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Goldberg Variations, Fretwork, St George's Bristol
Goldberg Variations, Fretwork, St George's Bristol
Bach on viols brings out the polyphony and promotes insomnia
Saturday, 05 March 2011
Fretwork: A smooth tapestry without joins
There are few more beautiful sounds on this planet than a consort of viols well played. Like a quiet conversation overheard from across the room, it combines intimacy and secrecy, together with a kind of conspiratorial subtlety of feeling – intellect and passion fused but disguised. And the sound has a delicacy and refinement hardly matched in any music I know.
There are few more beautiful sounds on this planet than a consort of viols well played. Like a quiet conversation overheard from across the room, it combines intimacy and secrecy, together with a kind of conspiratorial subtlety of feeling – intellect and passion fused but disguised. And the sound has a delicacy and refinement hardly matched in any music I know.
At high speed in an elaborate texture, it can be like walking a tightrope on stilts
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