From the time of Philip II

    Anon.
  15. Batalla Famosa

    16. Anon.
  16. A beinte y siete de março

    17. Francisco Guerrero
  17. Glosas sobre Hermosa Catalina

    18. Enríquez de Valderrábano
  18. 3 variations on "La Pavana"

    19. Alonso Mudarra
  19. Claros y frescos ríos

    20. Antonio de Cabezón
  20. Diferencias sobre La Dama le demanda (ed. 1578)

    21. Ginés de Morata
  21. Madrigal "Aquí me declaró su pensamiento"

    22. Enríquez de Valderrábano
  22. Pavana Real

    23. Anon.
  23. Ensalada "Corten espadas afiladas"

    24. —
    Juan Vasquez
  24. Villancico "De los álamos vengo" (1560)

    25. Enríquez de Valderrábano
  25. 1. Soneto XIII
    2. Soneto VIII

    26. Garcilaso de la Vega / Francisco Guerrero
  26. Soneto "En tanto que de rosa" (1589)

    27. Diego Ortiz
  27. 1. Recercada "Passamezzo moderno III" (1553)
    2. Recercada "Romanesca VII"

    28. Lope de Vega / Anon.
  28. Romance "¡Como retumban los remos!"

    29. Antonio de Cabezón
  29. Quién llamó al partir partir

    30. Manuel Machado
  30. ¡Qué bien siente Galatea!

    31. Antonio Cabezón
  31. Tiento III del primo tono

    32. Juan Blas de Castro
  32. Desde las torres del alma

    33. Francisco Correa de Arauxo
  33. Todo el Mundo en general

Playing time: (25' 58" + 27' 07") + (29' 42" + 31' 07") = 1h 53' 55"

Performers:
[LP-1]
Academy of Ancient Music
Judith Nelson (soprano), Mary Beverley (soprano), David James (counter-tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Catherine Mackintosh (treble viol), Roderick Skeaping (alto viol), Ian Gammie (tenor viol), Trevor Jones (bass viol), Jane Ryan (bass viol), Nigel North (renaissance lute), Jacob Lindberg (renaissance lute), Michael Laird (cornett), Iaan Wilson (cornett), Roger Brenner (alto sackbut), John Edney (tenor sackbut), Peter Harvey (bass sackbut), Christopher Hogwood (virginals)
Christopher Hogwood, dir.
Sneak's Noyse
Roddy Skeaping (rebec), Lucie Skeaping (recorder, tambourine), Reggie Coates (lute, cittern), Ben Dover (curtall, crumhorn, recorder)
Roddy Skeaping, dir.
[LP-2]
Hespèrion XX
Montserrat Figueras (voice), Jordi Savall (soprano renaissance viol, tenor renaissance viol),Christophe Coin (renaissance viol), Arianne Maurette (renaissance viol), Pere Ros (renaissance viol), Masako Hirao (renaissance viol), Roberto Gini (renaissance viol), Ton Koopman (organ, harpsichord), Hopkinson Smith (vihuela, 5-course guitar), Lorenzo Alpert (recorders, percussion), Gabriel Garrido (4-course guitar, recorders, percussion), Bruce Dickey (cornett, recprders)

Recording site and date:
[1]-[14] Christ Church, Sutton, Surrey [04/1978]
[15], [33] Organ of the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Cariänena, Spain [02/1978]
[16]-[32] Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Ettingen, Switzerland [06/1978];
Rel.: 1978

Excerpts:
[LP-1] L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO 606 [LP] Music from the time of Elizabeth I
[17], [20]-[21], [23]-[28], [30]-[31] Alia Vox AVSA 9831 [SACD] Entremeses del Siglo de Oro - Lope de Vega y su tiempo
[17], [20], [27], [31] Alia Vox AVSA 9864 A+B [SACD-Hx2] Ministreles Reales – Música instrumental de los Siglos de Oro: Del Renacimiento al Barroco 1450-1690
[21] Alia Vox AV 9839 [CD] Harmonie Universelle II

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Comments:
Information from LP.
This set has been released by Folio Society, but produced by Decca / L'Oiseau-Lyre. Apparently this set was to accompany a small book on the stated topic (Spanish Armada); excerpts of LP-2 only reappeared on the market in mid-2004.

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Pierre-F. Roberge