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  42:1 (09-10 /2018)
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A few months back I reviewed an album (Kapsberger’s Libro terzo d’intavolatura di chitarrone; Cremona 002-009) that attempted to separate (with only slight success) the chittarone from the archlute and the tiorba. At various times and in various places, the names were used interchangeably, as the instruments’ development paths diverged and came together once more. Much the same holds true for the medieval vielle, which is heard on this album—not only in its familiar vielle presence, but also as a rubeba (with a soundboard made from goat skin), and a six-stringed crwth. For further variety, we hear the instrument in music transcribed over roughly 150 years, from the late 13th century to the early 15th; as accompaniment in songs—including two of the three surviving melodies by the Lespéronese troubadour Perdigon—and as a featured lead in numerous estampies.
 

The character of the works is sufficiently varied to sustain interest, differing in textures, tempo, and fixed or flexible rhythms. Baptiste Romain’s Le Miroir de Musique consists here of a harp, lute, mezzo, two sopranos, countertenor (Paulin Bündgen, one of the best), four vielles, bagpipes, and percussion. Despite the ensemble’s size, only two or three of these musicians are heard together on most selections, granting these pieces a sense of intimacy. Various albums add instruments to repetitions of a given estampie’s theme, creating a sense of increased energy and power, with Mit ganczem Willen by Alla Francesca and Alta an excellent example that comes to mind. (It’s on Armes Amours, Opus 111 30-221; deleted, yet well worth searching out.) But the dances heard here at most add percussion after several thematic repeats, as occurs in La uitime estampie Real. Continuity, rather than momentary excitement, is the goal.
 

The pair of voices in Soyés loyal a vo povoir, one of five vocal cuts (out of 16 selections in all) on the album, are lost within the ensemble, as well as being slightly washed out in tone. Elsewhere, all is well, with excellent balance between all members of this expert ensemble. In short, recommended, vocals aside.

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