Bertali, Schmelzer etc

Florian Deuter & ensemble

Accent ACC 2474

One of the most delectable 17 C music recordings to come my way recently, superbly programmed from scores in Ludwig's library [R].

There is a great deal of freedom and improvisatory feeling, as is the case too with medieval music (- - often actually 'new' music because so much of what we do is improvised, composed, arranged, reconstructed in the here and now - - Leah Stuttard, medieval flautist).

Recorded to perfection. Ideal for late evening listening.

Peter Grahame Woolf