“ a well-researched and impressive debut" (Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review)
“Last week’s debut of the Israel Consort of Viols [Yad Labanim, Ra’anana, April 24th, 1999] – the first of its kind in this country – was a red-letter day for Israel’s musical life. The chosen songs, texts and the instrumental pieces from the plays were a collection of real gems. The Renaissance period instruments’ intimate and delicate sound recreated a aristocratic salon ambience, their clarity and balance were immensely enjoyable, lively and fresh. Soprano Miriam Meltzer excelling as a charming, utterly convincing Macbethian witch, Benny Hendel capturing the various accents and impersonations to perfection... The Consort will have to work hard to live up to the standard it has established in its debut”. Ury Eppstein, The Jerusalem Post