This selection from his keyboard music reveals Byrd's tuneful music in its varying moods - from poignant introspection to playful virtuosity. The instruments used are those enjoyed by Elizabeth herself: the harpsichord and virginals.

Byrd was arguably the first ever true composer for the harpsichord. This CD has been reviewed by the UK's leading expert on Byrd, as containing "great playing, gorgeous sound…clarity and empathy are Colin Booth's forte…the finest version on disc."

1. Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
2. Ground
3. Third Pavan
4. Third Galliard
5. The Queen's Alman
6. Fantasia
7. Pavana
8. Galiarda
9. Ut re mi fa sol la
10. The Carman's Whistle
11. Jhon Come Kiss Me Now
12. Prelude
13. Fantasia
14. Pavana Ph Tr
15. Galiarda
16. Ground
17. A Voluntarye for my ladye nevell

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 04/10/2020
Colin Booth lives in Wells England

Tagged as: Classical, Renaissance, Instrumental Classical, Composer: William Byrd, Harpsichord

1. Sylvius Leopold Weiss Suites no 36 et 40 Lobkowitz by Mauricio Buraglia: a marvelous classical spiral of lute sounds
2. Les Plaintes de Psyche by Mauricio Buraglia: a marvelous classical spiral of lute sounds
3. Tombeaux - A secular requiem by Richard MacKenzie: Virtuoso English Lutenist and Guitarist
4. Renaissance Lute by Ed Durbrow: Renaissance lute music.
5. Elizabeth's Lutes by Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
6. Toccata - Touched by Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
7. Bach-Paternoster by Vito Paternoster: cellist extraordinaire
8. L'Invenzione del violoncello romantico by Vito Paternoster: cellist extraordinaire
9. Broadwood Grand Pianoforte 1809 by Susan Adams: Marvelously played classical piano pieces
10. La Superbe by Thomas Walker: Lute music of 17th century France and Italy
11. Patrons of the Lute by Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
12. Music of Fernando Sor by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
13. Orpheus by Federico Moscogiuri: Original and evocative lute music

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