Adding to the major corpus of the composer’s music for strings issued in previous volumes, the seventeen fantasia-suites of VdGS Group I, for treble, bass and organ, with the ten fantasia-suites of Group II already in MB78, are amongst Jenkins’s earliest compositions in this form, following in structure but not technique the example of fantasia-suites by John Coprario. The two suites of Group IV, also for treble, bass and organ, match the nine fantasia-suites of Group III published in MB90, and like those works display a similar high level of instrumental virtuosity in their divisions. With the publication of MB104, all eight series of the composer’s fantasia-suites are now available in Musica Britannica.
Fantasia-Suite No. 1 in F (VdGS Group I, No. 1)
Fantasia-Suite No. 1 in a (VdGS Group IV, No. 1)
Fantasia-Suite No. 2 in F (VdGS Group I, No. 2)
Fantasia-Suite No. 2 in g (VdGS Group IV, No. 2)
Fantasia-Suite No. 3 in g (VdGS Group I, No. 3)
Fantasia-Suite No. 4 in G (VdGS Group I, No. 4)
Fantasia-Suite No. 5 in a (VdGS Group I, No. 5)
Fantasia-Suite No. 6 in a (VdGS Group I, No. 6)
Fantasia-Suite No. 7 in A (VdGS Group I, No. 7)
Fantasia-Suite No. 8 in B flat (VdGS Group I, No. 8)
Fantasia-Suite No. 9 in B flat (VdGS Group I, No. 9)
Fantasia-Suite No. 10 in C (VdGS Group I, No. 10)
Fantasia-Suite No. 11 in c (VdGS Group I, No. 11)
Fantasia-Suite No. 12 in d (VdGS Group I, No. 12)
Fantasia-Suite No. 13 in d (VdGS Group I, No. 13)
Fantasia-Suite No. 14 in D (VdGS Group I, No. 14)
Fantasia-Suite No. 15 in D (VdGS Group I, No. 15)
Fantasia-Suite No. 16 in e (VdGS Group I, No. 16)
Fantasia-Suite No. 17 in e (VdGS Group I, No. 17)