The National Gallery are raising funds for the purchase of the Orazio Gentileschi's The Finding of Moses for the nation. Metronome produced a CD for the exhibition at the National Gallery "Orazio Gentileschi at the Court of Charles I" held at the gallery which focused on the musicians and artists who flourished at Charles's court. We are therefore as a Christmas offering both a discount on this title and will make a contribution of £3 for every copy sold.
The music on the disc draws on the wonderful variety of music which Charles I commissioned for his court with Songs and Sonnets of John Donne, and of Nicholas Lanier the composer who was also responsible for collecting many of the great paintings Charles I acquired from Italy (sung by Paul Agnew with Christopher Wilson on lute); Viol Consort by the great Royalist composer WIlliam Lawes (performed by Concordia);
The music on the disc draws on the wonderful variety of music which Charles I commissioned for his court with Songs and Sonnets of John Donne, and of Nicholas Lanier the composer who was also responsible for collecting many of the great paintings Charles I acquired from Italy (sung by Paul Agnew with Christopher Wilson on lute); Viol Consort by the great Royalist composer WIlliam Lawes (performed by Concordia);