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The Excellency of Hand: English Viola da Gamba Duos

The Excellency of Hand: English Viola da Gamba Duos

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Availability:In StockArtist:Ives / Jenkins / Simpson / Smith / PandolfoGenre:ClassicalRelease date:4/28/2017Original year:2017
Publisher:Alliance EntertainmentLabel:RSCLUPC:5060262790915Weight:0.22Discs:1Product ID:SC1DYHSA1S
The term division refers to a particular type of improvisation or composition that flourished in England in the middle of the seventeenth century. Simply put, division music involves splitting longer notes into shorter ones and larger intervals into smaller ones. In order to 'divide' you need a subject, or theme, and this was most often a pre-existing vocal melody or a repeating ground-bass. Following on from his critically acclaimed recording of solo English viola da gamba works (Tickle the Minikin), founder member of Fantascus, Robert Smith, is joined by the prolific and celebrated viola da gambist, Paolo Pandolfo, for this album of English duos for the instrument. Featuring a selection of seventeenth-century repertoire from Christopher Simpson, John Jenkins and Simon Ives, this album is packed with divisions for duo, which are often intensely virtuosic. Also featured are a selecon of preludes from Christopher Simpson's The Division Viol and an addional prelude by Smith himself.
Publisher:Alliance EntertainmentLabel:RSCLUPC:5060262790915Weight:0.22Discs:1Product ID:SC1DYHSA1S
Publisher: Alliance Entertainment
Label: RSCL

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