'The performances here are beautifully expressive and animated while at the same time poised and flawlessly balanced.'
American Record Guide
Four Temperaments
Four Temperaments
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Classical
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BKD 487
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- A Solfing SongComposer(s) Thomas TallisArtist(s) Phantasm
A Solfing Song
02:25$1.80 - Queen’s Goodnight (Prelude and Ground)Composer(s) William ByrdArtist(s) Phantasm
Queen’s Goodnight (Prelude and Ground)
05:30$1.80 - A Song of Mr Robert ParsonsComposer(s) Robert ParsonsArtist(s) Phantasm
A Song of Mr Robert Parsons
01:42$1.80 - In nomine II a4Composer(s) Thomas TallisArtist(s) Phantasm
In nomine II a4
01:50$1.80 - In nomine III a5Composer(s) Robert ParsonsArtist(s) Phantasm
In nomine III a5
01:47$1.80 - De la courtComposer(s) Robert ParsonsArtist(s) Phantasm
De la court
05:15$1.80 - Pavan a5Composer(s) Alfonso Ferrabosco IArtist(s) Phantasm
Pavan a5
02:06$1.80 - Missa a4 - KyrieComposer(s) William ByrdArtist(s) Phantasm
Missa a4 - Kyrie
02:34$1.80 - In nomine II a5Composer(s) Alfonso Ferrabosco IArtist(s) Phantasm
In nomine II a5
02:29$1.80 - Missa a4 - GloriaComposer(s) William ByrdArtist(s) Phantasm
Missa a4 - Gloria
05:36$1.80 - In nomine I a4Composer(s) Thomas TallisArtist(s) Phantasm
In nomine I a4
02:13$1.80 - Missa a4 - CredoComposer(s) William ByrdArtist(s) Phantasm
Missa a4 - Credo
08:19$2.70 - In nomine I a5Composer(s) Alfonso Ferrabosco IArtist(s) Phantasm
In nomine I a5
02:44$1.80 - Missa a4 - SanctusComposer(s) William ByrdArtist(s) Phantasm
Missa a4 - Sanctus
03:49$1.80 - In nomine III a5Composer(s) Alfonso Ferrabosco IArtist(s) Phantasm
In nomine III a5
02:27$1.80 - Missa a4 - Agnus deiComposer(s) William ByrdArtist(s) Phantasm
Missa a4 - Agnus dei
04:16$1.80 - Ut re mi fa sol laComposer(s) Robert ParsonsArtist(s) Phantasm
Ut re mi fa sol la
04:57$1.80 - Fantasia a4Composer(s) Alfonso Ferrabosco IArtist(s) Phantasm
Fantasia a4
03:26$1.80 - Fantasia a4Composer(s) William ByrdArtist(s) Phantasm
Fantasia a4
02:18$1.80 - Galliard a6Composer(s) William ByrdArtist(s) Phantasm
Galliard a6
01:29$1.80 - A Song Called TrumpetsComposer(s) Robert ParsonsArtist(s) Phantasm
A Song Called Trumpets
02:03$1.80 - Sur la Rosée (Fantasia a6)Composer(s) Alfonso Ferrabosco IArtist(s) Phantasm
Sur la Rosée (Fantasia a6)
02:52$1.80
Total running time: 72 minutes.
Album information
The exceptional viol quartet Phantasm, whose debut won a Gramophone Award, returns with an equally ravishing recording of the repertoire in which they excel, from the golden age of Elizabethan England.
Four distinct musical personalities - or ‘temperaments’ - are represented: the dissonant Robert Parsons, the cool Ferrabosco the Elder, the warm and sanguine Thomas Tallis, and the polar opposites of ecstasy and melancholy of William Byrd.
BBC Radio 3’s Andrew McGregor praised Phantasm's recording of the Mass in Four Voices played on viols alone: "for stylistic insight and subtlety is ironically one of the most satisfying performances of Byrd's Mass."
