Steelant - Antwerp Requiem c.1650 | Pentatone PTC5187006

Steelant - Antwerp Requiem c.1650

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Label: Pentatone

Cat No: PTC5187006

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 7th October 2022

Contents

About

cantoLX, B’Rock Orchesta and conductor Frank Agsteribbe present Antwerp Requiem c. 1650, an album showcasing the exceptional wealth of musical life in Antwerp in the age of Rubens. Philippus van Steelant’s recently-rediscovered Requiem settings are unique in their exuberant splendour, tied to a funerary culture that embraced the glory of life.

B’Rock Orchestra is one of today’s most forward-thinking period orchestras with a desire for encounter and exchange. The ensemble returns to Pentatone after having released Schubert’s complete symphonies with conductor René Jacobs between 2018 and 2022. cantoLX approaches vocal music with stylistic excellence and vocal purity. Their artistic leader Frank Agsteribbe was one of B’Rock’s founders, and brings the two ensembles together for this recording. cantoLX and Agsteribbe both make their Pentatone debut.

Reviews

For sheer gorgeousness, this recording is hard to fault: the two ensembles (both new to me) combine very effectively, and they make the most of Steelant’s undoubted dramatic touches... Flemish composers from this time and place are not nearly as prominent nowadays as their Italian or German counterparts, and this act of reclamation is thoroughly well deserved.  Fabrice Fitch
Gramophone November 2022
Gramophone Editor's Choice

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