Why not here - Music for two Lyra Viols

Posted By: zamorna
Date: Oct. 19, 2009

Why not here - Music for two Lyra Viols
Classical | 1 CD | EAC | FLAC, CUE, LOG | Scans | 285 MB | rs.com
Hille Perl, Friederike Heumann | Recording: January 2001 | Released: 2008 | Label: Accent ACC 24205 (Original release: Carpe Diem, 2003)

Why Not Here is not the title of this disc, although from a casual glance it might look like it is so. The device "Why not here" is actually the name of the duo formed by gambists Hille Perl and Friederike Heumann; they are joined on many pieces by lutenists Lee Santana and Michael Freimuth, and the latter pair even have several pieces to themselves.

The "lyra viol" is not a special instrument like a viola da braccio, but refers to a specific way of playing the viol, as an instrument capable of harmony and melody rather than melody only, or used in a purely basso context.

This set of pieces reflects the usual fare that Perl and Heumann employ in their concert appearances in Europe. While weighted toward Thomas Ford, a key English exponent of lyra viol playing during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, the stated purpose of Music for Two Lyra Viols is to "celebrate and overcome melancholy … to change the chemistry in your brain by putting music into it rather than other drugs." […] The disc provides a responsible canvassing of the requisite literature, covering in addition to Ford the work of several of his English contemporaries and that of the younger Alfonso Ferrabosco. However, the repertoire is not the main event here so much as building an asylum of Renaissance melancholy into which post-modern, twenty first century types can escape. In this sense, Why Not Here's Music for two Lyra Viols is extremely successful in a way it might not have been had it been exclusively devoted to Ford or otherwise had taken its musicological mission with a more rigorous tack; maintaining a consistent sense of mood is the key organizing principal. The playing throughout, from all four musicians, is tight, scrupulously careful, artistic, and personable, and the recording will make it feel as if Why Not Here is playing right in your living room. (Uncle Dave Lewis, All Music Guide)

Tracklist:

Thomas Ford (c. 1580-1648)
01 A Paven, M. Maynes choice
02 The Galiard
03 Forget me not
04 The Baggepipes, Sir Charles Howards delight
05 Why not here, M. Crosse his choice
06 Cate of Bardie, The Queenes Jig

John Jenkins (1592-1678)
07 Fantasia

John Danyel (1564-c. 1626)
08 Passymeasures
09 A Fancy

Alfonso Ferrabosco II (1578-1628)
10 Almaine
11 Galliard
12 Coranto

Anthony Holborne (?-1602)
13 Goe from my window

Richard Alison (?-1606)
14 Goe from my window

Thomas Ford
15 A Paven, Sir Richard Westons delight
16 The Galiard
17 An Almaine, M. Westovers farewell
18 Whipit and Tripit, M. Southcotes Jig

Alfonso Ferrabosco
19 The Spanish Paven

William Lawes (1602-1645)
20 Paven
21 Aire


Hille Perl - Viola da Gamba
Friederike Heumann - Viola da Gamba, Treble Viol
Lee Santana - Renaissance Lute, Cittern
Michael Freimuth - Renaissance Lute


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