Locke: The Broken Consort

Locke: The Broken Consort
The Parley of Instruments - Peter Holman
Hyperion 66727 (English Orpheus, Vol. 26)
Hyperion "Helios" 55255

Contents:

    Suite in G minor - Broken Consort No. 1
  1. Fantasy
  2. Corant
  3. Air
  4. Saraband

    5. Suite in G major - Broken Consort No. 2
  5. Fantasy
  6. Corant
  7. Air
  8. Saraband

    9. Suite in C minor - Duos for Two Bass Viols No. 3
  9. Fantasy
  10. Fantasy
  11. Corant

    12. Suite in C major - Duos for Two Bass Viols No. 4
  12. Fantasy
  13. Fantasy
  14. Saraband

    15. Suite in C major - Broken Consort No. 3
  15. Fantasy
  16. Corant
  17. Air
  18. Saraband

    19. Suite in C major - Broken Consort No. 4
  19. Fantasy
  20. Corant
  21. Air
  22. Saraband

    23. Suite in D minor - Duos for Two Bass Viols No. 1
  23. Fantasy
  24. Fantasy
  25. Corant

    26. Suite in D major - Duos for Two Bass Viols No. 2
  26. Fantasy
  27. Fantasy
  28. Saraband

    29. Suite in D minor - Broken Consort No. 5
  29. Fantasy
  30. Corant
  31. Air
  32. Saraband

    33. Suite in D major - Broken Consort No. 6
  33. Fantasy
  34. Corant
  35. Air
  36. Saraband - Conclusion

    37. Fantasia and Corant in D minor
  37. Fantasia
  38. Corant

Performers: Judy Tarling, Theresa Caudle (violins), Mark Caudle, Susanna Pell (bass viols), Paul O'Dette, Fred Jacobs, Elizabeth Kenny (theorbos), Peter Holman (chamber organ)

Playing time: 66'

Recording date: February 1994

This recording includes the complete first part of the Broken Consort, in which each suite is made up of a Fantasy, Corant, Air, Saraband sequence. This set, composed in 1661, is one of Locke's most polished and successful. Scoring is for two violin, bass viol & continuo (with written-out theorbo parts surviving in some sources). Stylistically, the most similar music is that of Jenkins or maybe Lawes.

Related programs:

Locke: Seven Suites
from The Little Consort, The Broken Consort, Tripla Concordia
The Locke Consort
Globe 5027
Locke: Consorts in Two Parts
Masques
Dorian 90300

Finally, a recording illustrating some of the English music for larger violin ensembles from this period:

Four and Twenty Fiddlers
Music for the Restoration Court Band
The Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band - Peter Holman
Hyperion 66667 (English Orpheus, Vol. 19)

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Todd M. McComb