Biscantores: Sacred Music from Wert to Monteverdi - COMPACT DISCS

Biscantores: Sacred Music from Wert to Monteverdi - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Sacred Music from Wert to Monteverdi

Artist:

Biscantores

Label:

Arcana Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

3760195735459

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2023-05-12

Number of Discs:

1

Mantua and the Gonzaga family represent one of the summits of European humanistic and Renaissance expression. This project addresses one of the city's greatest periods with sacred works by the leading musicians of the Gonzaga court, at a time when music was the primary tool employed by the Gonzaga dukes to assert their prestige over other Italian cities; this golden age began with the foundation of the Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara and it's cappella under Giaches de Wert during the rule of Guglielmo Gonzaga in 1565 and lasted until the sack of Mantua in 1630. The Ensemble Biscantores specialise in the performance of late Renaissance and Baroque music; here, thanks to the research, study and transcriptions made by it's director Luca Colombo, they explore the Mantuan court of the Gonzagas and the liturgy specific to the Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara.

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