SIMPSON

The Four Seasons Sirius Viols

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88875190982 68:56 mins

Well over half a century before Vivaldi published Le Quattro Stagioni, the 17th-century English composer Christopher Simpson wrote his own musical journey through the year, scored for the more intimate resources of three viols and continuo. A gamba virtuoso himself, Simpson also wrote a number of texts on contemporary viol playing