Pieter-Jan Belder – The Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (FLAC)

Performer: Pieter-Jan Belder
Number of Discs: 15
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Brilliant Classics
Catalogue: 95915
Release: 2020
Size: 7.78 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
01. John Bull: Walsingham in A Minor, FVB 1
02. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia in D Minor, FVB 129
03. Martin Peerson: Pipers Paven in A Minor, FVB 181
04. John Bull: Pipers Galiard in A Minor, FVB 182
05. William Byrd: Pavana Philippa Tregian in F Major, FVB 93
06. William Byrd: Galliarda, FVB 94
07. Peter Philips: Pavana Pagget in C Minor, FVB 74
08. Peter Philips: Galiarda & Pagget in C Minor, FVB 75
09. John Bull: Præudium in D Minor, FVB 43
10. John Bull: Gloria tibi trinitas in A Major, FVB 44
11. Giovanni Picchi: Toccata in D Minor, FVB 95
12. Giles Farnaby: Pawles Wharfe D Major, FVB 113
13. John Bull: Fantastic Pavana Do., FVB 34
14. John Bull: Fantastic Galiarda, FVB 48 15Thomas Tomkins: A Grounde in G Major, FVB 130

CD 02
01. Orlando di Lasso: Pavana in A Minor, FVB 292
02. William Inglot: The Leaves Bee Greene, FVB 251
03. William Byrd: The Bells in C Major, FVB 69
04. John Munday: Goe from my window in G Major, FVB 42
05. William Byrd: Fantasia, FVB 8
06. William Byrd: Corranto FVB 218
07. Peter Philips: Amarilli di Julio Romano, FVB 82
08. Giles Farnaby: The Old Spagnoletta, FVB 289
09. Giles Farnaby: Pavana, FVB 285
10. Anonymous: Nowels Galiard, FVB 244
11. Anonymous: Barafostus Dreame, FVB 18
12. Giles Farnaby: The King’s Hunt, FVB 53
13. Giles Farnaby: Muscadin, FVB 293
14. Nicholas Strogers: Fantasia, FVB 89
15. Thomas Tomkins: Barafostus Dreame, FVB 131
16. Doctor Bull: In nominee, FVB 37
17. John Bull: The Kings Hunt, FVB 135
18. Edward Johnson: Jhonsons Medley, FVB 243
19. John Bull: In nominee, FVB 119
20. Martin Peerson: The Fall of the Leafe, FVB 272

CD 03
01. William Byrd: Walsingham, FVB 68
02. William Byrd: Præludium to ye Fancie, VB F100
03. William Byrd: Fantasia in A Minor, FVB 52
04. William Byrd: Fantasia in G Major, FVB 261
05. William Byrd: The Carmans Whistle, FVB 58
06. William Byrd: The Queenes Alman, FVB 171
07. William Byrd: Tregian’s Ground, FVB 60
08. William Byrd: Lady Montegles Paven, FVB 294
09. William Byrd: The Woods so Wild, FVB 67
10. William Byrd: Pavana lachrymæ, FVB 121
11. William Byrd: Galliarda, FVB 122
12. William Byrd: Jhon Come Kisse me Now, FVB 10
13. William Byrd: Pavana in A Minor, FVB 252
14. William Byrd: Galiarda in A Minor, FVB 253
15. William Byrd: Sellingers Round, FVB 64

CD 04
01. William Byrd: Pavana in G Minor, FVB 165
02. William Byrd: Galiarda in G Minor, FVB 166
03. William Byrd: The Hunt’s Up, FVB 59
04. William Byrd: Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, FVB 101
05. William Byrd: Pavana in D Minor, FVB 254
06. William Byrd: Galiarda in D Minor, FVB 255
07. William Byrd: The Maydens Song F126 / MB82
08. William Byrd: Fantasia in C Major, FVB 103
09. William Byrd: Quadran Paven, FVB 133
10. William Byrd: Galiard to the Quadran Paven, FVB 134
11. William Byrd: All in a Garden Green, FVB 104
12. William Byrd: Pavana Fantasia in G Major, FVB 257
13. William Byrd: Galiarda in G Major in FVB 258
14. William Byrd: Pavana the First that ever hee Made, FVB 167
15. William Byrd: Galiarda in C Minor, FVB 168
16. William Byrd: Rowland, FVB 160
17. William Byrd: Pavana. Canon, 2 Parts in One, FVB 275
18. William Byrd: Pavana in A Minor, FVB 173
19. William Byrd: Galliarda in A Minor, FVB 174
20. William Byrd: La volta, FVB 155

