The Sword & the Lily: 15th-Century Polyphony for Judgement Day | Inventa Records INV1008

The Sword & the Lily: 15th-Century Polyphony for Judgement Day

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Label: Inventa Records

Cat No: INV1008

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 7th October 2022

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In their debut album, early music ensemble Fount & Origin present a musical meditation on the Franco-Flemish painter Rogier van der Weyden’s altarpiece image of The Last Judgement at the End of Time.

This multi-panelled work survives as a monument of fifteenth-century art, relating in vivid detail and colour van der Weyden’s dynamic and terrifying account of the world’s final moments.

The nine polyphonic settings recorded here were composed in Europe in the mid- to late-fifteenth century and include works by composers such as Johannes Ockeghem, Johannes Regis, Johannes Martini and Antoine Brumel, with each piece thematically tied to an element or figure in the painting.

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