CD, Holborne (composer)
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the result is coherently put together, with Hughes's resourceful vocal imagination and use of tone, plus the subtlety and careful placement of her decorations, drawing the ear again and again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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…a unique snapshot of contemporary performances styles, with sober Elizabethan and early Jacobean danced and ditties dressed up in elaborate Baroque garb - rich in ornamentation, fashionably... —
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Special offer. Instruments of Middle Ages & the Renaissance
The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow
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This third instalment in Capella de la Torre’s series of the four elements is every bit as fresh and thoughtful as one would expect from one of Europe’s leading early wind ensembles...This enjoyable... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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An Elizabethan Christmas
RecommendedByrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Emma Walshe (soprano), Lucy Cox (soprano), Amy Lyddon (vocalist), Guy Cutting (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone), Edmund Saddington (bass-baritone), Fretwork, Richard Boothby
The songs are interspersed with short instrumental pieces, including two genial fantasies ‘for ye great dooble bass’ by Gibbons. All are played with Fretwork’s typical attunement to the sensibilities... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2021
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The programme is planned imaginatively: groups of five or six contrasting pieces in compatible tonalities. The treatment of the individual dances is imaginative, too...The solemn pavans are... —
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The general tone is meditative, but by using a range of keyboards and including some unexpected sounds along the way, Gallon ensures we are never tempted to nod off. —
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Throughout the SACD Lindberg proves (as if he needed to!) that he is a sympathetic and perceptive interpreter of the lute music of the Renaissance. This is an outstanding, treasure of an album.... —
