Suzie Le Blanc, soprano ; Les voix humaines (Susie Napper, Margaret Little, viole da gamba)
Works for voice with 2 viole da gamba (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th works), or viola da gamba duets (remainder).
Acc. of the vocal works originally for lute; arr. by Les voix humaine.
Biographical and program notes in English and French, and English song texts with French translations (9 pages) inserted in container.
Recorded Apr. 1997, Eglise Saint-Augustin, Saint-Augustin de Mirabel, Québec.
Vocal works sung in English.
Tis now dead night (To the most sacred Queen Anne) / Giovanni Coperario (5:36) -- Touch me sweetly / Tobias Hume (3:19) -- To the world / Giovanni Coperario (5:14) -- Suite for two viols in A minor / John Jenkins (11:49) -- So beautie on the waters stood / Alfonso II Ferrabosco (1:45) -- Divisions on a ground, in G major / Christopher Simpson (5:46) -- Cease leaden slumber (The Queenes New-yeares gift) (7:27) ; The spirite of musicke (accordé en bandora) (4:13) / Tobias Hume -- Like hermit poore / Alfonso II Ferrabosco (1:55) -- Sweet ayre (The Earle of Arundels favoret) (5:15) ; What greater griefe (6:41) / Tobias Hume -- Divisions on a ground, in F major / Christopher Simpson (5:28)