William Lawes

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English composer and musician (April 1602 – 24 September 1645). Brother of Henry Lawes.

ALBUMS

John Jenkins (5) And His ‘Most Esteemed Friend’ William Lawes - Ensemble Concerto*, Roberto Gini

Fantasia-Suites

2023, CD, Album, Aulicus Classics

William Lawes, Richard Boothby

Complete Music For Solo Lyra Viol

2016, CD, Album, Harmonia Mundi USA

William Lawes - Phantasm

The Royal Consort

2015, 2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Linn

Phantasm (3), William Lawes

Consorts To The Organ

2012, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Linn Records,

John Jenkins (5), William Lawes, Christopher Simpson (2), Thomas Baltzar, Solomon Eccles, John Banister (2) - Musicke & Mirth

Division-Musick

2012, CD, Ramée

William Lawes - Les Voix Humaines

Royall Consorts

2012, 2xCD, Album, Atma Classique

William Lawes - Sophie Gent, Giovanna Pessi, Eduardo Egüez, Philippe Pierlot

The Passion Of Musicke

2012, CD, Flora (7)

William Lawes - Maxine Eilander / Les Voix Humaines

2008, CD, Album, Atma Classique

Fretwork . Purcell* . Lawes* . Locke* . Jenkins*

Music For Viols

Henry* & William Lawes / Robin Blaze • Elizabeth Kenny with Rebecca Outram • Robert Macdonald • Frances Kelly • William Carter

Songs By Henry And William Lawes

2007, CD, Album, Hyperion,

Lawes* · Blow* · Child* · Jeffreys* · Locke* · Purcell* - Charivari Agréable Director Kah-Ming Ng

The Oxford Psalms (Anthems For Three Men And A Band From 17th-Century England)

2007, CD, Album, Signum Records,

Fretwork, Paul Nicholson, Lawes*

The Consort Setts For 5 & 6 Viols And Organ

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin Veritas

William Lawes, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall

Consort Sets in Five & Six Parts

2002, 2xCD, Album, Alia Vox, Alia Vox

William Lawes, Concordia, Mark Levy

Knock'd On The Head - Music For Viols

2002, CD, Album, Metronome Recordings

William Lawes, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall

Consort Sets in Five & Six Parts

2002, CD, CD , Alia Vox

William Lawes, Phantasm

Consorts In Four And Five Parts

2000, CD, Channel Classics

William Lawes, London Baroque

Fantasia-Suites - London Baroque

1998, CD, Album, Harmonia Mundi

William Lawes, Jonathan Dunford, Sylvia Abramowicz, Sylvie Moquet

Suites Pour Une Et Trois Lyra-Violes

1998, CD, Album, Adès,

William Lawes, The Greate Consort, Monica Huggett

Royall Consort Suites Volume Two

1997, CD, ASV Digital

William Lawes, The Greate Consort, Monica Huggett

Royall Consort Suites Volume One

1997, CD, ASV Digital

Jacobs* • Kuijkens • Leonhardt*, William Lawes

The Royal Consort & Lute Songs

William Byrd, John Dowland, William Lawes, Fretwork, Christopher Wilson (2), Catherine Bott

Consort Music For Viols

1996, CD, Comp, Virgin, Orfeo (4),

Johnson* · Ferrabosco* · Webster* · Nau* · Lawes* · Notari* / The Parley Of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band*, Peter Holman

A High-Priz'd Noise (Violin Music For Charles I)

1996, CD, Album, Hyperion,

Renaissance/Baroque

William Lawes, Fretwork

Concord Is Conquer'd (Consort Setts, Songs & Pieces For Lyra Viol)

1995, CD, Album, Virgin Veritas

William Lawes, Henry Purcell - The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King

Exquisite Consorts

William Lawes, Timothy Roberts, Jacob Heringman, David Miller

Consort Music For Viols, Lutes And Theorbos (Royal Consorts / Duets For Lute / Divisions On A Pavan)

William Lawes – The Purcell Quartet With Nigel North & Paul O'Dette

The Royall Consort Suites

William Lawes, The Purcell Quartet

Fantasia Suites

1994, CD, Album, Chaconne, Chandos

William Lawes, London Baroque

Sonatas For Violin And Continuo

William Lawes, London Baroque

Fantasia-Suites

1993, CD, Album, Harmonia Mundi France

Dowland* • Byrd* • Lawes*, Fretwork

Music For Viols

1992, CD, Comp, Virgo (3), Virgo (3), Virgo (3),

John Coperario*, William Lawes, Matthew Locke, Sébastien Marq, Le Concert Français, Pierre Hantaï

