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The Linarol Consort play on a set of viols copied from the one surviving instrument by the Venetian luthier Francesco Linarol. The sound is marginally less ‘gamy’ than one is used to from this... —
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Alamire perform Media vita at a pitch where their tenors shine particularly brightly. In their hands this polyphony has a lower centre of gravity than the famous recording by The Tallis Scholars... —
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Coelho: Flores de musica pera o instrumento de tecla, & harpa, Volume 1
Sérgio Silva, Maria de Fátima Nunes (mezzo-soprano), Mariana Moldão (soprano)
Sérgio Silva brings years of devoted musicological research to this repertory. He plays cleanly and rhythmically, with an unerring sense of purpose. His detailed booklet notes are helpfully... —
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Flores de Musica pera o Instrumento de Tecla, & Harpa. 1620 • Volume 2
André Ferreira, Maria Bayley, Ars Lusitana
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Hieronymus Praetorius: Motets in 8, 10, 12, 16 & 20 Parts
Stephen Farr (organ)
Alamire, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, David Skinner
The largest motet, Decantabat populus a 20 is a text about singing praises. Despite grand forces and wide vocal ranges, the textures avoid heaviness through use of word-rhythms and sprightly... —
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Jacquet of Mantua: Motets & Secular Songs
Kirsty Whatley, Lucy Hillman (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Madden (soprano), Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, David Skinner
the prime contribution here is the five-voice Aspice Domine, which counts as one of the most often copied motets of the 16th century, here presented with a verve and sense of flow that give... —
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This, Fount & Origin’s debut album, leads me to hope for many sequels...they produce a warm, clear, luminous sound, with the parts beautifully blended yet clearly articulated and well served... —
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Inn Stetter Hut: Sixteenth-century Viol Music for the Richest Man in the World - Volume II
Linarol Consort; James Gilchrist
