Woods So Wild
John Toll performs a beautiful disc of Orlando Gibbons' keyboard music which Classics Today awarded its top rating of 10/10.The well-chosen repertoire includes pieces performed on a singlemanual Ruckers harpsichord interspersed with those played on Adlington Hall's restored two-manual 17th-century organ.Originally released in 2001, Gibbons: The Woods So Wild has been reissuedas part of Linn's ECHO series which offers a second chance to enjoy the best of the label's award-winning catalogue.A great keyboard virtuoso, Gibbons was also a fine composer of the Elizabethan 'golden age'.Gibbons' writing displays a balance of phrasing and a fine sense of texture; the 24 pieces on this recording have been selected as illustrative of the core of this repertoire.The Fantasias are the most remarkable group of pieces, and are the ones where Gibbons best displays his contrapuntal skills, displaying techniques that clearly influenced the next generation of composers.Highlights include the title track, the Lord Salisbury Pavan and Galliard, and the famous Fantasia for Double Organ.
GIBBONS,ORLANDO  (Artist)    Format: Audio CD
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