beauty farm - Masses - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The music of the Renaissance appears to reflect little of the dangers, horrors and violent conflicts of it's time. Music written during the Hundred Years War or the French invasion of Italy gives hardly any impression to today's ears of the precariousness of existence of which it's composers, singers and listeners must have continually been aware. Nor do the two masses by Jacob Obrecht (1457/8 - 1505) on this recording betray anything of the restless spirit of the age, despite them both being based on models referring to suffering and misery. Founded by Markus Muntean and Bernhard Trebuch- out of passion for vocal polyphony and a kind of despair about the break in the interpretation of this music which took place in the 1980s- beauty farm gathers young singers, leaving traditions behind, willing to experiment and exploring new musical territory. Album Tracks 1. Fortuna Desperata a 3 2. Missa Fortuna Desperata a 4 3. Maria Zart, Von Edler Art 4. Missa Maria Zart a 4

For a long time, Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1420-1497) was one of the most famous Unknown Persons in music history. There is no doubt about his position as the most important representative of the second generation of Franco-Flemish composers. But what it's effect actually was and how it's artistic development can be described, there was a long lack of clarity about it, which has only been somewhat cleared up in recent decades thanks to intensive research and discographic exploration. The FRA BERNARDO recording of the Masses with the vocal ensemble Beauty Farm is undoubtedly an impressive way of illustrating the significance of Ockeghem. Album Tracks 1. Missa My My a 4 2. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini a 4 3. Missa Caput a 4 4. Missa Cuiusvis Toni a 4

The Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2015 and has since performed in various formations from the quintet to the forty-member chamber orchestra. The young ensemble cultivates a diverse repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the Modern, always placing great importance on making less known musical works heard. In 2017, the Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra released the album InchPrimusInch with works by Shostakovich, Vasks and Baum. It has been under the direction of internationally active and award-winning conductor Sergey Simakov since it's foundation. Mischa Cheung studied with Prof. Konstantin Scherbakov at the Zurich University of the Arts and has taken up a busy career bringing him to many concert stages and festivals throughout the world. He is a member of the Gershwin Piano Quartet, a highly praised ensemble which performs spectacular arrangements on four pianos and released it's newest album InchTransatlantiquesInch with Sony Classical in 2018. He is a popular soloist at the Symphonic Game Concerts produced by the Merregnon Studios and has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. Album Tracks 1. Concerto for Myself 2. Symphony No. 1 3. Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra