Orlando de Lassus (1532-1594)
Sponsa Dei
Missa Super Veni in hortum meum
Quis rutilat Triadis?

Bernhard Klingenstein (1545-1614)
De vita religiosa

Christian Erbach (1573-1635)
Deus in auditorium

Carolus Andreae (?1570-1627)
Magnificat super Si ignoras te

Cipriano de Rore (1515-1565)
Agimus tibi gratias

Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1553-1609)
Wer wollt den Wein nit lieben?

Blasius Amon (?1560-1590)
Sacrificate sacrificium iustitiae

Jacob Renart (?1540-1599)
Os iusti

Jacob Reiner (1555-606)
Veni creator Spiritus

Johannes Nucius (1556-1620)
Vana salus hominis

Jacobus Clemens non Papa (1510-1556)
In te Domine speravi

Sebastian Ertel (1550-1618)
Aetero laudanda choro

The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice, direction

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