CD 05
01. Peter Philips: Pavana, the First One Philips Made, FVB 85
02. Peter Philips: Galliarda, FVB 87
03. Peter Philips: Margotte Laborez, FVB 83
04. Peter Philips: Amarilli di Julio Romano, FVB 82
05. Peter Philips: Fantasia in F Major, FVB 88
06. Peter Philips: Tirsi. Di Luca Marenzio 1a Parte, FVB 70
07. Peter Philips: Freno. 2a Parte, FVB 71
08. Peter Philips: Cosi moriro. 3° Parte, FVB 72
09. Peter Philips: Pavana Dolorosa Tregian, FVB 80
10. Peter Philips: Galiarda Dolorosa, FVB 81
11. Peter Philips: Bon jour mõ cueur di Orlando di Lasso, FVB 79
12. Peter Philips: Fece da voi a 6, FVB 73
13. Peter Philips: Le rossignuol, FVB 86
14. Peter Philips: Chi fara fede al cielo di Alessandro Striggio, FVB 78
15. Peter Philips: Fantasia in G Major, FVB 84

CD 06
01. Peter Philips: Passamezzo Pavana, FVB 76
02. Peter Philips: Galiarda Passamezzo, FVB 77
03. Peter Philips: Pavana Pagget, FVB 74
04. Peter Philips: Galiarda Pagget, FVB 75
05. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia, FVB 217
06. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Psalme 140, FVB 144
07. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Præludiu Toccata, FVB 96
08. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Ut, re, mi, fa, so, la. a. 4. voci., FVB 118

CD 07
01. Giles Farnaby: Farmers Paven, FVB 287
02. Giles Farnaby: Galliardam,FVB 269
03. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 236
04. Giles Farnaby: Mall Sims, FVB 281
05. Giles Farnaby: Pavana Robert Jhonson, sett by Giles Farnaby, FVB 39
06. Giles Farnaby: Meridian Alman, FVB 291
07. Giles Farnaby: A Maske, FVB 198
08. Giles Farnaby: Quodlings Delight, FVB 114
09. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 232
10. Giles Farnaby: A Maske, FVB 209
11. Giles Farnaby: Wooddy-cock, FVB 141
12. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 237
13. Giles Farnaby: Giles Farnaby’s Dreame, FVB 194
14. Giles Farnaby: His Rest Galiard, FVB 195
15. Giles Farnaby: Farnabye’s Conceit, FVB 273
16. Giles Farnaby: His Humour, FVB 196
17. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 231
18. Giles Farnaby: Rosasolis, FVB 143
19. Giles Farnaby: Lachrimæ Pavan, FVB 290
20. Giles Farnaby: A Toye, FVB 270
21. Giles Farnaby: A Maske, FVB 199
22. Giles Farnaby: Tell mee Daphne, FVB 280
23. Giles Farnaby: Loth to Depart, FVB 230
24. Giles Farnaby: For 2 Virginals, FVB 45

CD 08
01. John Bull: Pavana of my Lord Lumley, FVB 41
02. John Bull: Galliarda to my Lord Lumleys Paven, FVB 11
03. John Bull: Præludium, FVB 210
04. John Bull: Fantasia, FVB 108
05. John Bull: Pavana, FVB 136
06. John Bull: Galiarda, FVB 137
07. John Bull: Pavana Do. Fantastic, FVB 34
08. John Bull: Galiard to the Pavan, FVB 35
09. John Bull: Præludium, FVB 192
10. John Bull: Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la., FVB 51
11. John Bull: St. Thomas Wake, FVB 36
12. John Bull: The Duke of Brunswicks Alman, FVB 142
13. John Bull: Pipers Galiard, FVB 182
14. John Bull: Variatio Ejusdem, FVB 183
15. John Bull: The Quadran Pavan, FVB 31
16. John Bull: Variation of the Quadran Pavan, FVB 32
17. John Bull: Galiard to the Quadran Pavan, FVB 33

