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Peter Philips - The English Exile by Colin Booth Colin Booth : Peter Philips - The English Exile.
 Solo harpsichord music.

Peter Philips, one of the great musical geniuses of the age of Queen Elizabeth I, was forced into exile in Europe by a renewed situation of religious intolerance in England, following the failed Spanish Armada. Not only did he becme a famous composer throughout the continent, but his music, unlike his person, was celebrated in his home country. The major source for his keyboard works is the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - a pioneering English anthology.

Philips' style is more overtly emotional than that of his English contemporaries. One of the most famous and intense pieces, Pavana Doloroso, is supposed to have been composed while he languished in prison, and his setting of Caccini's song Amarylli Mia Bella, conveys a surprising degree of pathos.

Contrasting with these are thrillingly virtuosic works, like the Galliarda Passamezzo, vividly conveying how exuberant dancing could be in the Renaissance period.

Colin Booth's album has received enthusiastic praise from English and German reviewers. He plays a large and unusual harpsichord: a copy of an Italian 17thC instrument with two keyboards, now in the collection in Nuremberg, Germany.

Songs:

1. Pavana Doloroso - Tregian 1593 (Peter Philips)
2. Galliarda Dolorosa (Peter Philips)
3. Pavana (the first one Philips made) 1580 (Peter Philips)
4. Galliardo (Peter Philips)
5. Cosi Moriro (Peter Philips)
6. Le Rossignuol 1595 (Peter Philips)
7. Margott Laborez 1605 (Peter Philips)
8. Amarylli di Julio Romano 1603 (Peter Philips)
9. Fantasia (Peter Philips)
10. Pavana Pagget (Peter Philips)
11. Galliarda Pagget (Peter Philips)
12. Pavana Passamezzo 1592 (Peter Philips)
13. Galliardo Passamezzo (Peter Philips)
14. Fantasia 1582 (Peter Philips)

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Release date: 8/24/2011
Colin Booth lives in Wells England

Tagged as: Classical, Renaissance, Baroque, Inspirational, Composer: Peter Philips, Harpsichord

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