English Revolution –the beauty of the world–　Albion’s Golden Age of Music

A vivid world of sound—echoing the drama of lives in turbulent 17th-century England.

On the eve of Purcell and Handel, this album focuses on 17th-century English music, crystallizing Youichi Hembo’s exceptional artistry and profound musical sensibility. His masterful diminutions shine, while the ebb and flow of the music, its shadows and lights, are rendered with both boldness and delicacy.

Disk I

• 5 Tunes new to John Playford (1623-1686)’s The English Dancing Master
  
  • [1]　Drive the cold winter away (1651)
  • [2]　An Italian Rant (1657)
  • [3]　Gray’s Inn Mask or Mad Tom (1651)
  • [4]　The Mask or Hey to the camp (1688)
  • [5]　Paul’s wharf (1651)
• Giovanni Coperario (ca.1570-1626): Suite in a
  
  • [6]　Fantazia 
  • [7]　Almain 
  • [8]　Galliard 
• Nicola Matteis (ca.1650-after 1715): Suite for the flute in C
  
  • [9]　Aria con divisioni 
  • [10]　Aria per Ballare 
  • [11]　Corrente 
  • [12]　Aria 
  • [13]　Jigg 
• [14]　 A ground (Anonymous, From Royal College of Music MS 1172) [Harpsichord Solo]
• Matthew Locke (ca.1621-1677): Suite in d, from For Seauerall Friends
  
  • [15]　Fantazie 
  • [16]　Pavan 
  • [17]　Ayre 
  • [18]　Courante 
  • [19]　Ayre 
  • [20]　Courante 
  • [21]　Saraband 

Disk II

• William Lawes (1602-1645): Suite in D
  
  • [1]　Fantazia 
  • [2]　Almain “la goutte” 
  • [3]　Galliard 
• [4]　 “The Black Joak” as ‘tis perform’d at Dublin [Recorder Solo]　(Anonymous, from Division Violin by Daniel Wright)
• 5 Tunes new to John Playford’s The English Dancing Master
  
  • [5]　The Duke of Lorrain’s March 1657)
  • [6]　Pegasus or The flying horse (1670)
  • [7]　The Saraband (1651)
  • [8]　The Spanish gipsy(1651)
  • [9]　Black and Glay (1686)
• Nicola Matteis: Passaggio a solo, Allegro and Ground
  
  • [10]　Passaggio a solo 
  • [11]　Allegro 
  • [12]　Ground 

Youichi Hembo Recorder, Thomas Baeté Viol, Tomoko Kakuma Harpsichord

Recorded at Chichibu Musepark Music Hall, on 14-17 August 2023.
Recording Engineer & Music Editing: Jun Kawanami
Assistant Engineer: Ikuro Yoshida
Harpsichord Technician: Moxzan Kayano
Notes:  Kees Boeke, Youichi Hembo
Translation: Youichi Hembo, Jonathan Baum
Cover Art: Chigusa Tazawa
Cover Design: Natsue Yamanaka
Booklet Editing: Kensuke Fujii
Special Thanks: Yasuchika Suzuki