One musical anniversary all but ignored this year has been that of the death, in 1506, of Alexander Agricola. During his lifetime, Agricola was one of the most celebrated composers in Europe, employed by the French royal court, the Medicis and Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy: premier-league institutions all. His music is marked by a love of the quirky, but also by a beguiling melodic mellifluousness. Here, the countertenor Michael Chance joins the viol consort Fretwork in carefully inflected performances of four songs, including the deliciously poignant Je nay deuil. The consort, alone, play a range of artful instrumental pieces. It’s a rich, hugely pleasing mix, spiced with two of Fabrice Fitch’s Agricologies, which transport Agricola’s delight in playful variation to our own century. Three stars