Thomas Hobbs, ténor
Romina Lischka, bass, lyra and ténor viol
Sofie Vanden Eynde, lute
Francis Pilkington, John Dowland, Francis Pilkington, William Corkine, John Danyel, Tobias Hume
Orpheus’ Noble Strings
Concerning the edition of CD Orpheus’ Noble Strings, Romina Lischka ( bass, lyra and tenor viol) and Sofie Vanden Eynde (lute) invited the english tenor Thomas Hobbs for their second disk Paraty Productions. This lyric singer with international notoriety played the greatest parts of the classical opera. Present on the stage of Royal Academy Opera, National Opera of Bordeaux or English National Opera, his discography develops in parallel – he recorded Haendel, Bach, Monteverdi…
This CD offers a journey among the greatest composers of english music during the beginning of 17th century : Francis Pilkington, John Dowland, William Corkine, John Danyel, Tobias Hume, Anthony Holborne. The listener finds himself « A Day in the Life of Orpheus…» and discovers a powerful music with delight . The titles follow one another in the course of time until « the lyre sang of my grief (What greater grief), and in my journey to Hell I experienced the darkest night of my soul, from which I know I will never recover (Go nightly cares).
