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Reviews:
For delight in sheer harpsichord sound, this disc is hard to beat.
BBC Music
 
Colin Booth is as alert as can be in the slender but resilient emotions of this music. Design of the [CD cover] leaflet is excellent and the notes are extremely informative. Definitely worth exploring. Four Stars.
Rob Barnett, Classical Music on the Web
 
Track Listing:
Pavana Doloroso. Tregian 1593
Galliarda Dolorosa
Pavana (“the first one Philips made”) 1580
Galliardo
Cosi Moriro
Le Rossignuol 1595
Margott Laborez 1605
Amarylli di Julio Romano 1604
Fantasia
Pavana Pagget
Galliarda Pagget
Pavana Passamezzo 1592
Galliarda Passamezzo
Fantasia 1582
 
Recorded on a copy of a double-manual Italian harpsichord in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, this CD presents some of the incredible music from one of England’s most cosmopolitan composers.
Philips presents an extreme example of the effects of intolerance: he left England, apparently because of his religion, in 1582, aged 22. He spent time Italy, travelled widely and ended up in Antwerp. His music shows many influences whilst never losing its uniquely “English” flavour.