PIVA The Faerie Round (CD)

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Music from the time of Elizabeth I.

This is PIVAs long awaited third CD and for this the group returns to further explore the English repertoire of late Elizabethan England. The Faerie Round is PIVAs homage to Queen Elizabeth I and it features all the usual hallmarks of the band from the quiet and contemplative to the rousing and stirring!

PIVA is one of the UKs leading early music ensembles and they specialise in dance and ballad music of the late renaissance.Playing an array of period instruments, they’re known for their innovative and energetic arrangements. Multi-instrumentalists, with backgrounds in renaissance, classical and roots music, they combine their influences to create music of the past played for today.

Track Listing

1. Quodlings Delight Anon (mixed consort)
2. Grays Inn the First and Grays Inn the Second John Coperario (mixed consort)
3. The Jewes Dance Richard Nicholson (mixed consort)
4. Farewell my good 1, for ever Christopher Tye (Recorders and viol)
5. The Leaves be Green (The Browning Fantasy) Clement Woodcock (recorders)
6. Fortune my Foe Anon (crumhorns)
7. Mr Giles Hobies Galliard John Dowland (mixed consort)
8. Pauls Steeple Anon (recorders and strings)
9. Wanton and The Widows Mite Anthony Holborne (mixed consort)
10. De la Tromba Pavin Richard Allison (shawms)
11. Almayne 56 Anthony Holborne (bagpipes)
12. The Earl of Oxfords March William Byrd (shawms)
13. The Faerie Round Anthony Holborne (mixed consort)
14. Kemps Jigs Anon & John Playford (mixed consort)
15. Pavane 39 and Galliard 38 Anthony Holborne (Crumhorns)
16. My Lord of Oxfords Galliard Anon (recorders and viol)
17. Prince Edwards Paven and The Queine of Inglands Paven Anon (recorders)
18. Nutmegs and Ginger Anon (mixed consort)
19. Monsieurs Alman William Byrd (shawms)
20. Hackney Clement Woodcock (shawms)
21. La Doune Cella and La Bounette (bagpipes, shawms, hurdy gurdy)