Nautilus Renaissance Viol Consort - With our name inspired by the shell of the sea creature resembling the scrolls of our viols, we are a consort devoted to performing Renaissance period music on instruments replicating viols of the mid-16th Century.

With our name inspired by the shell of the sea creature resembling the scrolls of our viols,
we are a consort devoted to performing Renaissance period music on instruments replicating viols of the mid-16th Century.

They have all-gut strings, no sound post, with renaissance bow technique.

The sound is lighter & reedier. Played together as a consort, results in a clearly defined polyphonic sound.

The sound contrasts from the deeper, louder, more velvety sound of the later 17th C. style viols typically used.

THE ITALIAN JOB: PART 1 -- 4-part Italian Renaissance music featuring recorders, viols and lute.

THE ITALIAN JOB: PART 2 -- Italian 16th Century Music for Four Renaissance Viols

THE ITALIAN JOB: PART 2 -- Italian 16th Century Music for Four Renaissance Viols