Band · consort of viols
Fretwork
Albums
64
Members
13
Active
1986–present
Origin
United Kingdom
Biography
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.
Discography
In Nomine
In Nomine (16th C. English Music For Viols Including The Complete Consort Music Of Thomas Tallis)
Armada (Music From The Courts Of Philip II And Elizabeth I)
Heart's Ease: Music for viol consort from the late Tudor and early Stuart age
Cries and Fancies
Nights Black Bird
For Ye Violls: Consort Setts for 5 & 6 Viols and Organ
Music for Viols
Lachrimae (1604)
Missa Mater Christi Sanctissima
The English Viol
William Byrd The Complete Consort Music
Consort Setts for 5 & 6 Viols, Songs, Pieces for Lyra Viol
Fantazias & In Nomines
The English Viol
Consort of Fower Parts
Stabat Mater
The Mirrour and Wonder of his Age: Consort Music
1665-1710: La luz de las cantatas
Cadman Requiem
Celestiall Witchcraft – The Private Music of Henry and Charles, Princes of Wales
Goe Nightly Cares
The Early Byrd
Armada: Music From the Courts of England and Spain
Ottaviano dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton
Les Fugues et Caprices / Simphonies, Fantaisie & Duos
The Consort Setts for 5 or 6 Viols and Organ
The Hidden Face
Above The Starrs
Lockerbie Memorial Concert
The Art of Fugue
Consort Songs
With a Merrie Noyse: Second Service & Consort Anthems
Chansons
The Cries Of London
I Heard a Voice
Second Service & Consort Anthems
Thomas Tomkins: These Distracted Times
Birds on Fire: Jewish Music for Viols
Music For Viols
Music for Viols: Purcell / Lawes / Locke / Jenkins
The Complete Fantazias
Membra Jesu nostri
Goldberg Variations
The Wode Collection
Grant The King A Long Life (English Anthems & Instrumental Music)
Tune Thy Musicke to Thy Hart
"In Chains of Gold", The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem, Vol. 1: Orlando Gibbons, Complete Consort Anthems
Queen Katherine Parr & Songs of Reformation
Complete Four-Part Consort Music
Complete Consort Music
If
In Chains of Gold, Vol. 2
An Elizabethan Christmas
Byrd 1588: Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie
Lamento
Lamento
Fantasia
Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611)
The Flat Consort