Locke: Consorts Flat and Sharp

Phantasm

Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol and director
Jonathan Manson, tenor and bass viols
Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, bass viol

with Elizabeth Kenny, theorbo

Released in January 2024


“Locke’s questing harmonies and imaginative contrapuntal writing, heard at their peak in the third Suite, fill every bar with interest. Phantasm, augmented where appropriate by Elizabeth Kenny on theorbo, capture this richness of invention with cultivated playing.” - Financial Times


“The virtuoso violists return to the radical 17th-century soundworld of Matthew Locke. You won’t hear this music done better.” - The Observer (Fiona Maddocks)

David Skudlik