William Byrd & John Bull: The Visionaries of Piano Music

American pianist and composer Kit Armstrong steps back in time to revive the spirit of Elizabethan England. For his first album on Deutsche Grammophon, Kit Armstrong presents works by two composers who elevated instrumental music to new heights of refinement in the Golden Age of Elizabeth I and her successor James I.

1. Work(s): Telluris ingens conditor Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 MB 14

2. Fantasia for keyboard (on Sweelinck)

3. Sellinger's Round, variations for keyboard, MB 84

4. Chromatic Pavane (Queen Elizabeth's), for keyboard, MB 87a

5. My Grief, for keyboard, MB 139

6. O mistress mine, for keyboard, MB 83

7. Ground ("The seconde grownde"), for keyboard in C major, MB 42

8. Praeludium for keyboard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 43)

9. Melancholy Pavan, for keyboard, MB 67a

10. The March before the Battle, or, The Earl of Oxford's March, for keyboard, MB 93

11. Ut re mi fa sol la, for keyboard in G major, MB 64

12. Ut mi re, for keyboard, MB 65

13. Work(s): Canons 68 - 78 - 79 - 65 - 3 - 53 (ÖNB Mus. Hs. 17

14. Walsingham, variations for keyboard, MB 8

15. Walsingham, for keyboard, MB 85

16. Pavane & 2 Galliards ("The Earle of Salisbury"), for keyboard in A minor, No. 2 , MB 15

17. The Bells, ground for keyboard, MB 38

18. The Battle, for keyboard, MB 94: The Flute and the Drum

19. The woods so wild, variations for keyboard, MB 85

20. The Maiden's Song, variations for keyboard, MB 82

21. John come kiss me now, variations for keyboard, MB 81

22. Fantasia for keyboard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 108)

23. Pavan and Galliard for keyboard, MB 86 ("Fantastic")

24. Work(s): Canons 51 - 48 - 39 - 7 - 15 - 114 (ÖNB Mus. Hs. 1

25. Pavan & Galliard ("Sir William Petre"), for keyboard in G minor No. 2, MB 3

26. Prelude for keyboard in G minor, MB 1

27. Les buffons

28. Laet ons met herten reijne, for organ