Susanne Heinrich - Hume: Passion & Division - The First Part of Ayres�Captain Humes Musicall Humors (1605)

Susanne Heinrich�s first solo release for Hyperion was a deliciously atmospheric award-winning disc of music by Abel. She continues her exploration of the world of the viol with this fascinating selection of works by the English composer Tobias Hume. Hume is a paradoxical figure: sometime mercenary solider and popularly described as a dilettante, the suggestive titles of some of these pieces reinforce that picture�a picture that is belied by the music itself. Many of these works show a deep understanding of pure, translucent emotion, as if to take a magnifying glass straight to the core of one�s feelings. A sense of melancholy and sadness, enhanced by Heinrich�s sympathetic playing, entices the listener into a world of dark enchantment.