Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Fitzwilliam virginal book volume 1 brilliant classics. A terrific source for early keyboard students seeking to understand the variety of styles and application of the ornaments. Pieterjan belder the fitzwilliam virginal book, vol. The fitzwilliam virginal book vol 2 william byrd belder. Pieterjan belder has recorded widely for brilliant classics over the years and returns once again to perform this illustrious programme of works. This remarkable collection of works for the virginal, or small harpsichord, is found in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge.
Although the word virginals or virginal is used today to refer to a specific instrument similar to a small, portable harpsichord, at the. The fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 7 brilliant classics. Variation of the quadran pavan from the fitzwilliam virginal book 8. Pieterjan belder the fitzwilliam virginal book volume 2. Album the fitzwilliam virginal book volume 2, william. Fitzwilliam virginal book music collection britannica. The fitzwilliam virginal book is a primary source of keyboard music from the late elizabethan and early jacobean periods in england, i.
Find composition details, parts movement information and albums that contain performances of alman, for virginal fitzwilliam on allmusic. Bull, byrd, farnaby, gibbons, morley, philips, tomkins pieterjan belder on allmusic 2012 dutch label brilliant has specialized in lowcost. Buy pieterjan belders album titled fitzwilliam virginal book, vol. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bull, byrd, farnaby, gibbons, morley, philips, tomkins to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Provided to youtube by kontor new media walsingham, i pieterjan belder fitzwilliam virginal book, vol.
These are wonderfully performed and if you have the published manuscripts of both volumes, it is a great joy to read the scores and note pj belders interpretation and enjoy the overall mastery. Among the most prized exhibits of fitzwilliam college, cambridge, stands the fitzwilliam virginal book, the largest surviving anthology of elizabethan and jacobean keyboard music. The extraordinary fitzwilliam virginal book is a fascinating document housed in the fitzwilliam library in cambridge, uk. In this, the fifth volume, belder explores the music of some of the books best known composers, such as thomas tallis, john munday and thomas tomkins. Your selections total more than the whole disc price. It is the largest collection of elizabethan and jacobean keyboard music, all handwritten and totalling nearly 300 compositions, and all of which predate the first keyboard music published in england by about 50 years. The release is an engaging followup to the first volume in the series, extending its instrumental range to.
Its exact origins are disputed, but it was compiled at some point in the late 16th century and contains an astonishing 300 pieces for virginal, a small harpsichord of the time. The fitzwilliam virginal book is one of the most extraordinary manuscripts of elizabethan and jacobean music in existence, and is currently held at the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge. Fitzwilliam virginal book, also called erroneously queen elizabeths virginal book, an early 17thcentury english manuscript collection of 297 pieces for keyboard by many of the major composers of the period, including william byrd, who is represented by 67 pieces. The fitzwilliam virginal book volume 5 pieterjan belder harpsichord rec. Buy pieterjan belders album titled the fitzwilliam virginal book, vol. Whatever its origins, the exceptional manuscript contains almost 300. The 7th and last installment of one of the most prestigious and ambitious recording projects in early music. This set contains works by some famous and some less well known composers. The fitzwilliam virginal book, volume 6 brilliant classics.
The fitzwilliam virginal book is the most famous, extensive and important collection of keyboard music from the english elizabethan and jacobean era. Pieterjan belder continues his superb survey of the fitzwilliam virginal book, an extraordinary manuscript compiled in the late 16th century and held in. The fact is however that these almost 300 pieces constitute the finest collection of elizabethan and jacobean keyboard works in existence. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Galiard to the quadran pavan from the fitzwilliam virginal book 5. Pieterjan belder continues his superb survey of the fitzwilliam virginal book, an extraordinary manuscript compiled in the late 16th century and held in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. In england the decades around 1600, known as the elizabethan and jacobean periods, were a. Fitzwilliam virginal book volume 5 brilliant classics. Since joseph paines voxbox, there have been other cd selections of this music, but belders is, to the best of my knowledge, the largest now available. It takes its name from viscount fitzwilliam who bequeathed this manuscript collection to cambridge university in 1816. In this, the sixth volume, belder focuses on the compositions of john bull, one of the main contributors to the collection. It was probably compiled by francis treggian in the early 17th century, while he sat in prison for refusing to renounce his catholicism. Lodged in the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge it contains more than 300 works for the virginal, by composers such as john, bull, william byrd, thomas tomkins and many others.
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