CD and digital release on the NEOS label.  

Inspelning av verket Consort Set in Five Parts (after William Lawes) på CDn David Gorton: Farnabye's Mask på följande spår: 

[12] I. Fantasy: a.5. for ye Violls (Lawes arr. Gorton) 04:21

[13] II. Aire (Gorton after Lawes) 07:08

[14] III. Fantasy: a.5. (Lawes arr. Gorton) 03:11

[15] IV. Paven (Gorton after Lawes) 05:48

[16] V. Aire: a.5. (Lawes arr. Gorton) 02:06

MEDVERKANDE

Stefan Östersjö, eleven-string alto guitar

Longbow: 

• Violin / Conductor: Peter Sheppard Skærved
• Alto recorder / tenor recorder: Olwen Foulkes
• Viola: Diana Mathews
• Bass viol: Harry Buckoke
• Cello: Evie Littlefair

"Consort Set in Five Parts" by the British composer David Gorton is a composition for 11-string alto guitar and chamber ensemble. The piece is a re-composition of music by William Lawes, and as such, forms part of a long-term project by David Gorton, to extract materials for his own work from historical works. Since 2010, David Gorton has collaborated with the Swedish guitarist Stefan Östersjö on a series of works exploring different guitars and tuning-systems. The "Consort Set" is the second piece to use the 11-string alto guitar, this time as a solo instrument with ensemble. The recording was made in London in 2019, with Stefan Östersjö as soloist with Peter Sheppard Skaerved's ensemble Longbow. 

The "Consort Set in Five Parts" by British composer David Gorton is a composition which is about music from the 17th century, not in the sense of history, but rather as a journey: a personal exploration of the music of that period. Rather than playing it, Gorton "plays with" this music, as he puts it. His works are neither pure editing nor pure composition, but are somewhere in between. The original sources are always present, but are transformed into something unfamiliar. In this work, the similarly title work by William Lawes is transformed and commented on in a small consort setting of period instruments, with the addition of the contemporary 11-string alto guitar. the piece forms part of a great number of works created by David Gorton in collaboration with the Swedish guitarist Stefan Östersjö.