Maskes & Fantazies

1992, CD, Astrée Auvidis

William Lawes : Fretwork, Paul Nicholson

For Ye Violls (Consort Setts For 5 & 6 Viols And Organ)

Groningen Guitar Duo* - Lawes* / Giuliani* / Bach* / Petit* / Ter Veldhuis* / Piazzolla*

1989, CD, Album, Ottavo

Holborne*, Byrd*, Dowland*, Bull*, Gibbons*, Lawes*, Ferrabosco I* / Fretwork

Heart's Ease (Music For Viol Consort From The Late Tudor And Early Stuart Age)

William Lawes & Henry Purcell, The Amati Ensemble

Private Musick - Fantasies & Sonatas

1986, LP, Album, nato,

Ravenscroft*, Lawes*, Purcell*, Arne*, The Hilliard Ensemble

The Singing Club

Consort Music for the Harpe, Bass Viol, Violin and Theorbo

1983, LP, Focus (4)

William Lawes / The Consort Of Musicke

Royall Consorts

1980, LP, L'Oiseau-Lyre,

William Lawes - The Consort Of Musicke

Dialogues, Psalmes & Elegies

William Lawes / The Consort Of Musicke

Viol Consort Music

William Lawes, The Consort Of Musicke

Setts For Violins & Division Viols

William Lawes, Gustav Leonhardt

The Royal Consort & 6 Lieder Für Countertenor Und Laute

The King's Musick, Henry VIII, Ford*, Lawes*, Milan*, Arne*, Boyce*, Purcell*

Music For The Vyne

1976, LP, Music With The National Trust,

Renaissance/Baroque

Julian Bream & John Williams (7) - Lawes* • Carulli* • Sor* • Albéniz* • Granados* • De Falla* • Ravel*

Monteverdi*, Schütz*, Josquin*, Lassus*, Gesualdo*, Dowland*, Farmer*, Weelkes*, Morley*, Lawes*, Ponce*, The Sine Nomine Singers, Harry Saltzman

Kissing, Drinking And Insect Songs

W. Lawes* • H. Lawes* • A. Ferrabosco II* • N. Laniere* • Deering* • Tomkins*, Tessier* • Morley* • Holborne* • Dowland* • Conversi*

Music Of The Court Homes And Cities Of England, Volume 3: Composers Of Whitehall Palace & Wilton House

Renaissance/Baroque

William Lawes, The Elizabethan Consort* Director Thurston Dart

William Lawes • William Byrd

Englische Consort-Musik Um 1600-1640

William Lawes / William Byrd / Henry Purcell - Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt

Englische Consort-Musik Des 17. Jahrhunderts

2xLP, Comp + Box, Telefunken

L'Achéron, François Joubert-Caillet

A Consort's Monument

2020, CD, Album, Ricercar,

Renaissance/Baroque

Henry Lawes / La Rêveuse, Jeffrey Thompson, Bertrand Cuiller, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot

2013, CD, Album, Mirare

APPEARANCES +

Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque

The Muses Restor'd – Violin Music Of The English Baroque

2024, CD, Album, Channel Classics

Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot

Distracted Tymes

2024, CD, Album, Mirare,

Renaissance/Baroque

Randall Scotting, Stephen Stubbs

2023, CD, Signum Classics

Gustav Leonhardt

The New Gustav Leonhardt Edition

2022, 35xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Box, Warner Classics,

Baroque/Renaissance/Choral

2022, CD, Album, Don Fosco Records

Phillip W. Serna

William Lawes (1602-1645) - Aire à4, VdGS No.112, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.b.2, p.33 (ca.1638-45)

2021, File, MP3, Single, Midweﬅ415

The Theater Of Music, Marion Fermé

An Evening At The Theatre - English Stage And Dance Music

2021, CD, Album, Ramée,

Renaissance/Baroque/Overture/Suite/Dances

Friederike Chylek

From Byrd To Byrd

2019, CD, Album, Oehms Classics

Lucile Richardot, Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé

Perpetual Night · 17th Century Ayres And Songs

2018, CD, Harmonia Mundi,

Baroque/Art Song

Percy Grainger, The Royal Norwegian Navy Band*, Bjarte Engeset

Complete Music For Wind Band • 1

2018, CD, Album, Naxos,

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood*, Daniel-Ben Pienaar

An English Sett For Trumpet

2018, CD, Album, Linn Records

Henry Lawes, David Munderloh, Julian Behr, Silvia Tecardi

How The Rose Did First Grow Red

2018, CD, Album, Passacaille

Reinhold Friedrich

The Trumpet Collection

2018, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Capriccio (2)

