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Reviewer:
Fabrice Fitch
That needn’t
matter when the performances catch the ear but on this occasion Savall’s wonted
flair seems to have eluded him. These interpretations might have been made 40
years ago, with drums and bells added to voices and instruments and tempos on
the slow side, giving a rather static impression. (The bells are a particular
distraction, being fractionally late much of the time.) The vocal ensemble
sounds under-prepared and hesitant in the face of music that demands to be
grabbed by the scruff of the neck (try the opening duet of Christus, filius
Deus or the whole of Angeli, archangeli, which The Clerks’ Group
performed with such gumption over 20 years ago – ASV, 3/95) or delivered with
more feeling (Quis dabit capiti meo aquam?, the poignant lament for
Isaac’s patron Lorenzo the Magnificent). Most surprising, even the instrumental
ensemble sounds a touch jaded in La morra, Palle, palle and La mi la
sol. This may be due to the sound recording, which lacks the intended
opulence; but in sum, there are few pieces for which more stylish and satisfying
recorded alternatives don’t already exist. The accompanying booklet is lavishly
illustrated, as always with Alia Vox, though the painted representation of
Lorenzo the Magnificent is in fact that of his grandson and namesake Lorenzo,
Duke of Urbino. |
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