Private Musick

Description

In England, the successive reigns of the Stuart family in the 17th century witnessed a great enthusiasm for the private practice of music. Although it has appeared to many as a lesser period after the great Elizabethan era, this English musical century was by no means without merit; after a few decades of transition, corresponding to the reign of James I, it aligned itself with new continental forms, developing a varied and remarkable chamber music, adapting the spirit of the Baroque to the British soul. This recording offers a selection of the finest composers of the period.