Rating: 5/5
Review:
A lovely disc
This is a very welcome re-release of a Glossa disc from 2000. It consists of French theorbo music from the baroque period by Bethune, de Viseé, Forqueray, Lully and Marais. It's a lovely programme, very well played and recorded.
The music, as one might expect from this list of fine composers, tends to be courtly, but has real beauty and emotional depth to it in places, as well as the occasional welcome zing in a couple of the gigues. It's all very high-quality stuff - the pieces by Forqueray, Lully and Marais, who aren't especially noted for their compositions for the theorbo are excellent, the de Visée suite is typically lovely and the pieces by Béthune (whom I hadn't heard of) are a revelation. It's a terrific, varied programme.
Moreno is in his element here and plays beautifully. The sheer sound of his theorbo is a delight and he gives each of these pieces a distinct, appropriate character. The whole thing is beautifully recorded and it's a delight throughout. I can recommend this very warmly.
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