Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - William Byrd: Infelix ego (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 207 Mb | Total time: 49:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: PHI | # LPH014 | Recorded: 2013
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 207 Mb | Total time: 49:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: PHI | # LPH014 | Recorded: 2013
Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent present their third project for Phi focussing on vocal music of the Renaissance. This time, it is the English composer William Byrd (c.1540-1623) who is being honoured. The title of the programme is that of Byrd’s motet Infelix ego, one of the greatest artistic statements of the 16th century. Its text is a meditation on Psalm 50, written by the Dominica Girolamo Savonarola, a remarkable man who waged a campaign against the corrupt Medici family in Florence.