The Trio Sonata through Two Centuries

2018, 8xCD, Comp, BIS,

Renaissance/Baroque

The Ebor Singers, Paul Gameson

Music For Troubled Times: The English Civil War & Siege Of York

2017, CD, Album, Resonus Classics

Royal Consorts: Music For English Kings

2017, CD, Album, ABC Classics

The Ebor Singers, Chelys Consort Of Viols, Paul Gameson

A Cavalier Christmas

2017, CD, Album, Resonus Classics,

Choral/Renaissance/Baroque

Theatre Of The Ayre, Elizabeth Kenny

The Masque Of Moments

2017, CD, Linn Records

Medieval & Renaissance

2016, 50xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, L'Oiseau-Lyre, Decca,

Medieval/Renaissance/Religious/Choral

Il Caleidoscopio

New Old Albion - Music Around The Harp Consort Of William Lawes

2016, CD, Brilliant Classics

Rosemary Standley & Helstroffer's Band

2015, CD, Album, Outhere, Alpha Productions

Hyperion New Release Sampler – June 2015

2015, 17xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,

Emma Kirkby / David Thomas

Pastoral Dialogues

2015, CD, Album, RE, L'Oiseau-Lyre,

Renaissance/Baroque

Rosemary Standley & Helstroffer's Band

2015, CD, Single, Promo, Outhere, Alpha Productions

The Complete Recitals

2015, Box, Comp + 12xCD, Album, RM, L'Oiseau-Lyre,

Baroque/Opera/Romantic/Oratorio/Renaissance/Classical

Oltremontano, Psallentes, Wim Becu

Coronation Music For Charles II

2015, CD, Accent

Percy Grainger, Joyce Griggs

Music for Saxophones

2015, CD, Album, Naxos,

Pavans And Fantasies From The Age Of Dowland

2014, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records, ECM New Series, ECM New Series

Seon – Excellence In Early Music

2014, 85xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Seon,

Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Choral

2014, CD, Album, BRQ Vantaa

Dame Janet Baker*

The Great EMI Recordings

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern

The Dublin Drag Orchestra

Motion Of The Heart (Music Of The Heart From 17th Century England) / ¡Viva Frida! (Music Of 17th Century Mexico)

2012, 2xCD, Heresy (4),

Musique Pour Deux Guitares

2012, CD, Album, Not On Label

Trio Settecento

An English Fancy

2012, CD, Album, Cedille Records

Philippe Pierlot (2), Rainer Zipperling, Giovanna Pessi

Strike The Viol

2012, CD, Flora (7)

Ensemble Le Tendre Amour*

All In A Garden Green - Four Seasons Of English Music

2012, CD, Album, Brilliant Classics

Jacob Jan Van Eyck, Johannette Zomer

Pleasure Garden (Der Fluiten Lusthof)

2011, CD, Album, Eloquentia

Original Album Classics

2009, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Sony Classical,

Baroque/Classical/Modern

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 50th Anniversary Edition

2008, 50xCD + Box, Comp, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi,

Baroque/Choral/Religious/Classical/Renaissance/Opera/Medieval

Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt Edition

2008, 21x CD, Box Set,

Renaissance/Baroque

Sara Macliver, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer

If Love's A Sweet Passion: Masque & Theatre Music From C17 London

2007, CD, Album, ABC Classics, Antipodes (2)

Saskia Coolen, Rainer Zipperling, Patrick Ayrton

Divisions and Fantasias

2007, CD, Album, Globe (3),

Angharad Gruffydd Jones*, Concordia, Mark Levy

Amorous In Music - William Cavendish In Antwerp (1648-1660)

2006, CD, Etcetera (3),

Renaissance/Baroque

Carl Dolmetsch, Joseph Saxby

2006, CD, Mono, Pearl,

Baroque/Renaissance

Baroque England (L'Angleterre Baroque)

2005, CD, Comp, Harmonia Mundi France,

Vermeer - Music Of His Time

2005, CD, Comp, Naxos

Discover Music of the Baroque Era

Jordi Savall • Montserrat Figueras • Hespèrion XXI • La Capella Reial De Catalunya • Le Concert Des Nations

Harmonie Universelle II (Portrait Alia Vox 2001-2004)

2004, CD, Comp, Alia Vox, Alia Vox

A Garden Of Delights

2004, 2xCD, Comp + Box, River Records (3)

Suzie LeBlanc - Daniel Taylor (3) - Les Voix Humaines

2004, CD, Album, Atma Classique

Europa (Un Panorama Géo-Historique De L'Europe Musicale)

