8711801016641

Music From The Era Of Pieter Bruegel

Egidius Ensemble, Utopia, Currende, Huelgas

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Format: 7CD

Cat No: KTC1664

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

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. BIBLICAL THEMES

      Disc 2

      • 1. MUSIC FROM THE ROYAL COURTS

      Disc 3

      • 1. DEATH AND TRANSIENCE

      Disc 4

      • 1. ODE TO LOVE AND CELEBRATION

      Disc 5

      • 1. THE VIRTUE OF VICE

      Disc 6

      • 1. RELIGIOUS CONFRONTATION IN THE LOW COUNTRIES

      Disc 7

      • 1. DANCES AND SONGS