Rhineland Renaissance

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Johannes de Cleve · Andreas Pevernage · Konrad Hagius
Martin Peudargent · Orlando di Lasso · Petit Jean de Latre
Johannes Mangon · Jean de Castro · Nicolaus Zangius
Singer Pur

Aachen, Dusseldorf, Cleves, Cologne and Liège: not only were these centers major imperial free cities, royal or holy seats, but magnets for sixteenth century Renaissance musical culture as well. Rhineland musical culture was long in the shadow of the great Flemish musicians of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries who were active at the major courts of the time. The music of this region was considered to be of relatively minor significance in comparison to that of the Italian Renaissance. Today, however, is it more strongly perceived as valuable art with its own independent character.
From September 2010 to February 2011, the LVRLandesMuseum Bonn will be showing the art- and culture-historical exhibition “Renaissance am Rhein”, which will present the Renaissance as an independent epoch in the Rhineland. The museum’s comprehensive approach will also take into consideration the musical culture of the countries along the Rhine during the sixteenth century. This CD by Singer Pur was developed in the context of this overall concept. Intensive research led the interpreters and supporting musicologists to previously undiscovered musical treasures that are heard again here for the first time in centuries.