Perl,Hille / Heumann,Friederike Why Not Here: Music For Two Lyra Viols CD

Melancholy was downright celebrated in Elizabethan England as food and art form and permeated almost all genres. The music presented here by composers such as Ford, Jenkins and Ferrabosco is not necessarily melancholic in expressive or even depressive sense, but can also be satisfied by irrepressible joie de vivre. With the possibilities of her instrument as anyone else familiar, it is possible to Gambistinnen Hille Perl and Friederike Heumann, to transform the bittersweet melancholy in pure, melodious beauty.

1. A Paven, M. Maynes Choice 2. The Galiard, for 2 Viols 3. Forget Me Not, for 2 Viols 4. The Baggepipes, Sir Charles Howards Delight 5. Why Not Here, M. Crosse His Choice 6. Cate of Bardy, the Queenes Jig 7. Fantasia 8. Passymeasures Galliard, for 2 Lutes 9. A Fancy, for 2 Lutes 10. Almaine I for Lyra Viol 11. Galliard 12. Coranto 13. Goe from My Window 14. Goe from My Window, for Consort 15. A Paven, Sir Richard Westons Delight 16. The Galiard, for 2 Viols 17. An Almaine, M. Westovers Farewell 18. Whipit and Tripit, M. Southcotes Jig 19. Spanish Pavan for 2 Lutes 20. Paven for Viola Da Gamba ; Lyra Viol 21. Aire for Viola Da Gamba ; Lyra Viol