Monteverdi, Claudio — Third Book of Madrigals for Viol Consort

Baton Rouge, Centaur, 2000. Performed by Sex Chordae Consort of Viols. NEWLY RELEASED CD. (Centaur CRC 2482). Total duration: 55:38 minutes. A stunningly beautiful release of Monteverdi madrigals, performed for five-part viol consort. Another important recording by the San Francisco Bay Area's stellar viol consort, whose tones at last year's Tage Alter Musik in Regensburg, Germany "..hovered like silver threads throughout the hall, producing nothing less than time travel" (Salzburger Nachrichten). The San Francisco Chronicle has call the consort "..an exhilarating discovery. .