Since its London debut in 1986, Fretwork has given concerts and broadcast round the world, made numerous highly successful recordings, set new standards in the performance of the great English music for viol consort, and generated a living repertory for the medium. In addition to frequent appearances throughout Western Europe, the group has visited Russia, Lithuania, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada. While many of Fretwork's audiences are already familiar with its series of Virgin Classics recordings of works by the great English composers, its repertory includes not only works from C16th and C17th Flanders, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, but also entirely new music.

This recording comes from Fretwork's recent recording of Petrucci's Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, the first musical score ever printed with a movable type printing press.

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