Xorona Musique

Born in Leuze (Hainaut) around 1430, Johannes Martini was initially active in Konstanz, then in Milan and Ferrara, where he died on 23 October 1497.

Le Miroir de Musique is an ensemble specialised in the music of the late middle ages and Renaissance, from the golden age of the troubadours to the humanist movements of the 16th century. The ensemble is based in Basel (CH) and brings together the most prolific of early music performers, many of whom are graduates of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The image of a «Mirror of Music» is borrowed from Jacques de Liège’s treatise (Speculum Musicae), and reflects our goal of painting a vivid picture of medieval and Renaissance music, in a spirit of fidelity to the original sources.

Gilles Binchois (ca 1400-1460), was one of the most eminent composers of the early Renaissance.

Soprano Elsa Dreisig was a fast-rising star on operatic stages before her 2018 debut album, Miroir(s), appeared to great fanfare. She is a protégée of Daniel Barenboim attracted attention from Plácido Domingo and other big names in the operatic world. Dreisig was born in Paris on May 29, 1991. She is of Danish background, and both her parents were singers. They encouraged her desire to sing, and as a child, she joined the choir schools of the Royal Opera of Wallonia in Liège, Belgium, and the Opéra National de Lyon in France.

L'homme arme is a musical journey into the music of the Court of Burgundy in the 15th century.

The back cover of the second disc of the Sylvie Carbonel anthology may be sloppy (forgetting the colon, quotation marks for useless seconds, sometimes forgotten or of changing color, unnecessary focus on “collection”…), echoing the first where the the accent on “Desbrière” and, incidentally, the name of the performer, the program of the disc is refined.

Qu'est-ce que la musique ? D'où vient sa capacité à nous toucher ? Comment agit-elle sur notre cerveau ? Un extraordinaire voyage à la croisée de la science et de la culture.