Rating: 3/5
Review:
Not the greatest music or playing
This is a disc of music from the late 15th and
early 16th Centuries. It was
a period of transition for the lute from mediaeval more monophonic pieces to
the complexity and multiple lines of the Renaissance. It is very good to have this available on
disc, and some of it is rather lovely, but as a whole disc I have some pretty
severe reservations about it.
Firstly, Dall'Aquila was a good composer but not a great
one, I think, so a whole disc of his music can get a bit much. For me, this is one to play a few pieces from
and then take a break – a feeling which is intensified by the playing. It's OK, but I quite often get a sense of
strain, as though Sandro Volta were at the very limit of his technique (and
occasionally beyond it). Compared to
some of the superb lute recordings available by people like Paul O'Dette, Jakob
Lindebrg, Nigel North and others, this is a bit of a struggle to listen to.
It's by no means
terrible and Volta deserves considerable credit for making this music available
to us, but I can only give this a rather severely qualified recommendation, I'm
afraid.
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