Egidius Ensemble, Utopia, Currende, Huelgas
Release Date: 11 October 2019
Label: Etcetera
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 7
Barcode: 8711801016641
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
This new 7 CD box set from Etcetera Records, available at the special price of 2CDs presents 'Music from the era of Pieter Bruegel '.
Pieter Bruegel I (ca. 1525–1569), commonly known as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, was the greatest member of a large and important southern Netherlandish family of artists active for four generations in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A longtime resident of Antwerp, the centre of publishing in the Netherlands and a vibrant commercial capital, Bruegel brought a humanising spirit to traditional subjects and boldly created new ones.
He travelled all over Europe and after a specif trip to Italy, formed a long-standing association Hieronymus Cock.
This specially priced 7CD set provides a musical backdrop to what he would have heard as he worked and travelled across Europe.
Featuring a plethora of musicians including the Egidius ensemble, Utopia, Currende, Huelgas and many others, this compilation has become a great overview of the music in the 16th century.
Each CD is themed to represents different aspects of life in the 16th Century Low Countries.
Tracklisting
Bruno Monteiro, Joao Paulo Santos
Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Severine Sierens, Hannelore Vermeir, Hans Ryckelynck,
Nuno Cernadas
Amy Norrington, Piet Kuijken
Herman Jeurissen, Ensemble Capricorno, Geerten van der Wetering
Currende, Erik van Vevel
Thomas Blondelle, Filip Rathe
Marco Mantovani
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
