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The Bassano Quartet plays on historically built consort recorders with a length up to almost 3 meters (worlds largest recorder). These hand built instruments come from the workshop of Adriana Breukink. Her instruments are played by famous players and ensembles all over the world. The Bassano Quartet is formed by Adriana Breukink, Ronald Moelker, Sanne Vos and Wolf Meyer.
The quartet just played in the Early Music Festival in St. Petersburg (Russia) to present their new cd. ‘Torres del Alma - Towers of the Soul’ with highlights of Spanish music from the 15th century manuscript Cancionero Musical de Palacio, around the mystic saint Teresa de Ávila from the 16th century and the 17th century Catalan composer Joan Cabanilles.
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Ivan Moody - Gramophone, July 2011:
"The Bassano Quartet is certainly an impressively virtuoso group absolute masters of the style"
John Miller - SA-CD.net, 23 January 2011:
“An enchanting and unusual disc, which makes me suspect that I already have a candidate for my Record of the Year. Please don't miss this one.”
“Performances by the Bassano Quartet are exemplary: rhythmically buoyant, crisply articulated and truly conversational part-playing.”
Tijdschrift Oude Muziek (NL), December 2010:
"That the Netherlands can be counted as among the worlds best in the field of recorder is exemplified by this cd"
Linnrecords.com, 01 August 2010:
“World renowned recorder quartet, Bassano, take us on a whirlwind tour of Spanish consort music, performed on some remarkable instruments.”
St. Petersburg - Russia