Unexpected? The pairing of viola da gamba and accordion is certainly that! But perhaps even more surprising is how well the singing strings of the veteran instrument harmonize with the subtly-vibrating reeds of the centuries-younger newcomer. Also unexpected is this cross-generational meeting of two musicians (what are the odds?), who found each other exploring the ‘poetical humours’ of early-seventeenth-century England. Recently reunited in the recording studio after several seasons of rapturously received recitals, with this well-timed album the duo Les inAttendus makes its first entry into the harmonia mundi catalogue.

Tobias Hume [1579-1645]
1. What greater grief   2'15

John Dowland [1562/1563-1626]
2. Shall I sue, shall I seek for grace?   4'20

Orlando Gibbons [1583-1625]
3. Galliard a 3   1'21

Michael East [c.1580-1648]
4. And I as well as Thou   2'04

John Dowland [1562/1563-1626]
5. Flow, my tears, fall from your springs   4'35
6. she excuse my wrongs   1'15

Thierry Tidrow
7. Into something rich and strange   9'36

John Bull [1562-63-1628]
8. Goodnighte   3'41
9. Myself   2'54

Tobias Hume [1579-1645]
10. Sweete Musicke   5'12
11. Touch me sweetely   2'00

Orlando Gibbons [1583-1625]
12. Fantasia   5'18

Tobias Hume [1579-1645]
13. Captain Humes Pavan   5'15

Philippe Hersant
14. Lully Lullay   8'12

John Dowland [1562/1563-1626]
15. In darkness let me dwell   4'19