Humorous Toby Kaori Ishikawa

• Tobias Hume (1569 - 1645): The First Part of Ayres:
• 1 The First Part of Ayres: Captaine Humes Pavin 05:31
• 2 The First Part of Ayres: Tobacco 03:36
• 3 The First Part of Ayres: A Soldiers Resolution 04:16
• 4 The First Part of Ayres: Loves Pastime 02:26
• The Pashion of Musicke:
• 5 The Pashion of Musicke 04:08
• The First Part of Ayres:
• 6 The First Part of Ayres: Good Againe 05:33
• 7 The First Part of Ayres: A Souldiers Galliard 01:28
• 8 The First Part of Ayres: An Almaine 05:34
• 9 The First Part of Ayres: A Jigge 90 01:11
• 10 The First Part of Ayres: The Souldiers Song 02:21
• 11 The First Part of Ayres: Harke, Harke 02:10
• 12 The First Part of Ayres: Jigge for Ladies 02:49
• 13 The First Part of Ayres: Death 05:11
• 14 The First Part of Ayres: A Jigge 87 01:44
• 15 The First Part of Ayres: A Souldiers March 05:27
• 16 The First Part of Ayres: The Spirit of Gambo 03:11
• 17 The First Part of Ayres: A Pavin 03:54
• Total Runtime 01:00:30

Info for Humorous Toby

Kaori Ishikawa started to play viola da gamba under Toshinari Ohashi when she was a student of Yamanashi University. After graduating, she entered the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and studied with Jordi Savall, Polo Pandolfo and Masako Hirao (viola da gamba), Randall Cook (fidel), and Christophe Coin, Hopkinson Smith and Conrad Steinmann (ensemble). She also had lessons by Wieland Kuijken and Lorenz Duftschmid. She has served as an instructor at Yamanashi University. With collaborations including artists such as Enrico Gatti and William Dongois, she is an active soloist and continuo player internationally.

Kaori Ishikawa, viola da gamba
Anthonello

Kaori Ishikawa
started to play viola da gamba under Toshinari Ohashi when she was a student of Yamanashi University. After graduating, she entered the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and studied with Jordi Savall, Polo Pandolfo and Masako Hirao (viola da gamba), Randall Cook (fidel), and Christophe Coin, Hopkinson Smith and Conrad Steinmann (ensemble). She also had lessons by Wieland Kuijken and Lorenz Duftschmid. She has served as an instructor at Yamanashi University. With collaborations including artists such as Enrico Gatti and William Dongois, she is an active soloist and continuo player internationally.

Anthonello
The early music ensemble Anthonello is named after the 14th century composer Anthonello da Caserta, and was founded with the view to performing early music in the spirit of the period. Each of the members is a soloist in her or his own right, and also has wide experience of performing with leading musicians in various parts of the world.

Since its inception in 1994, the ensemble has gained a worldwide reputation for the excellence of its playing and for its interpretative flair. The members of the ensemble are the leader Yoshimichi Hamada (cornetto and recorder), Kaori Ishikawa (viola da gamba), and Marie Nishiyama (harpsichord and harp). Anthonello makes much of "the spirit of the period" when early music was composed, and makes clear the essential charm of music which is endowed with much animation and liveliness (that is, "spontaneity" in the jazz world). Anthonello's stage performances and recordings are full of improvisations which early music most certainly incorporated, as opposed to the traditional playing style that is often tied to the conservative viewpoints of the late-20th century's classical music. The target of Anthonello's performance is a creation of "open-hearted" early music; and to this end, the members obtain many hints from ethnic music of various countries and contemporary popular music. Anthonello's recordings to date have been highly regarded in domestic media. Anthonello has also attracted the attention of overseas eyes, and has released 2 CDs from Symphonia label (Italy) and one from BIS label (Sweden), which have all been awarded Five Stars by the "Diapason" of France. Anthonello is lauded among other European musical critics, winning such awards as the Recommended Disk (the "Repertoire*", France) and the Most Highly Recommended Album (the "CD", Italy). In 2006, Anthonello founded its own new label "Anthonello MODE", and all of the recordings are highly praised within Japanese Music Magazines, Newspapers and popularly.

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