Musical Offerings for Marguerite of Austria (VRT Muziek Edition) La Morra

• Anonymous: Triste suis de vostre langheur (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 1Triste suis de vostre langheur (VRT Muziek Edition)06:13
• Pierre de la Rue (1452 - 1518): A vous non autre servir habandoné (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 2A vous non autre servir habandoné (VRT Muziek Edition)06:09
• Francisco de la Torre (1470 - 1504): Alta (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 3Alta (VRT Muziek Edition)01:50
• Anonymous: Se je souspire, ecce iterum novus dolor (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 4Se je souspire, ecce iterum novus dolor (VRT Muziek Edition)05:41
• Pierre de la Rue: Pour ung jamais ung regret me demeure (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 5Pour ung jamais ung regret me demeure (VRT Muziek Edition)06:11
• Mijn hert altijt heeft verlanghen (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 6Mijn hert altijt heeft verlanghen (VRT Muziek Edition)03:43
• Alexander Agricola (1446 - 1506): Si dedero (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 7Si dedero (VRT Muziek Edition)01:51
• Jacob Obrecht (1457 - 1505): Si sumpsero (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 8Si sumpsero (VRT Muziek Edition)02:23
• Antoine Brumel (1460 - 1512): Tous les regretz quelques furent au monde (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 9Tous les regretz quelques furent au monde (VRT Muziek Edition)02:55
• Anonymous: Fama malum (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 10Fama malum (VRT Muziek Edition)02:03
• Soubz ce tumbel (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 11Soubz ce tumbel (VRT Muziek Edition)04:34
• Me fauldra-il tousjours ainsi languir? (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 12Me fauldra-il tousjours ainsi languir? (VRT Muziek Edition)05:39
• La verdelette (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 13La verdelette (VRT Muziek Edition)01:07
• La danse de Cleves (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 14La danse de Cleves (VRT Muziek Edition)03:03
• Josquin Desprez (1450/55 - 1521): Plus nulz regretz grans moyens ne menuz (VRT Muziek Edition):
• 15Plus nulz regretz grans moyens ne menuz (VRT Muziek Edition)08:55
• Total Runtime01:02:17

Info for Musical Offerings for Marguerite of Austria (VRT Muziek Edition)

Marguerite of Austria (1480-1530) experienced a series of personal tragedies during the first three decades of her life. Despite her misfortunes, she has skillfully ruled The Netherlands for her nephew, Charles V. She is also remembered for her patronage over the arts.

A creative personality with literary and musical talents, she has made her court in Mechelen (now Belgium) a mansion of flamboyant late Burgundian culture. Musical manuscripts which were probably part of Marguerite’s library include two songbooks and a handsome collection of courtly bassedanse tenors (foundations for improvised polyphonic dance compositions). All were most likely prepared for Marguerite herself – song collections contain settings of her plaintive texts, and the book of bassedanse tenors reflects her nostalgy for expiring Burgundian glories.

Els Janssens, voice
Corina Marti, recorders & claviciterium
Michal Gondko, lutes
Dani Pelagatti, douçaine
Uri Smilansky, viol
Elizabeth Rumsey, viol
Brigitte Gasser, viol
Corina Marti, direction
Michal Gondko, artistic direction

La Morra
formed in 2000 and named after Heinrich Isaac's famous instrumental piece, is among the leading formations specializing in the performance of European music traditionally referred to as 'late Medieval' and / or 'early Renaissance' (roughly c1300-c1500).

A melting pot of national temperaments, the ensemble makes its home in Basle, the cultural capital of Switzerland, where research into the 'early music' and its performance has been practiced for many decades. Under the artistic leadership of Corina Marti and Michal Gondko, La Morra re-defines itself according to the requirements of the projects it undertakes.

La Morra has performed at some of the most prestigious European and North-American Early Music events, including Festival van Vlaanderen (Belgium), Rencontres de Musique Médiévale du Thoronet and Voix et Route Romane (France), Tage alter Musik in Regensburg (Germany), Kilkenny Arts Festival (Ireland), Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht (The Netherlands), Oslo Internasjonale Kirkemusikkfestival (Norway), Misteria Paschalia and Muzyka w Raju (Poland), Festival Internacional de Música da Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal), Freunde alter Musik Basel and Forum Alte Musik Zürich (Switzerland), Houston Early Music, The Da Camera Society of Mount St. Mary's College, The Chamber Music Society of Saint Cloud and the Early Music Guild of Seattle (USA). Concert tours have also taken the ensemble to Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.

La Morra’s CD releases are enthusiastically received. Among the proofs of this are such distinctions as the Gramophone Award Nomination, Classical Music Awards Nomination, Diapason d’Or, Preis and Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and the constantly high ratings in the international music press.

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