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Reviewer:
Edward Breen
The Sollazzo Ensemble are formed
of three voices, two vielles and a harp. Their sound is generally bright, deft
and energetic with a very clear focus on text. The singers use a variety of
techniques to engage and communicate, from beautiful clear phrasing to crisp,
expressive consonants, which at times allows them to tread a deliciously thin
line between soft singing and electrifying stage whispers. Every performance on
this disc is illuminating, considered and committed. Take for instance the
madrigal by Giovanni da Firenze ( fl1340-50): Angnel son biancho
from the Panciatichi Codex, a moralising tale told from the point of view of a
sacrificial lamb. The bright, shimmering sopranos Yukie Sato and Perrine
Devillers sing in delicate unison as the voice of this lamb, relishing the
onomatopoeic bleating in the text until the actual sacrifice is mentioned,
leaving just one soprano to finish the madrigal with poignant stillness. More
than once, this album has confronted me with old favourites performed in new
ways. Solage’s ( fl late 14th century) harmonically slithery, menacing
ballade Le basile I had much admired in the rich, smooth vocalised
performance by Gothic Voices on their then groundbreaking album ‘The Study of
Love’ (Hyperion, 6/93), but here, Vivien Simon’s gloriously clear tenor voice is
absolutely bewitching. |
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