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On this CD:
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Bona Speranza
Composed by Antony Holborne
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(The) Teares of the Muses
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Almain, '(The) Choise'
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Heigh-ho holiday
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Infernum
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Galliard I
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Pavan
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Galliard II
Composed by Antony Holborne
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(The) Night watch
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Galliard, 'Lullaby'
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Galliard III
Composed by Antony Holborne
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(The) Image of Melancholy
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Ecce quam bonum
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Galliard, `Sic semper soleo'
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Pavan, 'Decrevi'
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Galliard IV
Composed by Antony Holborne
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My selfe
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Paradizo
Composed by Antony Holborne
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(The) Sighes
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Almain, '(The) Honiesuckle'
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Galliard, `The Fairie-round'
Composed by Antony Holborne
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(The) Funerals
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Galliard V
Composed by Antony Holborne
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(The) Fruit of Love
Composed by Antony Holborne
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As it fell on a Holy Eve
Composed by Antony Holborne
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Anthony Holborne is one of the more shadowy figures that flitted across the Elizabethan musical scene. But flitter or flier, Holborne was a gifted composer, as this music from his 1599 collection Pavans, Galliards and Almaines demonstrates in performances which display such affection and understanding of mood, texture and balance. As with, for example, Andrew Lawrence-King's Harp Consort, Hespèrion XXI (as a supplemented viol consort) shows that music of this period can be performed with a real richness and depth of sound, although the players are recorded pretty close, in the evocative (it appears) confines of a Catalonian castle. Three specific dances make up the title of Holborne's collection: many a magically mournful pavan; foot-tapping almaines (The night watch and The Honie-suckle are particular fun); and "galliards" of several different characters, from the wistful Lullabie to the extrovert Fairie-round. Apparently it isn't known if Holborne expected these wonderful melodies to be danced to, or whether this is "dance music to the ear". But I bet there are times you can't keep your feet still. This is another winner from Jordi Savall's recently created label AliaVox, which promises further intriguing out-of-the-way discoveries, though you may find yourself back-tracking fast to this album's Elizabethan Consort Music predecessor. --Andrew Green
BBC Music Magazine
Anthony Holborne was one of Queen Elizabeth I's most cultivated courtiers. In 1599 he published an extensive anthology of dances with the title Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Airs. Holborne did not specify instrumentation but suggested as appropriate ‘Viols, Violins, or Other Musicall Winde Instruments'. Jordi Savall has assembled a chest or group of six viols - soprano, alto, tenor and three basses - with lute, chamber organ and small drum to perform these engaging pieces. The title of the disc, The Teares of the Muses, is taken from a galliard which appears as the second item on Savall's varied menu. Though the piece in itself is only very mildly tinged with melancholy, much of the present repertoire inclines towards a melancholic state of mind. But there is also light relief to be found in several of the playfully accented dances with their catchy rhythms and warmly communicative melodies. Jordi Savall and the accomplished musicians of Hespèrion XXI (note the change of nomenclature to mark the new century) are among the very strongest advocates for this music that I have yet heard, and the disc (Vol. 2) comfortably matches the excellence of its predecessor in their ‘Elizabethan Consort Music' series. An outstanding release.
Performance *****
Sound *****
© BBC Music Magazine 2000
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