Fretwork
A consort of viols based in England, United Kingdom. Formed in 1986.
Tom + Will
Weelkes*, Byrd* – The King's Singers, Fretwork
2023
Signum Classics
CD
Byrd 1589 (Songs Of Sundrie Natures)
William Byrd - Rachel Haworth, Martha McLorinan, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Todd, Simon Wall (2), Timothy Scott Whiteley*, Robert Macdonald, Jacob Heringman, Lynda Sayce, Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner (4)
2023
Inventa Records
2xCD, Album
Fantasia
Thomas Lupo, Fretwork
2022
Signum Classics
CD
The Little Consort
Matthew Locke – Fretwork
2022
Signum Classics
CD
Psalmes, Songs And Sonnets 1611
William Byrd - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Fretwork
2022
CORO (2)
2xCD, Album
The Flat Consort
Matthew Locke, Fretwork
2022
Signum Classics
CD, Album
Lamento
Schütz* • Schein* • Scheidt* • JC Bach* • Geist* • Sances* • Tunder* - Iestyn Davies, Fretwork
2021
Signum Classics
CD
Byrd 1588 (Psalmes, Sonets & Songs Of Sadnes And Pietie)
Byrd* - Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner (4), Grace Davidson, Martha McLorinan, Nicholas Todd
2021
Inventa Records
2xCD, Album
An Elizabethan Christmas
Byrd*, Gibbons*, Holborne*, Peerson*, Weelkes*, Fretwork, Helen Charlston
2021
In Chains Of Gold
Magdalena Consort, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts* With Silas Wollston
2020
Signum Classics
CD, Album
If
Iestyn Davies, Fretwork, Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell
2019
Signum Classics
CD, Album
Complete Consort Music
John Amner, Fretwork, Dublin Consort Singers, Mark Keane (3)
2019
Rubicon Classics
CD, Album
In Nomine II
Fretwork
2019
Signum Classics
CD, Album
Complete Four-Part Consort Music
John Jenkins (5), Fretwork
2018
Signum Classics
2xCD, Album
In Chains Of Gold: The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem Vol. 1; Orlando Gibbons - Complete Consort Anthems
Orlando Gibbons, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts And Cornetts, Magdalena Consort
2017
Signum Classics
CD, Album
Queen Katherine Parr & Songs Of Reformation
Thomas Tallis, Alamire With Fretwork, David Skinner (4)
2017
Obsidian
CD, Album
The World Encompassed: Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation Of The Globe, 1577-80
Orlando Gough, Fretwork, Simon Callow
2017
Signum Classics
2xCD, Album
A Treatie Of Humane Love: Mottects Or Grave Chamber Music
Martin Peerson, I Fagiolini, Fretwork, James Johnstone (3)
2017
Regent Records
CD
Tune Thy Musicke To Thy Hart
Stile Antico, Fretwork
2012
Harmonia Mundi
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Grant The King A Long Life (English Anthems & Instrumental Music)
Thomas Weelkes / The Choir Of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Fretwork, David Skinner (4)
2012
Obsidian
CD
The Wode Collection (16th C. Music By Scottish, English & Continental Composers)
Dunedin Consort, Fretwork
2011
Linn Records
CD, Album
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge, Green, Wild Winter I
Thea Musgrave - Jake Gardner, Gayle Hunnicutt, London Sinfonietta, Thea Musgrave, Scottish Ensemble, Red Byrd, Fretwork
2011
NMC (3)
CD
Sublime Discourses: The Complete Instrumental Music
John Milton (2) and Martin Peerson - Fretwork, Michael Chance, Sophie Yates
2011
Regent Records
CD, Album
The 'Goldberg' Variations
Bach*, Fretwork
2011
Membra Jesu Nostri
Buxtehude* – Emma Kirkby, Elin Manahan Thomas, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels (2), Peter Harvey, Fretwork, The Purcell Quartet
2010
Chaconne
CD, Album
The Complete Fantazias
Henry Purcell / Fretwork
2009
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Album
Birds On Fire - Jewish Music For Viols
Fretwork
2008
Harmonia Mundi
CD
Harmonice Musices Odhecaton
Ottaviano Dei Petrucci*, Agricola*, Busnois*, Obrecht*, Isaac*, Josquin Desprez* - Fretwork
2008
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Album, RE
Music For Viols
Fretwork . Purcell* . Lawes* . Locke* . Jenkins*
2008
Second Service & Consort Anthems
William Byrd - The Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford*, Bill Ives, Fretwork
2007
Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi
CD
I Heard A Voice - The Music Of The Golden Age
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge*, Fretwork, Stephen Cleobury
2007
