In Nomine II Fretwork

• Nico Muhly (b. 1981):
• 1 Slow (In Nomine in 5 parts) 08:12
• Robert Parsons (1535 - 1572):
• 2 In Nomine IV in 7 parts 02:29
• 3 In Nomine V in 7 parts 03:03
• John Bull
• 4 In Nomine in 11/4 05:37
• John Baldwin (1560 - 1615):
• 5 Proportions to the minim 02:31
• 6 Upon In Nomine 1592 01:36
• 7 In Nomine 1606 02:19
• Alfonso Ferrabosco II (1575 - 1628):
• 8 In Nomine in 6 Parts, No. 1 03:45
• 9 In Nomine in 6 Parts, No. 2 04:07
• 10 In Nomine through all the parts 05:47
• Gavin Bryars (b. 1943):
• 11 In Nomine 09:16
• John Ward (1571 - 1638):
• 12 In Nomine in 5 parts 03:19
• Christopher Tye (1500 - 1572):
• 13 Reporte 01:43
• 14 Howlde fast 01:09
• 15 Re la re 01:22
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):
• 16 In Nomine in 7 parts, Z. 747 03:35
• Total Runtime 59:50

Info for In Nomine II

Over thirty years ago, Fretwork made its first recording – well, technically speaking it was the second album to be recorded, but the first to be released – and it was called ‘In nomine’, which consisted mainly of 16th-century examples of this remarkable instrumental form.

While this isn’t an anniversary of that release, this record looks back to that first release and forward, to bring the genre up to date. There were several examples of the In nomine and related forms that couldn't be and weren't recorded in 1987, and this album seeks to complete the project.

"Fretwork is the finest viol consort on the planet." (Stephen Pettitt, The London Evening Standard)

Ensemble Fretwork

Fretwork
Few other ensembles can match the range of Fretwork’s repertory, spanning as it does the first printed music of 1501 in Venice, to music commissioned by the group this year. Their recordings of arrangements of J. S. Bach have won particular praise, but they have recently issued a disc containing music by Grieg, Debussy, Shostakovitch, Warlock & Britten. This extraordinary breadth of music has taken them all over the world in the 25 years since their debut, and their recordings of the classic English viol repertory – Purcell, Gibbons, Lawes & Byrd – have become the benchmark by which others are judged. Their 2009 recording of the Purcell Fantazias won the Gramophone Award for Baroque Chamber Music.

The consistently high standards they have achieved have brought music old and new to audiences hitherto unfamiliar with the inspiring sound-world of the viol.

Booklet for In Nomine II