Mynstrelles with Straunge Sounds: the earliest consort music for viols Joseph Fort sits here alongside exuberant masterpieces

sits here alongside exuberant masterpieces from the Eton Choirbook and

and he exudes an invigorating sense of freedom

these are such committed performances

Simply stunning - Ruby Huges is on majestic form

Mynstrelles with Straunge Sounds: the earliest consort music for viols Joseph Fort sits here alongside exuberant masterpiecesSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO A rapid transformation in musical tastes occurred in the years around 1500, with the widespread distribution of part music in the new medium of print it was in this context that the consort of viols emerged. For their third recording on Delphian, the Rose Consort of Viols use a set of instruments modelled on those depicted in a Bolognese altarpiece dating from 1497. Peerless early music mezzo Clare Wilkinson joins