Description
Author: Michael Praetorius
Details: Review
"...this is a really satisfying and thoughtfully organized program of music by a composer often overlooked...music lovers have at least one new release to celebrate this season" -- Classics Today
"Most of these solemn, thoughtful works deserve to be better known, especially several [of these] charming carols" -- The WholeNote
Product Description
This recording recreates a Vespers (evening) service for Christmas as it might have sounded in a large north German church in the early 17th century. In this recording, the Toronto Consort undertakes one of it's most ambitious projects ever recreating. Marquis.2005.
About the Artist
The Toronto Consort is Canada's leading chamber ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Formed in 1972, the Consort presents an annual series of concerts in Toronto, and performs throughout Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Europe. It has performed and collaborated with many leading early music specialists. The Toronto Consort has appeared with the Toronto Symphony under Andrew Davis, the Montreal Symphony under Charles Dutoit, and the North German Radio Orchestra.
In its Toronto series, the Consort is constantly exploring new repertoires and new ways to bring early music to the modern audience. The Consort often works in collaboration with other artists, such as actors, dancers and visual artists, to produce concerts which have dramatic as well as musical appeal.
EAN: 0774718133526
Release Date: 11-10-2005
Package Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches
Languages: English
Binding: Audio CD