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD, Album, Enh
These Distracted Times
Thomas Tomkins, Fretwork, Alamire, The Choir Of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, David Skinner (4)
2007
Obsidian
CD, Album
Chansons
Alexander Agricola, Fretwork With Michael Chance
2006
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Album
The Cries Of London
Theatre Of Voices · Fretwork
2006
Alio Modo
Bach*, Fretwork
2005
Im Maien
Ludwig Senfl / Fretwork, Charles Daniels (2)
2004
Harmonia Mundi
CD
Consort Songs
William Byrd - Emma Kirkby, Fretwork
2004
Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi France
CD, Album
Lockerbie Memorial Concert
Gavin Bryars, The Hilliard Ensemble, Fretwork
2003
GB Records (2)
CD
Above The Starrs
Thomas Tomkins • Fretwork
2003
Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi France, Production USA
CD, Album
Orlando Gibbons: With a Merrie Noyse - Second Service & Consort Anthems
Orlando Gibbons - Rogers Covey-Crump · Steven Harrold · Peter Harvey · Stephen Connolly (2) · Magdalen College Choir Oxford · Jonathan Hardy · Bill Ives · Fretwork
2003
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Album
The Hidden Face
John Tavener / Fretwork, Michael Chance
2002
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Album
The Consort Setts For 5 & 6 Viols And Organ
Fretwork, Paul Nicholson, Lawes*
2002
Virgin Veritas
2xCD, Comp
Les Fugues Et Caprices
François Roberday - Fretwork / André Isoir
2002
Tempéraments
CD, Album
The Art Of Fugue
Bach*, Fretwork
2002
Petrucci-Harmonice Musices Odhecaton
Ottaviano Petrucci, Fretwork
2001
Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi USA
CD
Armada (Music From The Courts Of England And Spain)
Fretwork
2000
Virgin Veritas
2xCD, Comp
Goe Nightly Cares
Dowland* · Byrd* - Fretwork
1999
Virgin Veritas, Virgin Veritas
2xCD, Comp
Celestial Witchcraft: The Private Music Of Henry And Charles, Princes Of Wales
Fretwork, Mark Padmore, Nigel North
1999
Virgin Veritas
CD, Album
Cadman Requiem
Gavin Bryars / Hilliard Ensemble* / Fretwork
1998
Sit Fast
Fretwork
1997
Virgin Classics, Virgin Classics
CD, Album
Music For Viols Byrd Dowland Gibbons Lawes
Fretwork
1997
Virgin Classics
CD
Stabat Mater
Pärt*, Palestrina*, Browne* - Fretwork, Taverner Consort & Choir, Andrew Parrott
1997
Consort Music For Viols
William Byrd, John Dowland, William Lawes, Fretwork, Christopher Wilson (2), Catherine Bott
1996
Virgin, Orfeo (4)
CD, Comp
Consort Of Fower Parts
Matthew Locke, Fretwork
1996
Virgin Veritas
CD, Album
Concord Is Conquer'd (Consort Setts, Songs & Pieces For Lyra Viol)
William Lawes, Fretwork
1995
Virgin Veritas
CD, Album
The Golden Age: Music From The Elizabethan Era
The King's Singers, Choir Of King's College Cambridge*, Fretwork
1995
EMI Classics
CD
The Early Byrd - Early Works For Voices, Viols And Virginals Vol. 1
William Byrd, Sophie Yates, I Fagiolini, Fretwork
1995
Chaconne
CD, Album
Fantazias & In Nomines
Purcell* - Fretwork
1995
The Complete Consort Music
William Byrd, Fretwork
1994
The English Viol
Fretwork
1994
A Play Of Passion (Songs For The Elizabethan Stage, Consort Songs And Dances)
Fretwork, Jeremy Budd, Michael Chance
1993
Virgin Classics, Virgin Classics
CD, Album
Lachrimae (1604)
Dowland*, Fretwork
1993
Missa Mater Christi Sanctissima
John Taverner / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers With Fretwork
1993
Music For Viols
Dowland* • Byrd* • Lawes*, Fretwork
1992
Virgo (3), Virgo (3), Virgo (3)
CD, Comp
For Ye Violls (Consort Setts For 5 & 6 Viols And Organ)
William Lawes : Fretwork, Paul Nicholson
1991
Passionsmusik - Membra Jesu Nostri
Dietrich Buxtehude* - The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, Fretwork, John Eliot Gardiner
1990
Goe Nightly Cares (Dances From John Dowland's Lachrimae (1604) Consort Music And Songs By William Byrd)
John Dowland, William Byrd / Fretwork, Michael Chance, Christopher Wilson (2)
1990
Night's Black Bird (John Dowland's Lachrimae Pavans (1604) And Consort Music By William Byrd)
John Dowland, William Byrd / Fretwork, Christopher Wilson (2)
1989
Cries And Fancies (Fantasias, In Nomines And The Cries Of London)
Orlando Gibbons - Fretwork With Paul Nicholson And Red Byrd
1989
Heart's Ease (Music For Viol Consort From The Late Tudor And Early Stuart Age)
Holborne*, Byrd*, Dowland*, Bull*, Gibbons*, Lawes*, Ferrabosco I* / Fretwork
