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Reviewer: Rob
Barnett
The angelically-voiced Kiehr with Aymes here
delves into the deep and rewarding
repertoire of Italian solo motets. The balmy Santa Agnelett's
Gloria imparts calm like a benediction and establishes a line from which
Mozart's Exultate Jubilate may be said to trace its ancestry. For Luigi
Ross's Pender non prima Kiehr's voice is joined by harpsichord and lute.
Contrast is provided by the echoing complexity of Frescobaldi's Toccata for
harp - quite a discovery and not at all dainty. Other tracks include
instrumental and vocal pieces, many short, by Ferrari, Mazzocchi, Gratiani,
Rossi, Kapsberger (whose lute and chitarrone works have an HM Gold disc of
their own). Remarkable is the Lagrime Amare by Mazzocchi the melisma of
which takes the listener into realms more familiar from the works of Alan
Hovhaness. Ferrari's Queste pungente spine is given an otherworldly
confiding edge by Kiehr and Concerto Soave. The ensemble’s soloistic
excellence throughout is a real strength of this anthology from a long
distant world which is here recreated afresh. The sung words are printed in
full and with some style and generosity of layout. Translations are also
provided: French, English, German.
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