An excess of pleasure

This 1993 debut recording from the 'original' Palladians—Rachel Podger, Pamela Thorby, William Carter and Joanna Levine—is centred on seventeenth-century English music and the music of the Italians who lived and worked in England or whose pieces were sold and played there at this time. The sheer variety of composers and styles together with the ability of each player to bring these dancing melodies to life makes listening to this album full of pleasure, as its title suggests.

BKD010  65 minutes 43 seconds
‘This is playing of a high order in terms of both technique and imaginative power’ (Gramophone)
BBC Music Magazine