The Rose Consort of Viols is an English ensemble of viol players who perform mainly early consort music , including works by Orlando Gibbons , John Dowland , and Henry Purcell .
They have performed around the world at many events, have appeared a number of times for the BBC , and have made a number of recordings, several of which have been made in collaboration with Red Byrd, a vocal group from Hyperion Records .
The name was taken from a famous family of viol makers.
Discography
Elizabethan Christmas Anthems (with Red Byrd) (Saydisc, 1990)Born is the Babe: Renaissance Music for Christmas (Woodmansterne, 1990)Dowland: Lachrimae (Saydisc, 1992)Ah, Dear Heart (Woodmansterne, 1993)Jenkins : All in a Garden GreenNaxos , 1993)William Byrd : Consort and Keyboard Music, Songs and AnthemsThomas Tomkins : Consort Music for Viol and Voices; Keyboard MusicWilliam Lawes : Consort Music for Viols, Lutes and TheorboesOrlando Gibbons : Consort and Keyboard Music, Songs and AnthemsJohn Dowland : Consort Music and SongsHenry Purcell : Complete Fantazias and In NominesAlfonso Ferrabosco : Consort MusicJohn Ward : Upon a Bank of Roses, Consort MusicElizabethan Consort Music and Dramatic Songs (Naxos, 1999)Four Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal (Deux-Elles, 2008)Loquebantur: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks with the Marian Consort (Delphian, 2010)An Emerald in a Work of Gold: Music from the Dow Partbooks with the Marian Consort (Delphian, 2012)Serenissima: Music from Renaissance Europe on Venetian Viols (Delphian, 2014)Mynstrelles with Straunge Sounds: the earliest consort music for viols (Delphian, 2015)
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