专辑简介

Over the past 50 years Howard Bass has performed solo music for lute and classical guitar and in ensembles specializing in early music and traditional Sephardic music. This recording brings together a sampling of the music he has played during a long and successful career. Many of the people and groups he has performed with are represented here, including Hesperus, La Rondinella, and Trio Sefardi; vocalists Flory Jagoda, James Bowman, Rosa Lamoreaux, Barbara Hollinshead, and Susan Gaeta; and instrumentalists Tina Chancey, Scott Reiss, Ronn McFarlane, and Brian Kay. Bass has been praised by reviewers for his sensitive accompaniments and his tasteful solo interpretations. The album includes music for Renaissance and baroque lute, classical guitar music of Ponce and Villa-Lobos from early in Bass's career, and examples of his more recent work with traditional Sephardic music.