Ten fantasia-suites, for two treble viols, bass viol and organ, written early in the composer’s career, and fifteen fantasia-air sets, probably late productions, add to the significant corpus of music for viol consort by this outstanding seventeenth-century composer who inherited and expanded the tradition of instrumental fantasias handed down from Coprario and Lawes. Recordings of the fifteen fantasia-air sets, performed by the Locke Consort, are available on the Channel Classics label, CD numb...

• Air in E (VdGS Group VII, No. 7b) (No. 19 in Volume)
• Air in e (VdGS Group VII, No. 7a) (No. 18 in Volume)
• Fantasia-Air Set No. 1 in d (VdGS Group VII, No. 1)
• Fantasia-Air Set No. 2 in a (VdGS Group VII, No. 2)
• Fantasia-Air Set No. 3 in D (VdGS Group VII, No. 3)
• Fantasia-Air Set No. 4 in g (VdGS Group VII, No. 4)
• Fantasia-Air Set No. 5 in F (VdGS Group VII, No. 5)
• Fantasia-Air Set No. 6 in B flat (VdGS Group VII, No. 6)
• Fantasia-Air Set No. 7 in e (VdGS Group VII, No. 7)...