1988
Armada (Music From The Courts Of Philip II And Elizabeth I)
Fretwork, Michael Chance
1988
In Nomine (16th C. English Music For Viols Including The Complete Consort Music Of Thomas Tallis)
Fretwork
1987
Hosanna To The Son Of David
Orlando Gibbons, The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Fretwork, Richard Marlow
Conifer Classics, ArkivMusic, Conifer Classics, ArkivMusic
CD, Album, RE
16th Century Music For Viols
Fretwork / Rose Consort Of Viols
Gladiator II (Music From The Motion Picture)
Harry Gregson-Williams
2024
Les Plus Beaux CD Du Mois - Mars 2023
Various
2023
Les Diapason D'Or
CD, Comp, Smplr
Sinfonías De La Mañana Vol. 2
Various
2017
Warner Classics, Rtve
2xCD, Comp, Boo
Behind The Counter With
Max Richter, Various
2017
Radio Clásica - 50 Aniversario (La Música De Una Historia)
Various
2015
Warner Classics, Rtve
5xCD, Comp + Box
L'Europe Musicale De La Renaissance / Music In Europe At The Time Of The Renaissance
Jérôme Lejeune
2013
Ricercar
8xCD, Album + Box
The Very Best Of English Song
Britten* · Byrd* · Delius* · Elgar* · Parry* · Purcell* · Stanford* · Vaughan Williams* · Walton* - Sir Thomas Allen* · Dame Janet Baker* · Ian Bostridge · Alfred Deller · Emma Kirkby · Anthony Rolfe Johnson · Robert Tear
2012
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
Box, Album, Comp + 5xCD, Comp, Mono, RM
Taverner
Peter Maxwell Davies
2010
NMC (3)
2xCD, Album
Early Music. La Musique Ancienne de l'Antiquité à la Renaissance
Various
2010
The Gramophone Awards: Excerpts From The Prize Winning Recordings Of 2009
Various
2009
Gramophone Magazine
CD, Comp
The Golden Age Of English Polyphony
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Robert Fayrfax, John Taverner, John Sheppard, William Mundy
2009
Hyperion
10xCD, RE + Box, Comp
The Real Great Composers No 31 - Sir Charles Mackerras on Janacek - September 2009
Various
2009
Gramophone Magazine
CD, Promo, Smplr
HM News: Nouveautés Harmonia Mundi Janvier / Juin 2009 January / June New Releases
Various
2009
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr
Playing The Piano / Out Of Noise
Ryuichi Sakamoto
2009
Out Of Noise
Ryuichi Sakamoto
2009
Stabat Mater • I Sümfoonia • Missa Syllabica • 7 Magnificat Antiphons
Pärt* - Kaia Urb • Tiit Kogerman • Christopher Bowers-Broadbent • Ene Salumae*, Paavo Järvi • Andrew Parrott • Tõnu Kaljuste
2009
Gramophone Collectors' Edition CD No 17: The Real Saint-Saëns
Various
2008
Gramophone Magazine
CD, Comp
Nouveautés Janvier/Juin 2008 - January/June 2008 New Releases
Various
2008
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Dig
Requiem
Various
2008
Deutsche Grammophon, Trouw (2), NRC Handelsblad
10xCD, Comp + Box
Nouveautés Harmonia Mundi Août / Décembre 2007 - August / December New Releases
Various
2007
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Dig
English Church Music
Byrd*, Humfrey*, Gibbons*
2006
Harmonia Mundi France
3xCD, Album
Nouveautés Harmonia Mundi Août / Décembre 2006 - August / December New Releases
Various
2006
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Dig
An Ancient Muse
Loreena McKennitt
2006
100 Best Baroque
Various
2006
The Da Vinci Code (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Hans Zimmer
2006
Chansons De La Renaissance (Songs Of The Renaissance)
Various
2005
Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi France
CD, Comp
The Musical Offering: Ricercar, BWV 1079 à 6
Fretwork
Prelude & Fugue XI in F major, BWV 880 à 5/à 3 (from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II)
Fretwork
Canon triplex, BWV 1076 à 6
Fretwork
Pavan A 4
Fretwork
M. Bucton his Galiard
Fretwork
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686 à 6 (from Clavier Übung III)
Fretwork
Ye sacred muses
Fretwork
Byrd: In nomine a5 (IV)
Fretwork
In Nomine à 5 (VdGS no. 4)
Fretwork
The King of Denmarks Galiard
Fretwork
Agricola: De tous biens plaine I
Fretwork
fantazia 3 in g minor
Fretwork
The King of Denmarks Galiard from Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares
Fretwork
Fitch: Agricola I - Comme femme
Fretwork
Agricola: Comme femme desconfortee I
Fretwork
Agricola: En actendant
Fretwork
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 à 4
Fretwork
Fantazia 3 in G minor (Henry Purcell)
Fretwork
Fantazia In G Minor (Henry Purcell)
Fretwork
M. George Whitehead his almand
Fretwork