Alamire, The English Cornett And Sackbut Ensemble - The Spy's Choirbook: Petrus Alamire & the Court of Henry VIII mp3

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The Spy s Choirbook, and the 34 motets contained within, stands out as perhaps one of the most interesting and musically versatile manuscripts to emerge from his workshop. They are without doubt among the finest French and Franco-Flemish compositions available from the first decades of the sixteenth century, which, given the choirbook s royal destinations, is not surprising. During Alamire s visits to England it is known that he travelled with the sackbut player Hans Nagel, who also acted as a spy in the Henry VIIIRichard de la Pole affair. Listen free to Alamire The Spy's Choirbook Celeste beneficium, Adiutorium nostrum and more. 35 tracks . The choral music from a Petrus Alamire manuscript may be a modern success but the story behind it involves a 16th Century spy who duped Henry VIII. A choral work given to King Henry VIII has gone in at number two in the classical album charts, surprising the musicians who performed it. The piece was created by a duplicitous scribe and double agent who duped the King of England. Petrus Alamire, from Bavaria, was a man of many talents - a renowned merchant of manuscripts, a scribe, mining engineer, instrumentalist, composer and diplomat carrying letters between humanists of the time such as Erasmus. Clips of our recording sessions with vocal ensemble Alamire. The complete 2-CD recording of the beautiful illuminated manuscript Royal . Watch this space. Find out more about The English Cornett & Sackbut history is fascinating so is the fabulous music, a tour dhorizon of early 16th-century polyphony, sonorously delivered by the choir Alamire and English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble under David Skinner. Obsidian Records, out now. Back to top. Get in touch. Contact us. The Spy's Choirbook. or open in our Desktop app. Congratulamini mihi omnes. English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Ave regina caelorum - Ave Regina caelorum. Egregie Christi martir Christophore - Ecce enim. Great Music from the Court of Henry VIII. Pierre Alamire also Petrus Alamire probable birth name Peter van den Hove c. 1470 26 June 1536 was a German-Dutch music copyist, composer, instrumentalist, mining engineer, merchant, diplomat and spy of the Renaissance. He was one of the most skilled music scribes of his time, and many now-famous works of Franco-Flemish composers owe their survival to his renowned illuminated manuscript copies in addition he was a spy for the court of Henry VIII of England. By Franciscus Strus - Alamire, English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble & David Skinner. By Antoine de Fevin - Alamire, English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble & David Skinner. Alma redemptoris mater. By Anonymous - English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble & David Skinner