Mynstrelles With Straunge Sounds: The Earliest Consort Music For Viols

Product Description A rapid transformation in musical tastes occurred in the years around 1500, thanks to the relatively widespread distribution of part-music in the new medium of print. It was in this context that the consort of viols emerged. For their third recording on Delphian, the Rose Consort of Viols use a set of instruments modeled on those depicted in an Italian altarpiece dating from 1497 in Bologna. Peerless early-music mezzo Clare Wilkinson joins the consort in a sophisticated interweaving of voices that casts revealing light on the earliest music for this innovative combination of instruments. Review “The results are fascinating, and much closer to a live encounter than a recording.” –Alexandra Coghlan, Gramophone Choice, August 2015 “The four viol players of the Rose Consort play with a real sense of collaboration and cohesion, whilst ensuring that each instrument is independently clear and focussed, despite the sometimes wide range of pitch.” –Andrew Benson-Wilson, Andrewbensonwilson.org, September 14, 2015

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