The fascinating and elusive figure of the Monk of Salzburg, whose actual name we will probably never know, has been enriched by a further work. A Passion setting that can be linked to the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus and which the Enssle-Lamprecht duo sensually and poetically brings to life with their incomparable virtuosity and an astonishing arsenal of medieval instruments.

In view of the fact that the Monk of Salzburg is still only sporadically to be heard on concert programs of the German-language medieval scene, and that notice is hardly taken of him internationally, it seems to be time to again take a look at him – nearly thirty years after the first recording dedicated to him by the Ensemble for Early Music Augsburg. The melodic ideas are too accomplished, the profound texts too multifaceted to be able to ignore this composer and poet.