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Fretwork

  • An Elizabethan Christmas – Fretwork’s gift to all

    Nov 8th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, early music, Fretwork, Helen Charlston, Holiday music, Noteworthy Release, renaissance music, Signum Classics

    Fretwork marks its 35th anniversary with this holiday release. Although “holiday release” hardly describes this album. The celebration of Christmas was quite different than it is today. In fact, it was quite different from the Victorian Christmas traditions that now define the holiday. Advent, the time leading up to Christmas, was a time for mediation, […]

  • Thomas Tallis, Katherine Parr, and Songs of Reformation

    Jan 22nd, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alamire, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, early music, Fretwork, Obsidian, renaissance music, Thomas Tallis

    To fully appreciate the music on this release, you should read the liner notes. To appreciate Thomas Tallis’ artistry, you just have to listen. This release features Tallis compositions written for the nascent Church of England. The music reflects the latest scholarship, which shines new light on Tallis and his catalog. The text for Se lord and […]

  • Tune Thy Musicke to Thy Hart

    Mar 1st, 2012 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, early music, Fretwork, Harmonia Mundi, John Amner, John Dowland, John Taverner, Orlando Gibbons, renaissance music, Stile Antico, Thomas Tompkins, William Byrd

    There have been many albums of English renaissance music, but none quite like this. Tune thy Musicke brings to light some truly neglected repertoire — sacred music for the manor home. From the time of Henry VIII through James I, amateur musicianship flourished to a high degree of proficiency. Stile Antico shows just how high […]

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