Paolo Pandolfo returns centre stage after nearly two years of silence, with a new disc of a practice that has virtually disappeared from 'Classical' music: improvisation.

Turning back to a tradition which, in the 16th century counted upon practitioners as famous as Diego Ortiz, Christopher Simpson and Girolamo Della Casa and that continued with significant names such as Frescobaldi, Corelli,

Mozart and Brahms, these musicians unleash their imagination to regale us with 80 minutes of touching beauty, captured over four days of recording by Glossa's microphones. Pandolfo is one of the greats, one of today's essential musicians. His dazzling virtuosity and a musicality means he is a true mover and shaker in an early music world that grows stuffier by the day.