Ring Ensemble - The Medici Wedding (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 305 Mb | Total time: 67:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Records | # ABCD 154 | Recorded: 2000
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 305 Mb | Total time: 67:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Records | # ABCD 154 | Recorded: 2000
Fantastic singing by the Finnish ensemble, who display a remarkable ability to convey the 'polyphony' - the sounding together of 'many tunes'. For their focus is very much on ensuring each voice is phrasing & singing their 'tune', with the lovely harmonies a result rather than their main target. It's good to hear an ensemble singing this way, all too often we hear the same 'vertical' (harmonic) approach that is the basis of the last 200+ years of concentration on tune+harmony, rather than a truly 'horizontal' focus on the lines of the music.