Bob van Asperen plays Renaissance music on historical Virginals

Bob van Asperen (b. 8 October 1947) From the album “Virginaal“, published by the Musical Instruments Museum of Brussels in 2001, long out of print Played on historical virginals from the collection of the Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Tracklist: Virginal by Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp c. 1620 (inv. M1597) 1~2 William Byrd: Pavan And Galliard (5:17) No. 2 In F Major, “Philip Tregian“ 3 6:55 Anonymous (17th century): Courant3 4 8:07 Courant de Gautier 5 10:22 Corant de Ballard [Courant de la Reyne] 6 11:30 Courant la Vigon [La Vigonne] 7 12:46 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Capriccio a1, SwWV 281 8 16:14 Hendrick Speuy: Koraal: Vader ons in ’t Hemelrijck 9 17:13 Den superius hout de voys 10 19:00 Den Bas out de ghemeene voys 11 21:08 John Bull Sphera mundi Virginal by Ioannes & Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp c. 1604 (inv. M2927) 12 22:45 Peter Phillips: Amarilli di Giulio Romano 1603 13 26:44 Attributed to Hugh Aston: My Lady Carey’s Dompe 14 29:12 John Bull: In Nomine 12 15 33:09 Dutch Dance 16 34:25 Duke of Brunswick’s Alman 17 35:41 Why Aske you 18 36:54 Sphera Mundi à 6 partes in 2 “Mother and Child“ Virginal by Andre Extermann c. 1999, after Ruckers (inv. ) 19 39:37 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Malle Symen, SwWV 323 20 41:05 Fantasia d4 - [à 4: Echo], SwWV 261 21 44:55 William Byrd: Rowland (or “Lord Willobies Welcome home“) - on the “mother“ virginal 22 47:07 Thomas Preston (?): Ground Uppon la mi re - on “Child“ virginal Virginal by Gabriel Townsend, London, c. 1641 (inv. M1591) 23 49:39 Thomas Tomkins: A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes, MB 53 24 54:44 John Bull: The Prince’s [Henry] coranto 25 55:51 Orlando Gibbons: Fantasia 12 [Fantazia of foure parts] Painting: “Interior with a woman at the virginal“ ( c. 1665) by Emanuel de Witte From the collection of the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam