The recordings of the Chamber Choir of Namur and the instrumental ensemble La Fenice, under leader Jean Tubéry, may not be riding high on the classical sales charts, but they are most enthusiastically recommended. This series, from Belgium's Ricercar label, spares no expense in the graphics or the engineering, and what you get for the money are superior recordings of the hard-to-handle early polychoral style. This repertory is known to general listeners mostly through the music of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli and their ...
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The recordings of the Chamber Choir of Namur and the instrumental ensemble La Fenice, under leader Jean Tubéry, may not be riding high on the classical sales charts, but they are most enthusiastically recommended. This series, from Belgium's Ricercar label, spares no expense in the graphics or the engineering, and what you get for the money are superior recordings of the hard-to-handle early polychoral style. This repertory is known to general listeners mostly through the music of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli and their German stylistic descendants, but their ideas combined with existing styles in many different ways as they spread across Europe over a period of several decades. This recording and others by this group give listeners an idea of the music that arose when Renaissance courts wanted to pull out all the stops. This double-CD set features music by Netherlandish composers active on the Iberian peninsula, a generation apart in time. No event called for more stop-pulling than a royal wedding, and...
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Add this copy of Rogier: Missa Domine Dominus Noster / Romero: Missa to cart. $30.55, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Ricecar.
