Peter Holtslag plays original 18th century recorders from the Bate Collection, Oxford

“Awakening Princesses“: Since the days of Frans Brüggen, it has been a nearly impossible undertaking to perform on original historical instruments. The instruments languish locked up in display cases and archives. On this AEOLUS SuperAudioCD (AE-10186), Peter Holtslag awakens to life again six famous instruments by Peter Bressan and others. With Elizabeth Kenny (archlute and theorbo), Rainer Zipperling (bass viol and cello) and Carsten Lohff (harpsichord). This unique sound document does justice to the “