~ Gordon Ferries - Baroque Guitar, Lute and Vihuela ~
The Guitar Music of Gaspar Sanz (PDF)
Booklet Note for recording of Gaspar Sanz (see below) (PDF) (HTML)
La guitare baroque française (HTML)
"Most Heavenly Music" ~ Shakespeare's linguistic approach to music (PDF) (HTML)
Recordings
All recordings can be ordered online from www.delphianrecords.co.ukThe distributors are coda X (uk) and forte (USA)
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La
Preciosa – The Guitar Music of Gaspar Sanz (c.1640-c.1710)
(Delphian Records DCD34036)
Gordon Ferries, Baroque Guitar
Baroque guitarist Gordon Ferries visits the music of seventeenth-century Spain’s fiery streets – a time when the five course guitar produced a sense of abject horror in the morally inclined, citing associations with popular ballads, taverns, criminality, sensuality and in particular dancing.
Track listing
1 Jacaras I
2 Passacalles sobre la D
3 Marionas
4 Fuga por la primer tono al ayre español
5 Pavanas por la D, con partidas al aire Espanol
6 Zarabanda (Suite in e minor)
7 Preludio o Caprichio arpeado
8 Sesquilatera
9 Alemanda, La Preciosa
10 Coriente
11 Zarabanda Francesa
12 Passacalle
13 Canarios I
14 Folias
15 Matachin
16 Jacaras II
17 Chacona
18 Canarios II
19 Passacalles por la C
20 Villanos
21 La coquina Francesa
22 Lantururu
Les
Plaisirs Les Plus Charmants: Works for French Baroque Guitar
(Delphian Records DCD34011)
Gordon Ferries, Baroque guitars
"Delicately
poised playing" - BBC Music Magazine
From its earliest beginnings, the five course Baroque guitar was associated - for better or worse - with dance music, becoming the sensuous younger cousin of the lute or vihuela. In this mélange of music from seventeenth-century France, Gordon Ferries weaves a tapestry of sound that is at once elegant, earthy, and utterly timeless.
Track listing
1. Francesco Corbetta (1615-81) Prelud
2. Chiacona in C major
[3-10] Robert de Visée (c.1650-c.1725) Suite in C major
[11-17] Henri Grénerin (c.1668-c.1748) Suite in D major
[18-22] Rémy Médard (fl.17th C.) Suite in G minor
23. Francesco Corbetta Caprice de chacone
[24-29] Francesco Corbetta Suite in A minor
30. Robert de Visée Masquerade
31. Marin Marais (1656-1728) Air
32. André Campra (1660-1744) Musete
33. Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) Entrée d'Isis
34. Jean-Baptiste Lully Entrée d'Apollon
35. François Couperin (1668-1733) Sœur Monique
[36-41] Antoine Carré (fl.17th C.) Suite in G minor
Love and Reconquest: Music from Renaissance Spain ~ Fires of Love
(Delphian Records DCD34003)
Frances Cooper, soprano, Jo Hugh-Jones, bass and recorders,
Gordon Ferries, vihuela and Renaissance guitar, Marcus Claridge, percussion."... full of vitality and will soon have your foot tapping... delightfully sung." - Early Music News, April 2002
Scottish early music ensemble Fires of Love serves up a feast of songs and ballads from the Spanish Renaissance and early Baroque, with a freshness critic Norman Lebrecht calls simply 'beautiful'.
Repertoire includes works by Luys de Narváez, Miguel de Fuenllana, Luis Milán, Alonso Mudarra, and Juan del Encina.
Track Listing
1. Rodrigo Martines - anon. (Cancionero Musical de Palacio, pre.1520)
2. Ay Luna que Reluces - anon. (Cancionero de Uppsala, printed Venice 1556)
3. Paseavase - Luys de Narváez (fl.1530-50)
4. Cancion del Emperador - Luys de Narváez (fl.1530-50)
5. Levanta, Pascual - Juan del Encina (1468-1529)
6. De Antequera Sale el Moro - Miguel de Fuenllana (c.1500-c.1568)
7. Recercada Primera - Diego Ortiz (c.1510-c.1570)
8. ¿Qu'es de ti, desconsolado? - Juan del Encina (1468-1529)
9. Fantasia de Pasos Largos Para Desenbolver las Manos - Alonso Mudarra (c.1508-1580)
10. Israel, Mira tus Montes - Alonso Mudarra (c.1508-1580)
11. Con Amores - Juan de Anchieta (1462-1523)
12. Madonna Mia - Miguel de Fuenllana (c.1500-c.1568)
13. Fantasia de Redobles - Miguel de Fuenllana (c.1500-c.1568)
14. Fata la Parte - Juan del Encina (1468-1529)
15. A Quand'a Quand - Diego Pisador (c.1509-c.1557)
16. Niña y Viña - anon. (CMP)
17. Fantasia no.8 - Luis Milán (c.1500-c.1561)
18. Durandarte - Luys Milán (c.1500-1561)
19. Oy Comamos y Bebamos - Juan del Encina (1468-1529)
20. Fantasia que Contrahaze la Harpa en la Manera de Ludovico - Alonso Mudarra (c.1508-1580)
21. Gentil Cavallero - Alonso Mudarra (c.1508-1580)
22. Mille Regretz - Josquin Desprez (c.1440-1521)
23. Que Bonito Niño Chiquito - anon. (CMP)
24. Virgen Digna de Honor - anon. (Cancionero Colombina pre-1490)
25. Ay los Maytines era - anon. (CMP)
26. Calabaza no se - anon. (CMP)
Fire and Ice ~ Philomel
(Delphian Records)
Gordon Ferries, Renaissance Guitar, Robert Hersey, violin, Mark Summers, bass viol, Janette Brass, recorder4. Daphne/All in a garden green/Cuckolds - English Traditional (Playford)
Symphonie des plaisirs
Symphonie des plaisirs, an ensemble directed by Scottish lutenist/guitarist Gordon Ferries, specialise in sacred and secular music of the French baroque, much of which was composed for the Versailles of Louis XIV. The group perform on period instruments centred around the continuo of bass viol and archlute/guitar. Other instruments include violin, recorder and voices. Performances are informal and conjure up a vivid musical picture of some lesser known areas of the baroque. Smaller chamber combinations such as viol and lute or lute and voice are also explored.
For bookings or further information for Gordon Ferries or Symphonie des plaisirs, contact:
Email or phone: ++44 131 225 9005
