Lohoys & Hobreau – The Business of Musicke
Two enterprising musicians in 16th-century AntwerpAntwerp 1541, two French musicians, Georges Lohoys and Jean Hobreau – nicknamed Petit Jean – went into partnership to be …
Guerra Amorosa – Two Women with Tragic Destinies
Clorinda, Ottavia: two tragic figures with strangely symmetrical stories. The first, a valiant warrior, dies at the hands of the very man who loves her. …
Heinrich Isaac – A Fleming in Florence
Born around 1450, probably on the border between Flanders and Brabant, Heinrich Isaac achieved considerable fame as a composer in the Renaissance, surpassed only by …
Francisco Guerrero – Alma sevillana
Born in Renaissance Seville, Francisco Guerrero is today regarded as one of the most important composers of the 16th century. His refined counterpoint and his …
La Bourrasque – Around Sainte-Colombe
Very few details of the life of Jean de Sainte-Colombe are known to us. Yet he is one of the finest viol players of all …
Orfeo – Il canoro semideo
Orpheus, a demigod more powerful than the gods themselves. When he sings to the sound of his lyre, the fiercest beasts grow gentle, the stones …
Diego Ortiz – Caleidoscopio
A fresh look at the partly little-known work of a great Spanish Renaissance master who went to seek his fortune in Naples. Recording programme around …
Francisca Apumayta – Forgotten Composer of the Colonial Andes
Indigenous, noble, composer and nun… the music of Francisca Apumayta remained locked away for centuries in the silence of the cloister. A mystery concealed at …
Las Tres Marías
In the Hispano-American imagination, the three Marys are the stars forming the belt of the constellation of Orion, the celestial hunter, three saints gathered at …
Pomponio Nenna di Bari – Cavallier di Cesare
Recording programme: the complete First Book of Madrigals for Five Voices by Pomponio Nenna (1556 – 1608). Pomponio Nenna was born in Bari in 1556. …