William Byrd: My Ladye Nevells Booke (3CD)

William Byrd c.1543-1623

My Ladye Nevells Booke

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                69’22

1. My Ladye Nevels Grownde MB57 (DA) 5’32
2. Qui Passe for my Ladye Nevell MB19 (HG) 3’36
3. The Marche before the Battell MB93 (AB) 3’43
4. The Battell MB94 (AB) 12’05

- The souldiers sommons

- The marche of the foote men

- The marche of the horsmen

- The trumpetts

- The Irishe marche

- The bagpipe and the drone

- The flute and the droome

- The marche to the fight

- The retreat

5. The Galliarde for the Victorie MB95 (AB) 1’44
6. The Barelye Breake MB92 (GB) 7’57
7. A Galliards Gygge MB18 (HG) 1’52
8. The Huntes Upp MB41 (AB) 6’43
9. Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La MB64 7’52
10. The firste Pavian MB29 (JR) 4’22
11. The Galliarde to the same 1’39
12. The II Pavian MB71 2’36
13. The Galliarde (to the same) 1’49
14. The III Pavian MB14 (GB) 4’49
15. The Galliarde to the same 1’33

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                68’27

1. The IIII Pavian MB30 (DA) 2’48
2. The Galliarde 1’37
3. The V Pavian MB31 (AB) 5’10
4. The Galliarde 1’37
5. Pavana the VI: Kinbrugh Goodd MB32 (HG) 4’38
6. The Galliard 1’39
7. The Seventh Pavian MB74 (JR) 4’09
8. The Eighte Pavian MB17 (HG) 4’56
9. The Passinge Mesures Pavan MB2 (AB) 6’06
10. The Galliarde 4’35
11. A Voluntarie for my Ladye Nevell MB61 4’51
12. Will yow walke the woodes soe Wylde MB85 (DA) 4’01
13. The Maidens Song MB82 (HG) 5’13
14. A Lesson of Voluntarie MB26 7’23
15. The Seconde Grownde MB42 (AB) 8’33

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                63’51

1. Have with Yow to Walsingame MB8 (AB) 8’28
2. All in a Garden Grine MB56 (JR) 3’50
3. Lord Willobies Welcome Home MB7 2’30
4. The Carmans Whistle MB36 (GB) 5’12
5. Hughe Ashstons Ground MB20 (DA) 7’16
6. A Fancie MB25 (AB) 5’30
7. Sellingers Rownde MB84 (DA) 6’53
8. Munsers Almaine MB88 (AB) 7’08
9. The Tenthe Pavian Mr W Peter MB3 (AB) 5’15
10. The Galliard 1’56
11. A Fancie MB46 (DA) 5’04
12. A Voluntarie MB27 (GB) 3’32

Pieter Jan Belder harpsichord

Harpsichords:

(DA) Derek Adlam, muselar after the 1611 Ruckers (1970)

(HG) Herwil van Gelder, Venetian harpsichord after Pisaurensis (1997)

(AB) Adlam Burnett, double manual harpsichord after 1642 Ruckers (1980)

(GB) Gerhard Boogaard, single manual harpsichord after Ruckers (2012)

(JR) (original) Johannes(?) Ruckers, spinet virginal (1604)

Recording: 29 & 30 September 2021 (Andrea Friggi), the Netherlands