CD 09
01. John Munday: Mundays Gioy, FVB 282
02. John Munday: Fantasia Fair Weather, FVB 3
03. John Munday: Fantasia, FVB 2
04. John Munday: Goe from my Window, FVB 9
05. John Munday: Robin, FVB 15
06. John Munday: Pavana, FVB 4
07. John Munday: Variatio, FVB 5
08. John Munday: Galiarda, FVB 6
09. John Munday: Variation, FVB 7
10. John Munday: Muscadin, FVB 19
11. John Munday: Pavana Mal Sims, FVB 16
12. John Munday: The Irishe Ho-hoane, FVB 26
13. John Munday: Præludium, FVB 25
14. John Munday: Pavana, FVB 27
15. John Munday: Variatio, FVB 28
16. John Munday: Galiarda, FVB 29
17. John Munday: Variatio, FVB 30
18. John Munday: Alman, FVB 20 / MB34
19. John Munday: Præludium, FVB 22
20. John Munday: Foelix Namque 1um, FVB 109
21. John Munday: Præludium El. Kidermisters, FVB 23
22. John Munday: Foelix Namque 2um, FVB 110
23. John Munday: Can shee, FVB 188

CD 10
01. Thomas Morley: Alman, FVB 152
02. Thomas Morley: Pavana, FVB 169
03. Thomas Morley: Galliarda, FVB 170
04. Thomas Morley: Nancie, FVB 12
05. Thomas Morley: Pavana, FVB 153
06. Thomas Morley: Galiarda, FVB 154
07. Thomas Morley: Fantasia, FVB 124
08. Thomas Morley: La volta, FVB 159
09. Thomas Tomkins: Worster Braules, FVB 207
10. Thomas Tomkins: Pavana, FVB 123
11. Thomas Tomkins: The Hunting Galliard, FVB 132
12. Edmund Hooper: Pakingtons Pownde, FVB 177
13. Edmund Hooper: The Irishe Dumpe, FVB 178
14. Edmund Hooper: The Kings Morisco, FVB 247
15. Edmund Hooper: A Toye, FVB 263
16. Edmund Hooper: Dalling Alman, FVB 288
17. Edmund Hooper: Watkins Ale, FVB 179
18. Edmund Hooper: Corranto, FVB 221
19. Edmund Hooper: Alman Hooper, FVB 222
20. Edmund Hooper: Corrãto, FVB 223
21. Edmund Hooper: Corranto, FVB 224
22. Edmund Hooper: Corrãto, FVB 225
23. Edmund Hooper: Corrãto, FVB 226
24. Edmund Hooper: Alman, FVB 227
25. Edmund Hooper: Corranto Hooper, FVB 228

CD 11
01. Anonymous: Galiarda, FVB 21
02. Anonymous: Alman, FVB 14
03. Anonymous: Præludium, FVB 117
04. John Bull: Christe Redemptor, FVB 125
05. John Bull: D. Bulls Juell, FVB 138
06. John Bull: Præludium, FVB 115
07. John Bull: Galiarda Vaulting Galliard, FVB 17
08. John Bull: Præludium & Veni Redemptor gentium, FVB 106&107
09. John Bull: The Spanish Paven, FVB 139
10. John Bull: Veni Redemptor gentium, FVB 38
11. John Bull: Pavana Trumpet Pavan, FVB 13
12. John Bull: Galliarda Regina Galliard, FVB 46
13. John Bull: Præludium Dor. F116 / MB60
14. John Bull: Salvator Mundi, FVB 45
15. Anonymous: Felix Namque. Alleluia, FVB 111
16. Anonymous: An Almain, FVB 200
17. Anonymous: Corrante, FVB 201
18. Anonymous: Alman, FVB 202
19. Anonymous: Corrãto, FVB 203
20. Anonymous: Corrãto, FVB 204
21. Anonymous: Corrãto, FVB 205
22. Anonymous: Daunce, FVB 206
23. Anonymous: No Title, FVB 211
24. Anonymous: Martin Sayd to his Man, FVB 212

