Title: Four Temperaments Composer: BYRD, FERRABOSCO, PARSONS, TALLIS
Musicians: Phantasm
with Asako Morikawa, tenor and bass viols
Emilia Benjamin, bass viol
Catalogue # AV2054
Price: £12.49 + free postage
SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................................................... The exceptional viol quartet Phantasm, who won a Gramophone Award for their Avie debut disc of consorts by Orlando Gibbons (AV 0032), offer an equally ravishing recording of the repertoire in which they excel, from the golden age of Elizabethan England. Four distinct musical personalities – or “temperaments” – are represented: the dissonant Robert Parsons, the cool Ferrabosco the Elder, the warm and sanguine Thomas Tallis, and the polar opposites of ecstasy and melancholy of William Byrd.
Phantasm have re-defined the art of viol playing. Inspired by the great 20th-century string quartets, the striking unity of their ensemble and suave sonorities are unmatched by any other viol ensemble playing today.
TRACK LISTING .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1. Thomas TALLIS (c. 1505 - 1585) A Solfing Song (2:24)
2. William BYRD (c. 1539 - 1623) Queen\'s Goodnight (Prelude And Ground) (5:29)
3. Robert PARSONS (c. 1530 - 1571) A Song Of Mr Robert Parsons (1:42)
4. Thomas TALLIS In Nomine II A4 (1:50)
5. Robert PARSONS In Nomine III A5 (1:47)
6. Robert PARSONS De La Court (5:14)
7. Alfonso FERRABOSCO I (1543 - 1588) Pavan A5 (2:05)
8. William BYRD Missa A4 - Kyrie (2:34)
9. Alfonso FERRABOSCO I In Nomine II A5 (2:28)
10. William BYRD Missa A4 - Gloria (5:35)
11. Thomas TALLIS In Nomine I A4 (2:13)
12. William BYRD Missa A4 - Credo (8:18)
13. Alfonso FERRABOSCO I In Nomine I A5 (2:44)
14. William BYRD Missa A4 - Sanctus (3:49)
15. Alfonso FERRABOSCO I In Nomine III A5 (2:26)
16. William BYRD Missa A4 - Agnus Dei (4:16)
17. Robert PARSONS Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La (4:57)
18. Alfonso FERRABOSCO I Fantasia A4 (3:26)
19. William BYRD Pavan A6 (2:17)
20. William BYRD Galliard A6 (1:29)
21. Robert PARSONS A Song Called Trumpets (2:03)
22. Alfonso FERRABOSCO I Sur La Rousee - Fantasia A6 (2:51)
Total Time: 71:57
Recorded 19 – 21 August, St. Mary’s Church, South Creake, Norfolk
Producer: Jonathan Freeman-Atwood
Engineer: Simon Fox Gál
