Hume, T
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the result is coherently put together, with Hughes's resourceful vocal imagination and use of tone, plus the subtlety and careful placement of her decorations, drawing the ear again and again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Ensemble of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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Every now and then, a CD is released that knocks one’s reviewing socks off with its combined originality of repertoire and quality of musical performance...the music dances, muses and mourns... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2010, Editor's Choice
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If you’re secretly after ‘smooth baroque’ but too embarrassed to click on that playlist, this album is your top-drawer, face-saving solution. If you’re interested in a world in which the viola... —
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Tobias Hume was a professional soldier and a 'gentleman' (read amateur) composer, and virtuoso of the bass viol. His Musicall Humors (1605), a large collection of solo pieces, is the first publication... —
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Dreames & Imaginations - Poeticall Musicke to be sung to the Lyra viol (Music from around 1600)
Anna-Lena Elbert (soprano), Evangelina Mascardi (renaissance lute), Angélique Mauillon (harp), Friederike Heumann (viola da gamba, lyra viol)
The instrumentalists are perfect matches and the instrumental works are given excellent performances, which are subtle when needed, and explore the dynamic possibilities to good effect. —
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Garth Knox - D’Amore
Music for Viola d’amore from 1600 to the present day
Garth Knox (viola d’amore) & Agnès Vesterman (violoncello)
This is quite simply an outstandingly magical disc. From the very first notes one is totally captivated by the fantastic richness of the sound produced by the combination of the viola d'amore... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Disc of the Month
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One of the most charismatic performers in Baroque music today, Pandolfo shows the full range of his sublime musicality in this tour of the solo viol repertoire, from the late Renaissance to... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Best-kept Secrets
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