Isaac, De La Rue, Senfl Desprez: From The Imperial Court – Stile Antico

   in Early Music Today (Dec, 2014)
The Habsburgs are hot property this year: the dynasty featured prominently at two of Europe’s leading early music festivals (Utrecht and York) and there have been a clutch of new books on the family’s fortunes during the 16th and 17th centuries. At its greatest extent, the Habsburg empire ruled over vast swathes of western Europe (as well as most of South America), and the mix of peoples and cultures that existed in Habsburg Europe is reflected in the latest recording by Stile Antico, in which they bring together works from the Spanish, Flemish, German and English schools of polyphony.

It’s a welcome return for Stile Antico to this continental repertoire – …