Fairest Isle
performed by Wildcat Viols (Wildcat Viols, 2011), 1 hour 10 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- Classical Music
- Description
- The San Francisco Bay Area's exciting new ensemble, Wildcat Viols, mines the
richest vein of the viol da gamba consort repertoire. On this recording you'll hear the astounding music of Henry Purcell and Matthew Locke, the last great masters of English viol music.
In this, their debut recording, the three women of Wildcat Viols, occasionally joining forces with the delicious soprano voice of Catherine Webster, luxuriate in the daring and passionate sound-world of 17th-century England. By turns quirky, languid, exuberant, sensuous, virtuosic, and always sublime, this music represents the final flowering of England's remarkable viol ensemble repertoire, in which finely-crafted Renaissance equanimity gives way to the dramatic volatility of the Baroque - with a distinctively British accent.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 1 hour 10 mins
- Ensemble
- Wildcat Viols
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Piece
- Label
- Wildcat Viols
- Date Recorded
- 2010
- Release Date
- 2011-01-28
- Subject
- Classical Music, Music & Performing Arts