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Iestyn Davies

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Fretwork at 35: seventeenth-century laments sung by Iestyn DaviesIestyn Davies, one of the finest countertenors of our time and a source of pride to British music, joins the viol consort Fretwork, which celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary in 2021.A collection of seventeenth-century German laments for viol consort and voices.Iestyn Davies is a British countertenor renowned worldwide for his beautiful, agile voice and his intelligent musicianship. He has won two Gramophone Awards and a Grammy, has been nominated for an Olivier Award, and was appointed MBE in 2017. Fretwork was founded in 1986 by distinguished viol players including Asako Morikawa and Richard Boothby, and marked its thirty-fifth anniversary in 2021 as one of the world’s leading viol consorts.Their 2019 album If (SIGCD586), which paired Michael Nyman with Henry Purcell, was named a Gramophone Editor’s Choice (May 2019) and Cri