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As Time Goes By

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Delicate Polyphony Performed on Renaissance Recorders of Various SizesThe year 1621 was a momentous one, marking the passing of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, a master of the Dutch school of music, and the publication of his pupil Samuel Scheidts renowned collection of masterpieces, *Ludi Musici*. This album brings together instrumental works emblematic of that era, performed with fresh sensitivity by the Vienna-based recorder ensemble As Time Goes By. Centered on Schait and Sweelinck, the album features dance pieces and variations by John Bull, Orlando Gibbons, Peter Phillips, and Johann Hermann Schein. Through the use of Renaissance recorders of various sizes, the album vividly captures the rich musical exchanges and the charm of delicate polyphony in early 17th-century Europe.TYXART