Mahan Esfahani- Passinge Mesures
This sensational recital-featuring some of the greatest keyboard music to emerge from these islands-is the perfect vehicle for Mahan Esfahani's abundant talents. His accompanying booklet notes are an added bonus, guaranteed to inform, illuminate and provoke by turns. Performed for the most part on a double-manual harpsichord made by Robert Goble & Son, Oxford (1990), kindly loaned by Bob Robertson and based on an instrument made by Carl Conrad Fleischer, Hamburg (1710); tracks 12, 15, 18 & 19 performed on virginals made by Huw Saunders, London (1989), kindly loaned by Huw Saunders and a copy of an instrument made by Thomas White, Old Jewry, London (1642).
Tracklist:
- Barafostus Dreame[5'17]Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
- Can She Excuse My Wrongs?[2'04]John Dowland (1563-1626) ; Anonymous - Baroque
- Pavin 'M. Orlando Gibbons'[4'15]Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- The Woods So Wild[4'10]Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Fantasia[4'47]Giles Farnaby (C1563-1640) the Nynth Pavian and Galliarde, the Passinge Mesures Bk2[10'01]William Byrd (1539/40-16
- Pavian[6'16]
- Galliarde[3'45]
- Nobodyes Gigge[2'12]Richard Farnaby (C1594-?) Chromatic Pavan and Galliard 'Queen Elizabeth's'[8'04]John Bull (?1562/3-1628)
- Pavan[5'22] 1
- Galliard[2'42] 1
- Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, la Bk64[6'29]William Byrd (1539/40-1623) 1
- The Scottish Gigg[2'21]Anonymous - Baroque 1
- Pavana[5'33]Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) 1
- Wooddy-Cock[5'46]Giles Farnaby (C1563-1640) 1
- Tell Mee, Daphne[1'36]Giles Farnaby (C1563-1640) 1
- Why Aske You[2'14]Giles Farnaby (C1563-1640) 1
- Fantasia 'MR Dr Bull'[5'59]John Bull (?1562/3-1628) 1
- The Leaves Bee Greene[3'25]William Inglot (1554-1621) 1
- Variations on the Romanesca[3'21]Anonymous - Renaissance
This sensational recital-featuring some of the greatest keyboard music to emerge from these islands-is the perfect vehicle for Mahan Esfahani's abundant talents. His accompanying booklet notes are an added bonus, guaranteed to inform, illuminate and provoke by turns. Performed for the most part on a double-manual harpsichord made by Robert Goble & Son, Oxford (1990), kindly loaned by Bob Robertson and based on an instrument made by Carl Conrad Fleischer, Hamburg (1710); tracks 12, 15, 18 & 19 performed on virginals made by Huw Saunders, London (1989), kindly loaned by Huw Saunders and a copy of an instrument made by Thomas White, Old Jewry, London (1642).
Tracklist:
- Barafostus Dreame[5'17]Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
- Can She Excuse My Wrongs?[2'04]John Dowland (1563-1626) ; Anonymous - Baroque
- Pavin 'M. Orlando Gibbons'[4'15]Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- The Woods So Wild[4'10]Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Fantasia[4'47]Giles Farnaby (C1563-1640) the Nynth Pavian and Galliarde, the Passinge Mesures Bk2[10'01]William Byrd (1539/40-16
- Pavian[6'16]
- Galliarde[3'45]
- Nobodyes Gigge[2'12]Richard Farnaby (C1594-?) Chromatic Pavan and Galliard 'Queen Elizabeth's'[8'04]John Bull (?1562/3-1628)
- Pavan[5'22] 1
- Galliard[2'42] 1
- Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, la Bk64[6'29]William Byrd (1539/40-1623) 1
- The Scottish Gigg[2'21]Anonymous - Baroque 1
- Pavana[5'33]Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) 1
- Wooddy-Cock[5'46]Giles Farnaby (C1563-1640) 1
- Tell Mee, Daphne[1'36]Giles Farnaby (C1563-1640) 1
- Why Aske You[2'14]Giles Farnaby (C1563-1640) 1
- Fantasia 'MR Dr Bull'[5'59]John Bull (?1562/3-1628) 1
- The Leaves Bee Greene[3'25]William Inglot (1554-1621) 1
- Variations on the Romanesca[3'21]Anonymous - Renaissance