COMPANY: Linn
ARTIST: Elizabeth Kenny
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Various Composers

Product: 691062060325

Out of stock

Ars longa: Old and new music for theorbo

Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)

Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1639), James MacMillan (geb. 1959), Giovanni Kapsberger (1580-1651), Benjamin Oliver (geb. 1981), Robert de Visee (1650-1725), Nico Muhly (geb. 1981)

Piccinini: Toccaten Nr. 3, 10, 12; Ciaconna; Romanesca con partite variate; Corrente; Romanesca folia con variate
+MacMillan: Motet 1
+Kapsberger: Canario - Capona; Toccata prima; Passacaglia
+Oliver: Extending from the inside
+Visee: Suite c-moll; Prelude; Les Sylvains de Mr. Couperin
+Muhly: Berceuse mit 7 Variationen

Elizabeth Kenny (Laute)

August 2019

Kenny lacks neither extensive playing experience in chamber, orchestral or operatic contexts nor a brilliant musical imagination. She brings both to bear on these performances of ‘old and new music’…She beautifully combines an expansive orchestral conception with an almost painful improvisatory intimacy. It’s just lovely.

7th July 2019

James MacMillan’s devout Motet 1 (from Since it was the day of Preparation), Benjamin Oliver’s rather grittier Extending from the inside and Nico Muhly’s colourful Berceuse, with seven variations, make for excellent contrast and complement. Kenny’s playing is, as usual, sublime.

2nd June 2019

She frames the premieres with toccatas that sound like improvisations, hypnotic chaconnes that weave around repeated bass lines, and Robert de Visée’s lovely tribute to his fellow Frenchman, Les Sylvains de Mr Couperin.