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Fretwork
consort of viols
Formed in 1986
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Fretwork is a British consort of viols, established in 1985. It specialises in English music for viol consort from approximately the time of William Byrd to that of Henry Purcell, but also performs Renaissance and contemporary repertoire.
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L'ensemble Fretwork est un ensemble britannique de cinq gambistes fondé en 1985, actif tant dans le domaine de la musique baroque sur instruments anciens que dans le domaine de la musique contemporaine pour violes.
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Discography
Albums
- 1987 In Nomine
- 1988 Armada: Music from the Courts of Philip II and Elizabeth I
- 1988 Heart's Ease: Music for viol consort from the late Tudor and early Stuart age
- 1989 Cries and Fancies
- 1991 For Ye Violls: Consort Setts for 5 & 6 Viols and Organ
- 1993 Lachrimae (1604)
- 1993 Missa Mater Christi Sanctissima
- 1994 William Byrd The Complete Consort Music
- 1995 Consort Setts for 5 & 6 Viols, Songs, Pieces for Lyra Viol
- 1995 Fantazias & In Nomines
- 1996 Stabat Mater
- 1996 Consort of Fower Parts
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- 1996 The Mirrour and Wonder of his Age: Consort Music
- 1999 Celestiall Witchcraft – The Private Music of Henry and Charles, Princes of Wales
- 1999 Goe Nightly Cares
- 1999 Cadman Requiem
- 1999 The Early Byrd
- 2002 The Hidden Face
- 2002 Les Fugues et Caprices / Simphonies, Fantaisie & Duos
- 2002 The Consort Setts for 5 or 6 Viols and Organ
- 2003 Above The Starrs
- 2003 Lockerbie Memorial Concert
- 2003 The Art of Fugue
- 2004 Consort Songs
- 2004 With a Merrie Noyse: Second Service & Consort Anthems
- 2006 The Cries Of London
- 2006 Chansons
- 2007 Second Service & Consort Anthems
- 2007 I Heard a Voice
- 2007 Thomas Tomkins: These Distracted Times
- 2008 Birds on Fire: Jewish Music for Viols
- 2009 The Complete Fantazias
- 2010 Membra Jesu nostri
- 2011 The Wode Collection
- 2011 Goldberg Variations
- 2012 Grant The King A Long Life (English Anthems & Instrumental Music)
- 2012 Tune Thy Musicke to Thy Hart
- 2017 "In Chains of Gold", The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem, Vol. 1: Orlando Gibbons, Complete Consort Anthems
- 2017 Queen Katherine Parr & Songs of Reformation
- 2018 Complete Four-Part Consort Music
- 2019 If
- 2019 Complete Consort Music
- 2020 In Chains of Gold, Vol. 2
- 2021 Byrd 1588: Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie
- 2021 Lamento
- 2021 Lamento
- 2021 An Elizabethan Christmas
- 2022 The Flat Consort
- 2022 Fantasia
- 2022 Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611)
- 2023 Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures
- 2025 In Chains of Gold, Vol. 3
- 2025 My Days
