No comprehensive collection of British music would be complete without reference to the outstanding achievement of Matthew Locke, most idiosyncratic and arguably the most original of Restorationcomposers before Purcell. This first of two chamber music volumes contains duos for two bass viols, the consort of two viols, the Little Consort and the Flat Consort of rugged chromatic music.

• Suite No. 1 in C minor (from The Flat Consort ‘For my Cousin Kemble’) Consort
• Suite No. 1 in D minor major 2 bass viols
• Suite No. 1 in G minor (from The Little Consort) Consort
• Suite No. 1 in G minor major (from The Consort of Two Parts ‘for Several Friends’) 2 part Consort
• Suite No. 2 in B flat major (from The Consort of Two Parts ‘for Several Friends’) 2 part Consort
• Suite No. 2 in B flat major (from The Flat Consort ‘For my Cousin Kemble’) Consort
• Suite No. 2 in C minor ma...