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Reviewer: James
A. Altena Winston Churchill famously once sent a pudding he had ordered in a restaurant back to the kitchen with the complaint that it “lacks a theme.” While I’m not ready to send this disc back to Ramée, I do have somewhat of a similar objection here. Despite the disc’s subtitle, and some interesting and informative discussion of Stadtpfeifern (literally, “city pipers”) as municipal jack-of-all-trades musical performers employed by many German cities to provide music for civic occasions, the musical contents of this CD are simply a miscellany of five sacred vocal works and three secular instrumental ones by Schein, with an additional seven instrumental works (three played on an organ, four by an instrumental consort) of both sacred and secular character by the other composers listed in the sub-headnote above. The instrumental ensemble InAltro—comprising two players on cornetts, four on Baroque trombones, and one apiece on dulcian, theorbo (alternating with archlute and Baroque guitar), percussion (drum and tamburello), and organ—plays with style and polish, though the works featured here are not ones that make virtuoso demands. The two sopranos have attractive if not highly individual voices; the tenor is acceptable, but has the somewhat more nasal and whitish vocal production typical of many vocalists on Baroque recital discs of a generation ago but thankfully much less prevalent today. Texts are provided in German, English, and French, plus the original Latin for track 4 (Exaudiat te Dominus). The recorded sound is clear and spacious. Approached simply as a miscellany of late Renaissance/early Baroque music, this release affords moderate pleasure; but those seeking an introduction to Schein and his music have better alternatives. For sacred vocal music, begin with the complete set of Israels Brünnlein with Hans-Christoph Rademann and the Dresden Chamber Choir on Carus (see my review from 36:3). For secular instrumental works, try the selections of suites from the Banchetto musicale by either the Sex Chordae Consort on Centaur, or by Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XX, originally issued by EMI and then licensed first by Virgin Classics and now by Erato/Warner (see the laudatory reviews by Brian Robins and J. F. Weber from 21:4 and 11:4, respectively). | |
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