in Early Music Today (Sep, 2015)
A recording of the greatest Italian lutenist of the early renaissance by one the best lute players now living is something eagerly anticipated in lute circles, and this superb new album in no way disappoints. The recorded sound of Nigel North’s Malcolm Prior lute is delicious, with lovely balance of treble and bass across its range – something which North never fails to bring out in contrapuntal voice leading: the high notes on the top string sing out, but we hear every other voice too. The term virtuoso is overused nowadays, but Nigel North is the real deal, and from the first bar we sense his complete mastery of his instrument …
Milano: Dolcissima Amorosa – North
Ricercar (4)
Ricercar (1)
Ricercar (72)
Fantasia (2)
Fantasia (27)
Fantasia (62)
Fantasia(3)
Ricercar (8)
Fantasias (32 and 41)
Quanta Belta (jacques Arcadelt) (122)
Fantasia (sopra Quanta Belta) (22)
Fantasias (31 and 7)
Fantasia (57)
Ricercar (84)
Fantasia (81)
Ricercar (73)
Fantasia (40)
Ricercar (16)
Ricercar (17)
Fantasia (30)
Ricercar (15)
Ricercar (51)
Fantasia (28)
Fantasia “dolcissima Et Amorosa”
Fantasia (58)
Fantasias (38 and 39)
Ricercar (35)
Fantasia (56)
Ricercar (10)
De Mon Triste De Desplaisir (jean Richafort) (121)
Fantasia De Mon Triste (36)
Fantasia Et Ricercar “la Compagna” (33 and 34)
North, Nigel
20,60€
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