Byrd / Wilson Complete Fantasias CD

The fantasia was in the process of being adapted for keyboard from lute and consort music during William Byrd' youth, and his formidable mastery of counterpoint brought the form to a pinnacle equivalent to his matchless vocal works.

1. Praeludium in G Major (From the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 117) 2. Fantasia in G Major, No. 2 (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 62) 3. Praeludium to the Fancie in a Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 12) 4. Fantasia in a Minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 13) 5. Praeludium in C Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 24) 6. Fantasia in C Major, No. 2 (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 25) 7. Fantasia in G minor (Music Britannica, Vol. 55, No. 55) 8. Ut Re Mi Fa Sol la in G Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 64) 9. Ut Mi Re (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 65) 10. Prelude: Doric Music (Musica Britannica, Vol. 14, No. 59) 11. Fantasia in D minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 46) 12. Praeludium (Attrib. W. Byrd) (Musica Britannica, Vol. 55, No. 3) 13. Ut Re Mi Fa Sol la in F Major (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 58) 14. Praeludium in G minor (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 1) 15. Fantasia in G Major, No. 3 (Musica Britannica, Vol. 28, No. 63) 16. Fantasia in C Major, No. 1 (Musica Britannica, Vol. 27, No. 26)