Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
Release Date: 01 April 2013
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571179780
Genres: Classical Early Music
Description
The Brabant Ensemble, better known for uncovering works by forgotten composers such as Dominique de Phinot, turns to a giant of the Renaissance—perhaps the most celebrated name of the period. Yet within Palestrina’s huge output there are many hidden gems, lacking both recordings and modern performing editions, and it is from among these that the ensemble’s director Stephen Rice has chosen the repertoire for this album. A Mass—Missa Ad coenam Agni, from Palestrina’s first book of Mass-settings—is included, plus antiphons, motets and five Eastertide Offertories. Each work is, as Stephen Rice states in his typically informative booklet notes, ‘a finely crafted addition to the liturgy’.
The Brabant Ensemble brings a matchless blend of musicianship, scholarship and sensitive singing to this glorious music.
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Steven Isserlis
The Nash Ensemble
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice: The Brabant Ensemble
