No conocía el instrumento, aunque me recuerda a la vihuela de mano española. No en vano, vihuela es un arcaísmo de viola. Y la había también de arco. Magnífica interpretación. Doblemente agradecido por tratarse de un repertorio poco usual
If you like Cipriano de Rore, check this sacred motet by him: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GrWpaHQahgM.html Cipriano de Rore (1515-1565) - Laudem dicite a 5
Everything about this is wonderful: the piece, the playing, the instrument, the recorded sound. You make me want to buy a viola... it would fit in an airplane's overhead compartment...
Perino is the spelling on the title page of a print with his pieces, although within the print the pieces are spelled Pierino, his proper name. Even his gravestone is spelled Pierino. Alas the title page spelling has been accepted by bibliographers.