Coprarios Fantasias (twelve in all) for 2 bass viols and obbligato organ, in a new, completely revised edition by Richard Charteris. Separate parts for the viols: the music is barred in 4/2 meter. The first viol has a wide range, reaching as high as f'', but Viol 2 rarely exceeds a'.
SKU: ST.MB78
ISBN 9790220220166.
Ten fantasia-suites, for two treble viols, bass viol and organ, written early in the composer's career, and fifteen fantasia-air sets, probably late productions, add to the significant corpus of music for viol consort by this outstanding seventeenth-century composer who inherited and expanded the tradition of instrumental fantasias handed down from Coprario and Lawes. Recordings of the fifteen fantasia-air sets, performed by the Locke Consort, are available on the Channel Classics label, CD number CCS SA 17602.