CD 12
01. John Bull: Galiarda, FVB 185
02. John Bull: Præludium D. Dorick Prelude, FVB 184
03. John Bull: Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, FVB 215
04. John Bull: A Gigge, Docter Bulles Griefe, FVB 190
05. John Bull: A Gigge, Doctor Bulls my Selfe, FVB 189
06. John Bull: Miserere 3 parts, FVB 279
07. John Bull: Galiarda, FVB 186
08. John Bull: Duchesse of Brunswicks Toy, FVB 262
09. Orlando Gibbons: The Woods so Wilde FVB 40
10. Thomas Warrock: Pavana, FVB 97
11. Thomas Warrock: Galiarda, FVB 98
12. Galeazzo Sabbatini: Præludium, FVB 94
13. Martin Peerson: Alman, FVB 90
14. Martin Peerson: The Primerose, FVB 271
15. Robert Parsons: In Nomine Set by Byrd, FVB 140
16. Robert Johnson: Alman, FVB 145
17. Robert Johnson: Alman, FVB 146
18. William Tisdale: Pavana, FVB 220
19. William Tisdale: Almand, FVB 213
20. William Tisdale: Pavana Clement Cottõ, FVB 219
21. William Tisdale: Galiarda, FVB 295
22. William Tisdale: Pavana Chromatica, | Mrs. Katherin Tregians Pavan, FVB 214
23. William Inglot: A Galliard Ground, FVB 250
24. Anonymous: Alman, FVB 249
25. John Marchant: Allemanda, FVB 187
26. Jehan Oystermayre: Galiarda, FVB 260
27. Thomas Oldfield: Præludium, FVB 49
28. John Blitheman: In Nomine, FVB 50

CD 13
01. Giles Farnaby: Alman Robert Johnson, sett by Giles Farnaby, FVB 147
02. Giles Farnaby: A Groude, FVB 240
03. Giles Farnaby: Bony Sweet Robin, FVB 128
04. Giles Farnaby: A Gigge, FVB 267
05. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 234
06. Giles Farnaby: Præludium, FVB 246
07. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 208
08. Giles Farnaby: The Flatt Pavan, FVB 284
09. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 296
10. Giles Farnaby: The Lord Zouches Maske, FVB 239
11. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 229
12. Giles Farnaby: Tower Hill, FVB 245
13. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, Ay me, Poore Heart, FVB 233
14. Giles Farnaby: Daphne, FVB 112
15. Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, FVB 238
16. Giles Farnaby: Rosseters Galiard, FVB 283
17. Giles Farnaby: Walter Earles Paven, FVB 235
18. Giles Farnaby: Spagnioletta, FVB 44

CD 14
01. Giles Farnaby: Up Tails All, FVB 242
02. Giles Farnaby: A Duo, Richard Farnaby, FVB 248
03. Giles Farnaby: Put Up thy Dagger Jemy, FVB 127
04. Giles Farnaby: Nobodyes Gigge, Richard Farnaby, sõne to Giles Farnaby, FVB 149
05. Giles Farnaby: Hanskin, Richard Farnaby, FVB 297
06. Giles Farnaby: Why Aske you, FVB 286
07. Giles Farnaby: Fain Would I Wedd, FVB 197
08. Giles Farnaby: The New Sa-Hoo, FVB 148
09. William Byrd: Passamezzo Pavana, FVB 56
10. William Byrd: Galiardas Passamezzo, FVB 57
11. William Byrd: Pavana Delight, Edward Jhonson sett by Will. Byrd, FVB 277
12. William Byrd: Galiarda Delight, Ed. Jhonson sett by William Byrd, FVB 278
13. William Byrd: Miserere 3 parts, FVB 175
14. William Byrd: Miserere 4 parts, FVB 176
15. William Byrd: Callino casturame, FVB 158
16. William Byrd: The Earl of Oxfords Marche, FVB 259
17. William Byrd: Pavana Bray, FVB 91
18. William Byrd: Galiarda, FVB 92
19. William Byrd: Fortune, FVB 65
20. William Byrd: Alman, FVB 163
21. William Byrd: Galliard, FVB 164
22. William Byrd: Monsieurs Alman, FVB 61
23. William Byrd: Variatio Monsieurs Alman, FVB 62
24. William Byrd: Alman, FVB 156

