Performance ***** Recording *****
“…The lighter three-part works are delightfully varied and experimental, Lupo exploiting different combinations of viols to coloristic effect. Fretwork highlight’s Lupo’s various affects; here, the style is light and breezy – buoyed by lithe, dancing rhythms, gracefully articulated; elsewhere, wistful melodies and chromaticisms evoke a darker more introspective mood. Throughout, the consort’s sound is luminous and finely balanced that in the more intricate contrapuntal works individual lines remain lucid.”