2004, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Harmonia Mundi France,

Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque/Choral/Opera/Oratorio/Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Neo-Romantic/Modern

Julian Bream / John Williams

Tresors Guitare Classique

2003, 4xCD, Comp + Box, RCA Red Seal,

The Trio Sonata In 17th-Century England

2003, CD, Album, BIS

Hille Perl, Friederike Heumann

Why Not Here. Musicke For Several Friends

Rubens - Music Of His Time

2002, CD, Naxos

William Lawes: Consort In Six Parts

2002, CD, Album, Channel Classics

Reinhold Friedrich, Berliner Barock-Compagney

Tribute To Old England

2002, CD, Album, Comp, Capriccio (2), Delta (18)

Musica Britannica: Instrumentalmusick Am Englischen Königshof

2002, CD, Album, ORF Edition Alte Musik

Paul Hillier, Nigel North

The Rags Of Time

2002, CD, Album, Harmonia Mundi France,

Tudor & Stuart Spirit - Music For Dancing And Dreaming

2001, CD, Comp, The Gift Of Music

Bell'Arte Antiqua

The English Connection Purcell, Young, Lawes, Jenkins, Locke

2001, CD, Club, Gaudeamus

Bream*, Williams*

Duos De Guitares / Guitars Duets

2001, 2xCD, Comp, RM, RCA Red Seal

Lautten Compagney, Kobie Van Rensburg, Various

Songs Of An English Cavalier, A Hundred Years Of English Music

2001, CD, Album, TIM The International Music Company AG, New Classical Adventure,

Lautten Compagney, Kobie Van Rensburg, Various

Songs Of An English Cavalier, A Hundred Years Of English Music

2001, CD, Album, RE, New Classical Adventure

Armada (Music From The Courts Of England And Spain)

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin Veritas

Gramophone Editor's Choice - August 2000

2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine

Robin Blaze, Elizabeth Kenny

English Lute Songs

Renaissance/Baroque

Konrad Ragossnig, Das Linde-Consort*

Altenglische Consortmusik

Reflexe · Stationen Europäischer Musik · Folge 1

A Battle And No Battle

1999, CD, Alba Records

Shakespeare Et la Musíque Anglaíse = Shakespeare And English Music

1999, CD, Album, Auvidis

Fretwork, Mark Padmore, Nigel North

Celestial Witchcraft: The Private Music Of Henry And Charles, Princes Of Wales

1999, CD, Album, Virgin Veritas

Musique Profane

1999, 5xCD, Comp, Harmonia Mundi France

The City Waites

How The World Wags - Social Music For A 17th Century Englishman

Codex Gaudeamus

1998, CD, Comp, ASV Digital,

Classical/Baroque/Medieval/Contemporary/Religious

Kórar Og Lúðrasveitir Þórlákshöfn

1998, CD, Album, Söngfélag Þorlákshafnar

The Consort Of Musicke

Charming Strephon (A Celebration Of The Life And Times Of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl Of Rochester)

1997, CD, Album, Etcetera (3),

Music For Viols Byrd Dowland Gibbons Lawes

1997, CD, Virgin Classics,

Renaissance/Early

William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

The Purcell Quartet, Nigel North, Paul O'Dette

William Lawes: The Royall Consort Suites (Premier Recording Of The Complete Suites)

Gaudeamus Early Music Sampler

1996, CD, Smplr, ASV Digital, Gaudeamus,

Renaissance/Baroque/Classical

Classic CD 73 Peter Grimes And Cabaret

1996, CD, Comp, Classic CD,

Modern/Renaissance/Romantic/Medieval

Mission Vol: 1 - The Sound Of Baroque 1

The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo

Passions: Baroque & Renaissance Duets

1995, CD, Ltd, Sheffield Lab,

Renaissance/Baroque

X Suvisoitto 1995 = Midsommartoner

1995, CD, Album, Neste, Avanti!,

Classic CD - 67

1995, CD, Comp, Classic CD,

Songs And Dances Of The Renaissance & Baroque

1995, CD, Album, Lyrichord

The Scyence Of Lutynge

1995, CD, Album, Columns Classics

Gustav Leonhardt - Leonhardt-Consort - Studio Der Frühen Musik - Concentus Musicus Wien

English Music Of The 17th Century

Renaissance/Baroque/Early

Pedro Memelsdorff, Andreas Staier

Delight In Disorder - The English Consort Of Two Parts 1640 - 1680

The Chaconne Collection Vol.2

1994, CD, Album, Chaconne, Chandos

Virgin Veritas - Nuove Emozioni

1994, CD, CD Classica

Camerata Trajectina, Jacob van Eyck*

Jacob van Eyck & Dutch Songs Of The Golden Age

1994, CD, CD Photo-CD,

Renaissance/Baroque

The English Viol

Renaissance/Baroque

Julian Bream & John Williams

Together (The Ultimate Collection)

