Recordings
Queen Elizabeth's Galliard: lute Music of Elizabethan England.
Robin Thodey, lute |
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"Robin Thodey's superb musicianship caresses each melancholy Pavan and gambols through the light dances and fantasia in this programme of characteristically vivid pieces from the turn of the 17th century. The golden age of English lute music. Her technique is faultless as well as musically sensitive to the poise and style of the period." Review by HiFi News & Record Review. |
O Come Sweet Sleepe, Elizabethan lute songs.
Michael Sanderson, tenor, Robin Thodey, lute |
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Dowland was the greatest lute composer of his time - 1563-1626 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; his music was the popular music throughout this period. He wrote for the lute and voice - a vast catalogue of music - from love songs to songs of grief and mourning through to songs for the lords and ladies of the royal court. (It is from this repertoire that Sting has chosen his material and brought it to wider public consciousness.) |
Music For Baroque lute. Bach, Gaultier, Kellner.
Robin Thodey, lute |
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"Around 1660, at the height of his powers, Denis Gaultier was the most celebrated lutenist-composer in France. Later, as the lute was eclipsed in popularity by the harpsichord, then replaced by the guitar, Gaultier's name faded from history... |
J. S. Bach Suites I, II & III. Robin Thodey, lute |
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Transcribed for lute from the Suites for Unaccompanied Violoncello BWV 1007, 1008, 1009 "This disc consists of a recording of the artists's own arrangement of the first three of Bach's six cello suites intabulated for baroque lute... |
Video Recordings |
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'Ombre amene', from Sei Ariette Deryck Webb, tenor Robin Thodey, guitar |
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'His golden locks', by John Dowland Deryck Webb, tenor Robin Thodey, lute |
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'Cessez, mes yeulx...', Deryck Webb, tenor Robin Thodey, lute |
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'Ave Maria...', Deryck Webb, tenor Robin Thodey, guitar |
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