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Ex Libris Doctoris Amerbachii - La Morra (2006) {Musiques suisses MGB CD6327}
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© 2006 Musiques suisses | MGB CD 6327
Classical / Renaissance / Early Music

This CD introduces some of the most fascinating music from the music books that once belonged to the musical lawyer, friend and heir of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Bonifacius Amerbach (1495-1562). A release primarily devoted to the music of little-known composers active during the first half of the sixteenth century in the Alsace and Baden-Württemberg regions.

La Morra - Luz del alva (2012) {Ramée RAM 1203}
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© 2012 Ramée / Outhere Music | RAM 1203
Classical / Early Music / Renaissance

La Morra is among the leading formations specializing in late Medieval and early Renaissance European music. The group redefines itself according to the requirements of the projects it undertakes. For Luz del alva, Corina Marti and Michal Gondko join forces with Catalan singer and harpist Arianna Savall, Norwegian singer Petter Johansen, and Swedish historical bowed instruments player Tore Eketorp.

During the years 1431-1449 a Church Council was held in Basel. This was one of the most important international events in the city’s history. Basel’s cultural and musical life must have benefited from ceremonies and entertainment that took place in a public and private context during this coming-together of Europe’s sacred and secular powers.

La Morra - Dame de Deuil: Musical Offerings for Marguerite of Austria (1480-1530) (2005) {Etcetera KTC 4011}
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© 2005 Klara / Etcetera Records | KTC 4011
Classical / Early Music / Renaissance

Marguerite of Austria (1480-1530) lived a sad life, by the time she was thirty she was berieved of her child, family and a future on the French throne. Nevertheless, Marguerite was artistically gifted and enjoyed the comforting company of writers, musicians and composers at her court in Mechelen. Her library is a ‘mer à boire’ of exceptional musical manuscripts. Musical works reflecting the grief and unhappiness of the narrator fill the greater part of a splendid manuscript housed nowadays in the Bibliothèque Royale in Brussels; it was undoubtedly prepared for Marguerite between 1508 and 1516 in full awareness of her musical tastes and her predilection for mournful subjects.

La Morra - Le Jardin de Plaisance: Songs from Late 15th-Century French Manuscripts (2003) {Raumklang RK 2301}
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© 2003 Raumklang | RK 2301
Classical / Early Music / Medieval / Renaissance

The generation of musicians after Guillaume Dufay began around 1450 to experiment with new compositional techniques that led to a very progressive and independent repertoire of secular songs. The ensemble 'La Morra', Basel, presents an anthology of this highly refined art of instrumental and vocal music-making in the freshness and immediacity of a 'garden of pleasure'.

Jérôme Lejeune continues his History of Music series with this boxed set devoted to the Renaissance. The next volume in the series after Flemish Polyphony (RIC 102), this set explores the music of the 16th century from Josquin Desprez to Roland de Lassus. After all of the various turnings that music took during the Middle Ages, the music of the Renaissance seems to be a first step towards a common European musical style. Josquin Desprez’s example was followed by every composer in every part of Europe and in every musical genre, including the Mass setting, the motet and all of the various new types of solo song. Instrumental music was also to develop considerably from the beginning of the 16th century onwards.