Modern/Classical/Folk/Romantic/Baroque/Impressionist/Renaissance

Evelyn Tubb, Frances Kelly

1993, CD, Album, Musica Oscura, Columns Classics

Trio Sonnerie*, Stephen Stubbs, Andrew Lawrence-King

'A Gift Of Nature' (English Chamber Music Of The 17th Century)

Favourite English Songs

The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

1992, CD, Album, Whaleco Music,

Marches/Swing/Classical

Barbara Borden, David Cordier, John Potter (2), Harry van der Kamp, Stephen Stubbs, Tragicomedia

William Lawes, Robert Johnson: Orpheus I am

1991, CD, Album, EMI Classics

Salmela* - Tahvanainen*

Per Suonare A Due

1991, LP, Album, CS Records (5),

Renaissance/Andalusian Classical

Vittoria-Vittoria: A Recital Of Seventeenth Century Italian And English Songs

1987, CD, Album, Claudio Records

Tempelmelodien - Musik Aus Dem Van-Rijckenborgh-Tempel Volume 2

1986, LP, Album, Lectorium Rosicrucianum

Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley

Time Stands Still

Viola Da Gamba Consort Wien

Lobet Ihn Mit Saitenspiel Musik zu Weihnachten

Viola Da Gamba Consort Wien

Lobet Ihn Mit Saitenspiel - Musik Zu Passion Und Ostern

Baroque/Renaissance

The Hilliard Ensemble

The Singing Club

Seventeenth-Century England: Music 1

1981, LP, Open University,

Emma Kirkby / David Thomas

Pastoral Dialogues

Catherine Strizich & Robert Strizich

Baroque Duos For Lutes & Baroque Guitar

1979, LP, Titanic (2)

St. George's Canzona

A Tapestry Of Music For Oliver Cromwell & His Roundheads

Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown

Cakes And Ale - Catches And Partsongs

Baroque/Renaissance

The Art Of Julian Bream

1972, 5xLP, Comp + Box, RCA Red Seal

Julian Bream & John Williams

Modern/Suite/Classical Guitar

Dowland* • Purcell* • Simpson* - Leonhardt Consort*

Consortmusik Auf Originalinstrumenten

Janet Baker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Duets From The Royal Festival Hall

Music Of The Court Homes And Cities Of England, Volume 3: Composers Of Whitehall Palace & Wilton House

The English Consort Of Viols*, Sheila Armstrong

The Music Of Their Royal Courts

J.-P. Eustache*, K. Klement*, Camerata Lutetiensis

Musik Am Englischen Königshofe

1966, LP, Schwann Musica Mundi,

Renaissance/Baroque

J.-P. Eustache*, K. Klement*, Camerata Lutetiensis

Musik Am Englischen Königshofe

The Deller Consort*

The Deller Consort*

Tavern Songs, Catches And Glees

Carl Dolmetsch And Joseph Saxby

Recorder And Harpsichord Recital No. 3

Concentus Musicus Of Denmark, Aksel H. Mathiesen

Masque Music - Instrumental And Vocal Music From The Stuart Masque

LP, Album, Nonesuch

Forum Clássica 4

CD, Comp, Grupo Forum

CD, Album, Baroque'n Heart Productions

The New York Catch Club Under The Direction Of Saville Clark

Music Of The 16th And 17th Centuries Volume 8: Catch That Catch Can

James Oxley, Mark Caudle, Lilianna Stawarz

Muzyka Dworów Europejskich – Anglia

2007, CD, Promo, S/Edition, Twoja Muza

2003, CD, Comp, Testament,

CD Test Diapason - 24 Plages Pour Tester Votre Chaîne Hi-Fi

2002, CD, Smplr, Diapason,

Charivari Agréable

Two Upon A Ground

1998, CD, Signum Classics,

Baroque/Renaissance

Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt Edition

Une Histoire De La Musique Baroque - La Voie Profane

1997, 5xCD, Comp, Harmonia Mundi France,

1993, CD, Comp, Classic CD,

Anthony Bailes, Anne van Royen

Music For Two Lutes

For these Distracted Tymes - Music of the Civil War

1982, LP, Album, Meridian (2)

Musica Brittanica

CD, Comp, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Roderick Skeaping, Jane Ryan, Ian Gammie, Roland Götz

Musik Am Hofe Charles' II

LP, Studio XVII Augsburg