Parthenia Archive
NOTHING PROVED – New works for viols, voice and electronics – Parthenia Viol Consort – MSR Classics
A fascinating collection of music by women composers. A feast for the mind and the ear! NOTHING PROVED – New works for viols, voice and electronics – Music by Hildegard Von Bingen, Kristin Norderval, Tawnie Olson, Frances White – PARTHENIA (viol consort)/ Beverly Au, bass viol/ Lawrence Lipnik, tenor viol/ Rosamund Morley, treble viol/ Lisa Terry, bass viol/ Kristin Norderval, soprano/ Dashon Burton, bass-baritone/ Valeria Vasilevski, narrator – MSR Classics Stereo CD [MS1635] (4/10/18) ****: This disc contains music by woman composers, starting with a chant by Von Bingen, then following with three contemporary works. Here’s the program to give you a brief idea of the music on offer: HILDEGARD VON BINGEN CHANT “Alleluia, O Virga Mediatrix” (1150) FRANCES WHITE A FLOWER ON THE FARTHER SIDE for viol quartet and electronic sound (2010) KRISTIN NORDERVAL NOTHING PROVED CAN BE for viol quartet, soprano, and interactive audio processing (2008) I. On the Execution of Lord High Admiral Thomas Seymour II. The Doubt III. Grieve and Dare Not IV. Fortune TAWNIE OLSON THORNS for viol quartet and bass-baritone (2013) FRANCES WHITE FROM A FAIRY TALE for viol quartet (2013) Story by JAMES PRITCHETT The four compositions on this disc are all pieces […]
BYRD, BULL & GIBBONS: Parthenia – Alina Rotaru, harpsichord – Sono Luminus
BYRD, BULL & GIBBONS: Parthenia – Alina Rotaru, harpsichord – Sono Luminus DSL-92208, 52:52 (10/28/16) ****: Three Tudor masters assembled in first printed keyboard collection to honor a royal wedding. We first met Alina Rotaru on her debut recording dedicated to Johann Froberger back in 2012. That recording was a skillful investigation of the French Baroque aesthetic at its high-water mark. There followed a much-praised recital of Sweelinck. On the present recording, she turns back towards the early 17th century and the famous troika of Tudor virginalists, Byrd, Bull, and Gibbons. In 1613, works of these three English masters were gathered into a collection for a special occasion, the wedding between Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V of the German Palatinate. The publication was loftily titled Parthenia, or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that was ever printed for the Virginalis. In fact, it was the first keyboard collection ever published anywhere and among the earliest examples of copperplate publishing. Thus, there is great political and cultural significance to the Parthenia. The music is very fine, although for the uninitiated, taking in 21 straight pieces in the austere idiom of the Tudor virginalists may evoke time diliation. Oddly, the latest born […]
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