Thurston Dart (harpsichord, organ) Early English Keyboard Music II, W. Byrd & T. Tomkins

A two-manual concert harpsichord made by Thomas Goff in 1950. There are four sets of strings. The lower manual has 16', 8' and 4' stops, all with leather plectra. and there is a harp stop (for the 8' strings). The upper manual has two stops- 8', and 8' lute, both of quill - and the upper manual may be coupled to the lower one.

(*) A bureau organ and made by Snetzler about, 1760. Its specification is one that seems to have been more or less standard in England between 1600 and 1800 for small church or chamber organs: one manual (no pedals), with 8', 4', 2', and mixture stops. On this instrument, the 8' and 4' are stopped wood, the 2' and mixture open metal. As on many other organs of this kind, the mixture (two ranks) is divided at middle C so that the treble and bass halves may be used separately or together.

Released July 1955 by L'Oiseau-Lyre, London Records OL 50076 Mono recording
Sleeve notes by Thurston Dart
Made in England

Side 1
00:00 1. William Byrd - Lord Willoby's Welcome Home (Nevel, no. 33).
02:22 2. William Byrd - The First Pavan and 06:01 Galliard (Nevel, nos. 10 and 11).
08:29 3. William Byrd - The Queen's Alman (FWVB, no. 172).
12:40 4. William Byrd - The Fifth Pavan and 16:12 Galliard (Nevel, nos. 18 and 19).
17:44 5. William Byrd - The First French Coranto (FWVB, no. 218).
19:27 6. William Byrd - Pavan and 21:16 22:53 two Galliards 'The Earl of Salisbury' (Parthenia, nos. 6-8).

Side 2
25:21 1. Thomas Tomkins - Worcester Brawls (MBV, no. 65).
26:33 2. Thomas Tomkins - Pavan and 30:12 GalIiard Earl Strafford (nos. 41 and 42).
31:37 3. Thomas Tomkins - Clarifica me Pater (no. 4)(*) Organ
33:19 4. Thomas Tomkins - Pavan and 36:06 Galliard in A Minor (nos. 41 and 48).
38:07 5. Thomas Tomkins - Toy: made at Poole Court (no. 67).
40:08 6. Thomas Tomkins - Fancy: Voluntary (no. 30) (*) Organ
41:23 7. Thomas Tomkins - Pavan and 44:48 Galliard in G major (nos, 49 and 50).
46:42 8. Thomas Tomkins - Variations on 'What if a day' no. 64).

Although I did not use any filters or normalizing techniques within tracks
(all changes within tracks by the stops or recording technique) some tracks
were normalized in volume as a whole, to give more balance to listening to all the tracks in a row.