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'(...) This is an excellent disc; the performers successfully bring out the enigmatic, mysterious and engaging qualities of this (to some ears) angular and curious repertory. It is worth adding to your library (...).' (Early Music, 2010, 38 (1))
'This is a persuasive and very stylishly-executed collection of German instrumental music (keyboard and plucked strings) from the fifteenth century. (...) The music presented here is in turn compelling and touching, poignant and outward going. (...) Marti and Gondko play with a drive that's nicely matched with a sensitivity to the delicacies of the music (...). What Marti and Gondko have done in this recording is arrive at an intimacy which is at the same time detached enough to allow the essence of the music, rather than the peculiarities of its sonorities, to be as plain to us as it must have been to (courtly) audiences listening to it for the first time when played (...). There is a complete absence of "sameness" on this CD. Each piece has something special or distinctive about it. To have brought that out is the gift of these two players. (...) A coherent selection of pure and unpretentious instrumental music from which every nuance is drawn; yet performed in such a way that one knows there is more of substance waiting to be taken on subsequent hearings. Noble (edel) indeed. As persuasive, technically-superb and expressively very sensitive performers it seems obvious that Marti and Gondko expect you will listen again. A CD that thus heartily recommends itself.' (Classical.net, 2008) [read the full review]
'The combination is delighful. (...) In solo playing Marti's style is more strict. Gondko, perhaps because his pieces tend to be preludes and the like, has a more relaxed way of playing. In his hands phrases come across like extempore thoughts chasing each other across the imagination, an effect many try for but very few succeed. The CD case is beautifully produced; the essays are substantial and informative, and there is a list of manuscript sources.' (Lute News 88, December 2008)
'Una grabación de excelente calidad sonora de un repertorio muy poco conocido, imprescindible para los interesados en la música de la baja edad media y recomendable para todo oyente sensible. Los fundadores del acreditado conjunto La Morra, que tan buenas cosas en la música medieval y del temprano renacimiento, así como la editora Ramée con la que habitualmente colaboran, se apuntan otro gran tanto discográfico.' (Scherzo, October 2008)
'Ein wahrhaft spannender Ausflug
in eine Zeit musikalischer Umwälzungen, die sicherlich den
Neuerungen in der Musik an der Schwelle zum 20. Jahrhundert in nichts
nachstehen.' (klassik.com) [read
the full review]
'On attendait depuis longtemps
qu'un véritable programme de musique instrumentale du XVe
siècle donne une forme audible et crédible à
l'art de ces premiers virtuoses de la musique occidentale moderne...
Résultat: les découvertes e'enchaînement avec
une variéte savoureuse, et on sera frappé par la fraîcheur
et la qualité de la musique... A ne pas manquer'. (Diapason, July-August 2008)
'Sur trois superbes instruments
reconstruits d'après des sources du XVe siècle, l'union
du clavier avec le luth se renouvelle et offre une matière
sonore à la fois douce et bruissante... Les grands contrepoints
de la fin du programme...laissent pantois par leur verve et leur
complexité.' (Le Monde de la Musique, July-August 2008)
'Uno de los mejores discos de
música medieval de los últimos años' (www.diverdi.com)
[read
the full review]
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