Biber reviews
Biber: Requiem, etc
Vox Luminis; Freiburger Barockconsort/Lionel Meunier (Alpha Classics)
Misterio: Biber • Piazzolla
Julia Schröder; Lautten Compagney/Wolfgang Katschner (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Biber: The Mystery Sonatas
Christina Day Martinson; Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Linn)
A Courtly Garland for Baroque Trumpet
Robert Farley; Orpheus Britannicus/Andrew Arthur (Resonus)
The Dreams & Fables I Fashion
Elicia Silverstein, Mauro Valli, Michele Pasotti (Rubicon)
The Baroque Bohemians
Readers who are fans of Red Priest and know the sort of things the group gets up to will need no further enticement other than the release of its latest CD. Others, dare I say it, may need to proceed with caution. This is a disc of arrangements. Many of them work well and we can admire the vitality, imagination and virtuosity on display.