A monk's life

For a monk resident in one of post-Reformation
Germany's religious institutions, music would
have served as a focus of spiritual discipline as
well as a source of joy. Some real discoveries await the listener who joins The Brabant Ensemble on this exploration of the monk's musical life, represented by a variety of composers of greater and lesser familiarity.

The composers
ORLANDE DE LASSUS (1530/32-1594) · CHRISTIAN ERBACH (c1570-1635)
BERNHARD KLINGENSTEIN (1545/6-1614)
CAROLUS ANDREAE OSB (c1570-1627)
CIPRIANO DE RORE (1515/16-1565) · BLASIUS AMON OFM (c1560-1590)
GIOVANNI GIACOMO GASTOLDI (c1553/4-1609)
JACOB REGNART (c1540-1599) · JACOB REINER (1555/60-1606)
JOHANNES NUCIUS OCist (c1556-1620)
JACOBUS CLEMENS NON PAPA (c1510/15-1555/6)
SEBASTIAN ERTEL OSB (1550/60-1618)