Notable CDs

Five new or recent classical music releases reviewed by Arsenio Orteza
Philippe Gaubert: On a Clear Morning | Immanuel Davis

The gimmick at work on this delightful recording of four pieces by Philippe Gaubert and one by Debussy ("Syrinx") is that the flautist Immanuel Davis, the pianist Timothy Lovelace, and the violoncellist Kthe Jarka perform on instruments built during the period in which the music was composed. Many listeners probably wouldn't have noticed had the musicians used modern instruments with less of an "individual voice" (Davis' term) instead, but Davis, Lovelace, and Jarka clearly have, responding to the instruments' expressive sensitivity with a sensitive expressiveness of their own. 
