Album lore

Philippe Pierlot’s Meditation, issued by FLORA in 2022, assembles a collection of nineteen pieces drawn from early music manuscripts, chiefly French and Polish ayres and the Tournus Manuscript of pièces de viole. Pierlot, a viol player and conductor known for his refined touch, delivers interpretations steeped in chamber music intimacy. The featured “Les Voix Humaines” (Lentement), from Pièces de viole, Livre 2, exemplifies the album’s measured pacing and ornamented lines, showcasing the viol’s plaintive timbre.The program includes a variety of forms—sarabandes, courantes, chaconnes—offering a survey of baroque and renaissance repertoire as preserved in these historical sources. The album’s modest audience on Last.fm, with just over four thousand listeners, belies its value to those pursuing the lineage of early string music and its nuanced articulation. Meditation stands as a quietly assured artifact, pairing scholarly attention with the tactile resonance of period instruments.

Album lore

Philippe Pierlot’s Meditation, issued by FLORA in 2022, assembles a collection of nineteen pieces drawn from early music manuscripts, chiefly French and Polish ayres and the Tournus Manuscript of pièces de viole. Pierlot, a viol player and conductor known for his refined touch, delivers interpretations steeped in chamber music intimacy. The featured “Les Voix Humaines” (Lentement), from Pièces de viole, Livre 2, exemplifies the album’s measured pacing and ornamented lines, showcasing the viol’s plaintive timbre.The program includes a variety of forms—sarabandes, courantes, chaconnes—offering a survey of baroque and renaissance repertoire as preserved in these historical sources. The album’s modest audience on Last.fm, with just over four thousand listeners, belies its value to those pursuing the lineage of early string music and its nuanced articulation. Meditation stands as a quietly assured artifact, pairing scholarly attention with the tactile resonance of period instruments.