Release Date: 10 May 2019
Label: FRA Bernardo
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 4260307431570
Genres: Classical  
Release Date: 10 May 2019
Label: FRA Bernardo
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 4260307431570
Genres: Classical  
Description
This 2CD set introduced the masses of Jacob Obrecht. He was a Flemish-Dutch, Low Countries (greater Netherlands) composer and was the most famous composer of masses in Europe in the late 15th century, being eclipsed by only Josquin des Prez after his death.
The music of the Renaissance appears to reflect little of the dangers, horrors and violent conflicts of its time. Music written during the Hundred Years War or the French invasion of Italy gives hardly any impression to today's ears of the precariousness of existence of which its composers, singers and listeners must have continually been aware.
Nor do the two masses by Jacob Obrecht (1457/8 – 1505), presented here by Beauty Farm, betray anything of the restless spirit of the age, despite them both being based on models referring to suffering and misery.
Featuring Bart Uvyn (Countertenor), Jon Etxabe Arzuaga and Florian Schmitt [tenor] with Joachim Höchbauer [bass], Beauty Farm brings this wonderful music together on a new recording.
Tracklisting
Concerto Stella Matutina
Veronika Skuplik; Andreas Arend
Francesco Galligioni
Michael Oman; Amandine Beyer; Austrian Baroque Company
Beauty Farm
Michael Oman; Austrian Baroque Company
Herreweghe; Harnoncourt; Ton Koopman; Collegium Vocale Gent
Pollak/Kröner/Mammel/Kranebitter/Hämmerle/Concerto Stella Matutina
Sarah Hennies
Donna McKevitt
Eric Guo, Oh! Orchestra, Vaclav Luks
Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra, Henryk Czyz
Hyuk Lee (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrzej Boreyko
Ensemble de Caelis
Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti
Laurence Kilsby & Ella O'Neill