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Inviolata: lutenist Jacob Heringman returns to the fascinating genre of Josquin's sacred music intabulated for lute and for vihuela
[…] counter-intuitive to transfer Josquin's music for four or so voices to a plucked, fretted instrument like a lute or vihurls, but the results are seductive. The arrangements preserve the multi-voice complexity of Josquin's writing, and Heringman is certainly adept at balancing multiple voices. This is quiet, intense music, beautifully recorded so that we can feel we are in the room with Heringman. Not all the arrangements are by 16th century composers. Besides ones by Hans Gerle (German lutenist from Nuremberg), Alonso Mudarra (Spanish composer for the vihuela), Enriquez de Valderrabano (Spanish composer for the vihuela), Hans Neusidler (German lutenist) and Simon Ginzler (Austrian lutenist), there are arrangements by Heringman himself. In an article in the booklet, Heringman talks about how 16th century lutenists would have improvised on pre-existing material to create new repertoire, so that he feels that a modern lutenist who aims to be historically informed needs to include […]
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