Rose Consort of Viols

The Rose Consort of Viols is an English ensemble of viol players, formed in 1990.^[1] They perform mainly early consort music, including works by Orlando Gibbons, John Dowland, and Henry Purcell.

They have performed around the world at many events, have appeared a number of times for the BBC, and have made a number of recordings, several of which have been made in collaboration with Red Byrd, a vocal group from Hyperion Records.

The name was taken from a famous family of viol makers.

• Elizabethan Christmas Anthems (with Red Byrd) (Saydisc, 1990)
• Born is the Babe: Renaissance Music for Christmas (Woodmansterne, 1990)
• Dowland: Lachrimae (Saydisc, 1992)
• Ah, Dear Heart (Woodmansterne, 1993)
• Jenkins: All in a Garden Green (Naxos, 1993)
• William Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music, Songs and Anthems (with Red Byrd) (Naxos, 1994)
• Thomas Tomkins: Consort Music for Viol and Voices; Keyboard Music (Naxos, 1995)
• William Lawes: Consort Music for Viols, Lutes and Theorboes (Naxos, 1996)
• Orlando Gibbons: Consort and Keyboard Music, Songs and Anthems (with Red Byrd) (Naxos, 1997)
• John Dowland: Consort Music and Songs (Naxos, 1997)
• Henry Purcell: Complete Fantazias and In Nomines (Naxos, 1997)
• Alfonso Ferrabosco: Consort Music (CPO, 1997)
• John Ward: Upon a Bank of Roses, Consort Music (CPO, 1998)
• Elizabethan Consort Music and Dramatic Songs (Naxos, 1999)
• Four Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal (Deux-Elles, 2008)
• Loquebantur: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks with the Marian Consort (Delphian, 2010)
• An Emerald in a Work of Gold: Music from the Dow Partbooks with the Marian Consort (Delphian, 2012)
• Serenissima: Music from Renaissance Europe on Venetian Viols (Delphian, 2014)
• Mynstrelles with Straunge Sounds: the earliest consort music for viols (Delphian, 2015)

• Official website