Dip Your Ears, No. 129 (Viols and Organ)

William Lawes,
Consorts to the Organ
D.Hyde / L.Dreyfus / Phantasm /
Linn 399

“Consorts to the Organ” confusingly means exactly what it says: a consort – of viols – to accompany a – chamber – organ. The consort makes the majority of the merry noise of the musicke of Lawes (1602 – 1645); the organ usually keeps in the background, doubling the viols. The collection of Fantasies and Airs