Composer: John Bull, William Byrd, Giles Farnaby, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Morley, Peter Philips, Giovanni Picchi
Performer: Ton Koopman
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C8002
Release: 2016
Size: 331 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Picchi: Toccata
02. Gibbons: Pavana
03. Morley: Fancie
04. Bull: Ut re mi fa sol la
05. Farnaby: Up [T]ails All
Byrd: Pavan & Galliard No. 1 in D Minor
06. Pavana
07. Galiarda
08. Philips: Amarilli
09. Philips: Pauana dolorosa Treg(ian)
10. Philips: Galiarda Dolorosa
11. anon.: Pakington’s Pownde
12. Byrd: Fantasia
The Fitzwilliam Virginal book is one of the primary sources of keyboard music. The book, which is now housed in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, hails from the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods in England. + This release features excerpts from the Fitzwilliam Virginal book from composers including Giovanni Picchi, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull, William Bird, and more. + Dutch conductor, organist, and harpsichordist Ton Koopman performs the works on this album. He was knighted in 2003, receiving the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and is currently a professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.