| Live Reviews ‘The opening concert in the York Early Music Festival left one searching for suitable superlatives to describe the excellence of the Musica Antiqua of London. Every member of the quintet was so utterly accomplished that not a moment fell below the very highest performing attainment……… A concert you wished would never end.’ Yorkshire Post ‘Of the performers, no praise can be too high... intonation was allbut faultless… the singers were a joy’ Bath Evening Chronicle ‘Some of the most elegant and delicate playing I have heard in many years’ The Times ‘The driving force was fluidity and musical unity…
a genuinely imaginative programme’ ‘For the viol playing, I think no praise is too high:
they do everything with a pleasingly light touch and always
with a real sensitivity to the music.’ ‘This is a magical ensemble of poise and great musical sensitivity.’ Yorkshire Post ‘An elegant, vivaciously presented anthology….a
disc I have already enjoyed many times and plan to keep near
me.’ Early Music 'I've
played this disc more than any other in this month's batch; marvellous
music, sung and played with just the right style and musicianship:
I recommend it strongly' 'Wordplay
is the disc to buy….. instead of the cold virtuosity that
is normally used for divisions, here we hear them as intensifications
of the musical expression…… a genuinely new and imaginative
approach to 16th-century instrumental music. This is an outstanding
recording.' 'these
performances… communicate an infectious sense of enjoyment
and enthusiasm [and] make thoroughly satisfying listening….'
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