Elizabethan Virginals Music

"I can't recall a more attractive virginal programme than this: largely familiar music from the positively frisky to the deeply sombre, played on two markedly contrasting version of a beautiful Italian pentagonal virginal. Sophie Yates plays with exceptional poise."
***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Sept 03)

Sophie Yates plays the virginals on this third and final disc in Chandos' series of Elizabethan Music, released in 2003 to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth I.

Previous discs in the series from ensembles I Fagiolini and QuintEssential have been highly praised for their expert research and authentic performances.

This varied and unique recital will be sought by enthusiasts both of early music and of keyboard music.


REVIEWS
Sophie Yates is one of Britain's most sought-after harpsichordists:

'Sophie Yates confirms her credentials as one of Britain's most talented harpsichordists… a disc to whet the appetite for further volumes in the series.'
The Daily Telegraph on CHAN 0644 (Handel Harpsichord Works,Vol. 1)

'Yates's playing is beyond reproach: each suite is elegantly poised and intelligently delivered, every strand in fugal textures is clearly delineated, and ornamentation is dazzling.'
BBC Music Magazine on CHAN 0688 (Handel Harpsichord Works,Vol. 3)

'A tour de force in every sense.'
Gramophone on CHAN 0659 (Rameau Harpsichord Works)