![]() ![]() Performances by this Argentinian group are spirited and idiomatic throughout, with never a hint of technical failing, no mean feat since some of music here is quite challenging. Some of the anonymous pieces, like the brief 7 th Royal Estampie, Le Ductia, and Saltarello, all from the 13 th Century, have a lively, infectious charm that invokes Medieval sun and joy.Īll in all there's much to enjoy here for recorder fanciers. The Henry VIII If love now reigned and En vrae amoure and the Two Spanish Songs ( Torre de la nina by Ponce and the anonymous Meu Naranjedo) were originally accompanied by poetic texts but are here presented instrumentally only and sound quite effective that way. I would say there's not a selection here that won't be of at least mild interest. Other music here from earlier periods includes that of Alphonso El Sabio, Adam de la Halle, Des Préz, Weelkes, Henry VIII, Attaingnant, and many others. There are other Baroque selections by Van Eyck, Finer, and D'Aquin, all of considerable interest. Ethereal and dreamy describe the mood of Couperin's delectable Rossignol en Amour. The Hotteterre Les Delices – Le Champêtre are duo pieces for contralto recorders, also with harpsichord and viola da gamba accompaniment, that are charming, delicate and graceful, occasionally calling Bach to mind. The Marcello sonata (in D minor) features accompaniment by harpsichord and viola da gamba, and offers substantive music in a slow-fast-slow-fast structure. It is, in fact, the Baroque selections that are the most significant here. Many are around just a minute's length, some much longer, including a sonata by Baroque composer Marcello that clocks in at 7:20. The disc of recorder music offers thirty tracks, and more than that many pieces since some cues contain more than one selection. Here is an interesting pair of rereleases. ![]() François Couperin: Le Rossignol en Amour.Jacques Hotteterre: Les Délices - Le Champêtre.Godfrey Finer: Variations on a figured bass.Jacob van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof (The Eden of the Flutes) - Boffons.François Caroubel: Gavotte and Branle Gai.Pierre Attaingnant: Basse Danse and Tourdion.John Holborne: Suite for Five Instruments.Claude Gervaise: Pavana y Gallarda D'Angleterre.Thomas Weelkes: Fantasia for Two Basses. ![]() Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria (2). ![]()
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