Pieter-Jan Belder - Byrd: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) - 3.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.3 GB
9:40:49 | Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics
WEB FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) - 3.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.3 GB
9:40:49 | Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics
Byrd's vocal works would have assured him a place in history as the greatest English composer of his generation. Yet he was also the outstanding composer of his time in the realm of instrumental music - indeed, probably the first musician to achieve supreme stature simultaneously in music for voices, for instrumental consort and for solo keyboard instrument. This richly imaginative and polished music gives no hint of its pioneer nature; considering the keyboard tradition, or rather the apparent lack of tradition before Byrd, the originality of his achievement is awesome.