This new album is not only the opportunity to discover the music of Heinrich Isaac under the inspired direction of Jordi Savall ; it is also the portrait of an era during which the Hundred Year's War ended, the Medici family reached its peak, the idea of the Reformation surged and Charles V was crowned at the head of an Empire that redefined the idea of Europe, as did the music of this time.
Recorded December 23rd, 2016 - January 19th, 2017 in Spain
Savall meshes lie and work, scared and secular, in a richly imagined tapestry…Bells are sprinkled throughout the disc like gold leaf highlighting letters in a manuscript…In all, this is an absorbing window on an absorbing world. BBC****
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