THOMAS TOMKINS : Keyboard Music Vol. 1 (Bernhard Klapprott) (1996) MDG Scene Series | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) was the last of the English Virginalists. After him, the style died out entirely. Although he was something of a late starter (being the Chapel Royal's junior organist to Gibbons, despite being more than ten years older), he spent much of the later part of his life writing keyboard music (whereas Gibbons died thirty years earlier). Although he was content largely to adopt the forms and figures of the old masters, Tomkins did this expertly, due to his large collection of manuscript sources. By that time, no one cared about the English keyboard style at all (a fact Tomkins lamented), but he nonetheless sojourned on -- to one of the largest and most varied outputs in this style. In fact, only Byrd's output is comparable in size, and he was the primary initiator of the style. Therefore, this music (in spite of its artistic weaknesses) provides a fine endmark to an artistic endeavor that was all too brief. medieval.org
THOMAS TOMKINS (1572-1656)
Tracklist :
Cover - Jan Miense Molenaer (Dameam Virginal) 
Harpsichord & Virginal – Bernhard Klapprott