City of London Sinfonia - Georg Friedrich Handel: Water Music, HWV 348-350 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In the 60s, The Cowsills were America's first family of pop. The singing siblings and their musical mom racked up a respectable run on the charts during the latter half of that decase. Track listing includes InchMost of All,Inch InchThe Rain, the Park And Other Things,Inch InchWe Can Fly,Inch plus lots more.

Freddy Eichelberger writes of this InchThe idea for this recording came to us after reading Anne Cuneo's novel Le Trajet d'une riviere, in which the charming, valiant, chivalrous and Catholic Francis Tregian travels the length and breadth of Europe sword in hand, regarded as a spy by some, a messenger by others. He meets the greatest musicians of his time and copies out their music. Taking the three 'compilations' by Tregian that have come down to us, one of which is the famous Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, we find ourselves faced with hundreds of vocal and instrumental pieces, fantasies, madrigals and other pieces. In attempting to revive in part the musical world of Sir Francis Tregian, our aim was to explore the elements of dream and travel through time and space. The five Witches were joined by five guest Witches two voices for the music of words, two viols enabling us to form a homogeneous consort, and the bandora which enabled us to achieve one of our aims- to recreate a genuine English broken consort.Inch

This is one of the purest and most touching compositions you have ever written,' wrote fellow emigre composer Ernst Toch to his friend Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco after hearing his cantata Naomi and Ruth.