Henry Purcell – Fantazias (2006)

Fantasia
1.Fantasia upon one note
2.Pavan a 4               play
Three Fantasias in Three Parts
3.Fantasia I               play
4.Fantasia II
5.Fantasia III
Three Fantasias in Four Parts
6.Fantasia IV (June 10 1680)
7.Fantasia V (June 11 1680)
8.Fantasia VI (June 14 1680)
In Nomine
9.In Nomine in Six Parts
Three Fantasias in Four Parts
10.Fantasia VII (June 19 1680)
11.Fantasia VIII (June 22 1680)
12.Fantasia IX (June 23 1680)
Three Fantasias in Four Parts
13.Fantasia X (June 30 1680)
14.Fantasia XI (August 19 1680)
15. Fantasia XII (August 31 1680)
In Nomine
16.In Nomine in Seven Parts

Ricercar Consort:
Philippe Pierlot, Viol
Kaori Uemura, Viol
Rainer Zipperling, Viol
Emmanuel Balssa, Viol
Mieneke van der Velden, Viol
Sofia Diniz, Viol
François Fernandez, Violin
Luis Otavio Santos, Violin
Sophie Gent, Violin
Giovanna Pessi, Baroque Harp

Purcell's fantasias are relatively early works, apparently written largely as contrapuntal studies. Unlike the sonatas, they were never intended for publication, but they do represent some of the most complex music written for viol consort. By Purcell's time, music of this type was no longer a living tradition, and in fact his In Nomines were the last examples written before the 20th century.

This is music of the shadows; music of sublime subtlety. It is candlelit and wood-grained; intimate to its core. It is music of solitude that has never encountered an electric light bulb let alone an amplifier. (No small irony in an exquisite sharply etched digital recording such as this).

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