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American Record Guide: (01/2019) 
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Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger (c1575-1628) was a viol player and composer in the courts of Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, where musicians were encouraged to write and play new types of music. Characterized by free rhythms and declamatory invention, the “viol fantasy” was one of the new forms. This release, called “The Art of Fantasy”, includes fantasias, works based on well known themes (such as In Nomine and the Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La hexachord) and dance movements (such as almains and galliards). Pieces and instruments are well chosen and sequenced to show contracts in texture and tempo. For instance, the delicate solo musings and freeform improvisation in the Prelude and Pavin pair are played on the alto lyra viol, an instrument whose additional resonance strings give extra sheen and depth to the sound. The Hathor Consort’s six members play a total of eight viols ranging from treble to bass. Melodic lines blend beautifully as players hand off to each other and create an attractive latticework of invention. Especially in the more introspective and caressing pieces, it’s as if the player is exploring the full grace and eloquence of what the instrument can do and inviting the listener to do the same.
Ardella Crawford admired the Hathor Consort’s recording of Dowland’s Lachrimae (Fuga Libera 718, N/D 2014). There’s a comment in the Ferrabosco booklet about how the ensemble programs concerts that combine dance and music of other cultures and time periods together with English Renaissance music. Perhaps we can hope that their future CD and video projects will bring these performances to a wider audience.
 

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