Andreas Scholl | Classical review

Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolMedieval courtier, poet, diplomat, flautist – Oswald von Wolkenstein (c1376-1445) was a Renaissance man a century before the Renaissance properly began. He travelled the world, consorting with popes and potentates and, by his own account, bedding a lot of women along the way. And though he wasn't a professional musician, he thought highly enough of his 130 songs to pay the equivalent of £200,000 to have them preserved in a pair of elaborate, illuminated man...

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