CD 15
01. William Byrd: A Gigg, FVB 180
02. William Byrd: Pavana in C Major, FVB 256
03. William Byrd: Ut, mi, re, FVB 102
04. William Byrd: Wolseys Wilde, FVB 157
05. William Byrd: Præludium, FVB 24
06. William Byrd: Monsieurs Alman, FVB 63
07. William Byrd: Corranto, FVB 241
08. William Byrd: Pescodd Time, FVB 276
09. William Byrd: The Ghost, FVB 162
10. William Byrd: O Mistris Myne, FVB 66
11. William Byrd: Sir John Gray’s Galliard, FVB 191
12. William Byrd: Gipseis Round, FVB 216
13. William Byrd: Malt’s Come Downe, FVB 150
14. William Byrd: A Medley, FVB 172
15. Anonymous: Corranto Lady Riche, FVB 256
16. Anonymous: Heaven and Earth, FVB 105
17. Anonymous: Præludium, FVB 151
18. Anonymous: A Toye, FVB 268
19. Anonymous: Why Aske you, FVB 161
20. Anonymous: Allemanda, FVB 274
21. Anonymous: Præludium, FVB 120
22. Anonymous: Corranto, FVB 266

This landmark set gathers all seven volumes of Pieter-Jan Belder’s exhaustive exploration of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book in recordings spanning the current decade.

The precious, historic tome, copied and compiled by Francis Tregian from music, written by 25 named composers and anonymous authors or intabulated by them from popular contemporary and earlier vocal works, for the early keyboard instruments of the harpsichord family (in Elizabethan and Jacobean England, any stringed keyboard instrument could be described as a virginals, the term applying equally to the smaller virginals, a harpsichord or possibly even a clavichord or spinet) provides us not only with compelling music of great mastery but also with a fascinating insight into the socio-cultural atmosphere of its time.

After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536 by Henry VIII followed by Mary Tudor’s blood-soaked crackdown, it was clear that being a Protestant in Tudor England was risky business. Once Queen Elizabeth took the throne in 1558, she established a moderate form of Protestantism and halted the campaign of religious persecution. But the damage was already done, and many composers decided to steer clear of religion altogether and focus their efforts on secular music. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is a vital record of such works. Compiled in the late 1700s, the book today resides in a dedicated museum in Cambridge.

Pieter-Jan Belder is a musicologist as well as a polished performer, and his in-depth study of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book has meant his approach is always informed by rigorously evaluated performance practice. In their entirety, the seven volumes of this cycle bring this fascinating book to life offering the varied soundscape of early English keyboard music to be discovered and enjoyed.

The first complete recording of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book on 15 CDs!

This remarkable collection of works for the virginal, or small harpsichord, is found in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. It is the largest collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean keyboard music, all handwritten and totalling nearly 300 compositions, all of which predate the first keyboard music published in England by about 50 years.
The identity of the copyist of these works is uncertain, although a fascinating riddle. The manuscript is a role call of the leading composers of the era – John Bull, Giles Farnaby, William Byrd, Peter Philips, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins and a number of unknown composers all feature. Research seems to point to one Francis Tregian from Cornwall, who may have copied the music whilst in Fleet prison from 1608 until his death in 1619. Tregian’s remarkable work – which extends to four volumes and 2000 pieces – ensured the survival of music by many of the most important composers of this era.

Pieter-Jan Belder, one of the world’s most respected and prolific harpsichordists, received rave reviews for his previous issues in this series: “..a captivating portrait..full of rhythmic drive..he displays a keen sense of rhythm…broad and brilliant gestures…one of the most important recording projects of this decade..”(Musicweb-International).

Belder’s discography includes works by Scarlatti (complete sonatas!), Soler, Rameau, Corelli, Bach, Purcell and many others. Currently he is completing the complete harpsichord works by J.S. Bach.