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William Byrd: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 2 / Pieter-Jan Belder, virginal, chest organ

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: William Byrd: Walsingham, variations for keyboard, MB 8; Prelude for keyboard in A minor, MB 12; Fantasia, for keyboard in A minor, MB 13; Fantasia, for keyboard in G major, MB 62; The Carman's Whist...
Performers: Belder, Pieter-Jan

The release is an engaging follow-up to the first volume in the series, extending its instrumental range to include performances on a 1604 virginal by...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Gemeente Dordrecht (05/26/2012/06/01/2012); Westvestkerk, Schiedam (05/26/2012/06/01/2012); Doopsgezinde Gemeente Dordrecht (10/19/2011-10/20/2011); Westvestkerk, S...continue...

A Cleare Day: Pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book / Kenneth Weiss, virginals, harpsichord

1 CD / Satirino / 2011-07-12

Works: John Munday: Fantasia, for harpsichord; John Dowland: Lachrimae Pavan, P 15; William Byrd: Galliard, for keyboard in D minor no 2, MB 53; Will you walk the woods so wylde; Alman (The Queen's Alman), ...
Performers: Weiss, Kenneth

Recording information: Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale - Château d'Harde (06/19/2010/06/20/2010)....continue...

Songs and Dances from Shakespeare

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Robert Johnson: Full fathom five; Where the bee sucks; Hark, hark! the lark; Get You Hence; Anonymous, English: O Mistresse Mine; The Poor Soul Sat Sighing, song (a.k.a. "The Willow Songs"); Sellenge...
Performers: Barlow, Jeremy; McLachlan, Alastair; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Roberts, Deborah [Soprano Vocal]; Weigand, George

William Byrd: For My Ladye Nevell

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2010-02-09

Works: William Byrd: My Lady Nevell's Ground, for keyboard, MB 57; The Battell; Gaillard for the Victory, for keyboard, MB 95; Pavan ("Echo") & Galliard, for keyboard in G major no 5, MB 114 (doubtful); Pav...
Performers: Charlston, Terence

"On the surface Byrd's keyboard pieces challenge the dexterity of the player. But the real virtuosity of Byrd lies in the composers' willingness to notate...continue...
Recording information: Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hitchin (01/23/2008-01/24/2008)....continue...

Trevor Pinnock at the Victoria and Albert Museum

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Anonymous, English: My Lady Wynkfylds Rownde; William Byrd: Alman (The Queen's Alman), for keyboard, MB 10; The Bells, MB 38; George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Willi...
Performers: Pinnock, Trevor

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

1 CD / Aeon / 2009-04-01

Works: William Byrd: Fortune, variations for keyboard, MB 6; Pavan & Galliard ("Ph. Tregian"), for keyboard in F major, no 2, MB 60; A Medley, for keyboard, MB 112 (doubtful; from the Fitzwilliam Virginal B...
Performers: Marville, Jovanka

Recording information: Studio Tibor Varga, Grimisuat, Valais, Suisse (07/04/2006-07/06/2006)....continue...

English Music of the 17th Century

2 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 2008-04-15

Works: William Lawes: Suite no 2 à 5 in F major; Sonata no 7 in D minor; Suite no 3 in B flat major; Orlando Gibbons: Pavan, for 6 viols, MB41; Fantasias (10) for Keyboard; Giles Farnaby: Fantasia no ...
Performers: Binkley, Thomas; Burgess, Grayston; Cobb, Willard; Eder, Franz; Jones, Sterling; Klein, Karl Heinz; Leonhardt, Gustav; Lukas, Viktor; Ramm, Andrea von; Smithers, Don; Vocal], Nigel Rogers [Tenor
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Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien; Leonhardt Consort; Studio der frühen Musik

Elizabethan Keyboard Music / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: Antony Holborne: The New-Yeeres Gift; Orlando Gibbons: Pavane and Galliard "Lord Salisbury"; The Queen's Command, for keyboard, MB28; William Byrd: The March before the Battle, or, The Earl of Oxford...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

"Sophie Yates plays with exceptional poise - ornaments are impeccably measured and fast figurations are technically flawless - yet such polish doesn't mask expressiveness. She...continue...

Pavana - The Virgin Harpsichord / Skip Sempé, Fortin, Hantaï

1 CD / Naïve / 2002-03-19

Works: William Byrd: Pavan & Galliard ("Sir William Petre"), for keyboard in G minor no 2, MB 3; Pavan & Galliard, for keyboard, Nos. 4a/4b, MB 4; Pavan and Galliards (2) in A minor no 2, MB 15 "The Earl of...
Performers: Hantai, Pierre [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Sempe, Skip

Vox Virginalis - Byrd, Philips, Bull, Morley / Taylor

1 CD / ATMA / 1999-09-01

Works: Anonymous, English: My Lady Carey's Dompe (Royal, App. 58); Master Newman: Pavyon, for keyboard (Mulliner Book no 116); William Byrd: Hugh Aston's Ground, for keyboard, MB 20; Fortune, variations for...
Performers: Taylor, Rachelle

Elizabeth's Music / Baltimore Consort, et al

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1999-02-04

Works: Anonymous, English: The Queen's Treble; O Mistresse Mine; William Byrd: My Lord of Oxenford's Mask (From Thomas Morley's "The First Booke of Consort Lessons"); Work(s); Matthew Holmes: Robin is to th...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; McFarlane, Ronn [Lute]; Tilney, Colin; Urrey, Frederick
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort; Toronto Consort

This wide-ranging collection of dances and ballads from the time of Queen Elizabeth I features some of Dorian's best-loved artists. The daughter of music-loving Henry...continue...

The Early Byrd Vol 1 / I Fagiolini, Fretwork, Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-05-23

Works: William Byrd: Attollite portas (also anthems; Triumph with pleasant melody voices, consort song for voices & 4 viols; O Lord, how vain; All in a garden green, MB 56; Domine secundum actum meum, motet...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Crookes, Anna; Lane, Carys-Anne; Roberts, Richard Wyn; Yates, Sophie
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Ensemble: Fretwork

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
This disc adopts an imaginative approach to programming Byrd's music by presenting works in different genres grouped together to demonstrate a single...continue...

The Queen's Command - Elizabethan Keyboard Music

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1992-02-01

Works: Orlando Gibbons: The Queen's Command, for keyboard, MB28; The fairest nymph; Lincoln's Inn mask, for keyboard, MB44; Fantasia on the 2nd tone (transposed), for keyboard, MB8; The woods so wild, for k...
Performers: Payne, Joseph