CD 1:
Galliard p.23
Coranto
Almaine p.15
Coranto
Pavin p.8
Coranto
Galliard p.27
Coranto
Almaine p.20
Coranto
Pavin p.13
Coranto
Galliard p.9
Coranto
A Pavin for three Viols p.33
Almaine p.6
Coranto
Almaine p.26
Coranto
avin p.10
Coranto
Almaine p.18
Coranto

CD 2:
A Fancie p.32
Pavin p.21
Coranto
Almaine p.16
Coranto
Galliard p.29
Coranto
Almaine p.5
Coranto
Galliard p.19
Coranto
Almaine p.22
Coranto
Almaine p.28
Coranto
Almaine p.7
Coranto
Galliard p.4
Coranto
Almaine p.24
Coranto

Music to Hear… Alfonso Ferrabosco: Music for Lyra Viol from 1609, Volumes 2 & 3 continues Richard Boothby’s acclaimed exploration of early English viol repertoire. Joined by Sam Stadlen and Jo Levine, Boothby performs Ferrabosco’s Lessons for 1, 2 & 3 Viols a rich sequence of pavans, almains, galliards, and corantos that illuminate the expressive range of Jacobean consort music. Written for Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, these pieces showcase Ferrabosco’s invention and refinement at the heart of the early 17th-century English court. Recorded on period instruments and gut strings, this release captures the music’s depth, intimacy, and quiet brilliance. A composer favoured by Queen Elizabeth I and James I, Ferrabosco also wrote music for stage works by playwright Ben Jonson, some of which would by heard in performance at Shakespeare’s Globe. Added to this he was a renowned player of the viol – a visiting court musician declaring that there was no player of ‘La lyre’ in Italy: “who was fit to be compared with the great ‘Farabosco d’Angleterre’.” Richard Boothby has been playing the viol ever since David Fallows handed him a tenor viol in 1977. After further study with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Salzburg, he helped to found The Purcell Quartet in 1984 and Fretwork in 1985. He has endeavoured to enrich the viol-consort repertory with new music from today’s finest composers, from Elvis Costello to George Benjamin, from Alexander Goehr to Nico Muhly.