Dalza - Pavana alla ferrarese

Playing a six-course lute with an extra octave for the third course (double-string) and the upper octave unusually on the ‘thumb side’ for all courses (horses for courses, I guess), Smith here,... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2023 More…

The stability and brilliance of the instrument produces, under Catalina Vicens’ fingers, a seductive radiance. Throughout, her playing offers variation in articulation and sound quality, through... — FonoForum, July 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

these performances.... communicate an infectious sense of enjoyment and enthusiasm (and) make thoroughly satisfying listening. — The Telegraph, 12/10/2002 More…