Ives / Jenkins / Simpson / Smith / Pandolfo - The Excellency of Hand: English Viola da Gamba Duos - Music & Performance - CD
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| Management number | 254674661 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$7.60 | Model Number | 254674661 | ||
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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.
- EXCELLENCY OF HAND: ENGLISH VIOLA DA GAMBA DUOS
- Music & Performance
- Resonus Classics
| Performer | Ives |
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| Music genre | Classical |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Track listing | Coming Soon! |
| Record label | Resonus Classics |
| Composer | Christopher Simpson |
| Songwriter | Ives / Jenkins / Simpson / Smith / Pandolfo |
| Track name | Divisions for Two Viols in G major, VdGS 28, Prelude No. 2 in D minor, Divisions on a Ground in D major, VdGS 21, Prelude No. 1 in G minor, Divisions on a Ground in A minor, VdGS 19, Divisions on a Ground in C major, VdGS 13, Ayre for Two Bass Viols No. 1, Prelude No. 3 in A minor, Division for Two Viols in F major, VdGS 26, Air with Divisions in C major, VdGS 11, VdGS 20, Prelude No. 4 in D major, Divisions on a Ground in A major, VdGS 18, Prelude No. 5 in G major, Divisions on a Ground in G minor, VdGS 23, Ayre for Two Bass Viols No. 2, Prelude in A minor, Division for Two Viols in A minor, VdGS 25, VdGS 12 |
| Digital audio file format | CD |
| Music media format | CD |
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