Recordings
All recordings can be ordered online from www.delphianrecords.co.uk
Distribution by harmonia mundi (uk) and forte (USA)
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Marionas - Francisco Guerau (1649 - after 1700)
(Delphian Records DCD34046)
Gordon Ferries, Baroque Guitar
Gordon Ferries weaves his way through the seductive labrynth of Francesco Guerau's 'harmonic poem'; sensual ballads, sublime passacalles and the virtuosic dance music of baroque Spain's fiery underbelly. Ferries' playing brings this beguiling world to life with elegance and passionate vitality.
Track Listing
1 Marionas (mp3 extract)
2 Marizapolos
3 Jacaras de la Costa
4 Passacalles por Patilla, 8 tono
5 Gallardas
6 Passacalles por 3 tono
7 Villanos (mp3 extract)
8 Folias
9 Canarios
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
Chansons a Plaisir: Music from the time of Adrien Le Roy ~ Fires of Love
(Delphian Records DCD34063 - Awaiting release)
Frances Cooper, soprano, percussion, Jo Hugh-Jones, baritone, lute and recorders,
Gordon Ferries, lute, 4-course guitar, percussion, Marcus Claridge, percussion.
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, recorder
4. Daphne/All in a garden green/Cuckolds - English Traditional (Playford)
