Fieri Consort & Chelys Consort of Viols – Amavi: Music for Viols & Voices by Michael East (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:51 minutes | 2,32 GB | Genre: Classical
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Running through this album is a path from despair and sin through revelation, repentance and belief, to life, triumph and finally love. The stations on the way are eight five-part fantasias for viols by Michael East (1580–1648), unusual in that each of them has a Latin title – from “Desperavi” to “Amavi”. In his time, East was one of England’s most published composers with seven books of his compositions in print, all of them containing music for viols and voices. The fantasias are here performed by the five members of Chelys Consort of Viols, who together with the singers in Fieri Consort have selected vocal items by East to complement each of the instrumental pieces.
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