Hello, Frank. I have that Clemencic Consort album too. It's nice to meet another early-music enthusiast.

I have come to like the slightly rough, burry sound of early stringed instruments. Recently I attended a concert in honor of Henry Purcell's 350th, where local musicians played his incidental music for 'Abdelazer' [sp] on early-type instruments.

(I was tickled to hear a dance tune we play, 'Hole in the Wall.')

I tried to find a CD of that music, but the only version I could find was all smoothed out and modern-sounding. I said to myself, "That's not it! That sounds like musical cream cheese."
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I agree that the pink album sounds sweeter, except for the krumhorn, of course.