Phantasm (music group)
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Phantasm is a four member viol consort based in England founded in 1994 by Laurence Dreyfus. They generally explore repertoire with extended harmonic and textural ranges. Partially because of this their sound tends to be more "edgy" than that of other early music groups such as Fretwork.
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[edit] Awards
- Their recording of Orlando Gibbons' Consorts for Viols won the 2004 Gramophone Award for Early Music and was a finalist for Gramophone's Record of the Year.
- In 1997 their recording Complete Fantasies for Viols by Henry Purcell won the Gramophone Award for Baroque Non-vocal performance.
They have recorded on the Channel Classics, GMN, Simax, and (currently) Avie Records labels.
[edit] Members
- Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol and director
- Wendy Gillespie, treble viol
- Jonathan Manson, tenor viol
- Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, bass viol
[edit] Discography
- Six-Part Consorts by John Jenkins - 2006
- Four Temperaments - William Byrd, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Robert Parsons, Thomas Tallis - 2005
- Consorts for Viols by Orlando Gibbons - 2005
- Consorts in Six Parts by William Lawes - 2002
- Consort Music by Matthew Locke - 2001
- Consorts in Four and Five Parts by William Lawes - 2000
- Byrd Song by William Byrd with Ian Partridge and Geraldine McGreevy - 1999
- Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach - 1998
- Still Music of the Spheres by William Byrd and Richard Mico - 1997
- Complete Fantasies for Viols by Henry Purcell - 1996
They were also featured on the recording Fairest Isle with Barbara Bonney.
